In pictures
| Do you have pictures of how climate change is affecting your community? Send them to us at showofhands@ mrgmail.org | Dalit families stranded in Indian floods. Dalits are marginalised, live in low lying areas and are often worst affected by climate related disasters. National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights |
| Home of a Dalit family covered in floodwater. Dalits in India are ostracized and live in poor housing conditions putting them under greater risk when flooding occurs. National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights | Sami procession in Norway. Sami reindeer herders are struggling to cope with changing weather patterns as a result of climate change. Olav Mathis Eira |
| Sami herders say they have lost many reindeer to climate change as warmer winters have resulted in less food for the animals who are also now affected by new diseases. Olav Mathis Eira | Taiwan's Rukai children in traditional attire. Indigenous Taiwanese affected by climate change are calling for a return to their traditional practices that compliment nature. Danee Hazama (www.daneehazama.com) |
A man from Indonesia's Band-Iban community. Indonesian forests have been cut down for palm oil plantations, evicting several indigenous communities. Aliansi Masyarakan Adat Nusantara | Indigenous community representatives participate in a special session on climate change at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in March 2008. Farah Mihlar/MRG |