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Times
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Times
Monica Feria-Tinta: ‘You can't separate humans from nature'
Monica Feria-Tinta is passionate about the 'power of the law to create change and redress the environmental harm and ecological degradation' caused by mankind. The Peruvian barrister has been a pioneer in the 'quiet revolution' over the past decade as ordinary people have turned to the courts to fight the damage done to 'power western civilisation' at the expense of the natural world. Feria-Tinta has represented indigenous people from the Torres Strait against the government of Australia in a precedent-setting case in which a court ruled that state failings on the climate crisis violated their human rights. And the barrister has represented rivers, a cloud forest and endangered species, becoming what she calls herself in the title of her recently published book, A Barrister for
SBS Australia
13-05-2025
- Science
- SBS Australia
The need to understand indigenous knowledge
Josh Trinadad from the Institute of Indigenous Knowledge Timor Leste is a PhD student at the University of Melbourne. According to Josh, every indigenous person has a strong relationship with nature because nature is the giver of life. And the more they are inland, such as Australia, which is a continent, the stronger their ties to their native areas. And the indigenous people of Australia are considered as the indigenous people with the oldest culture in the world. A good understanding of indigenous knowledge enables the preservation of their culture and also the making of appropriate policies by the government. Listen to every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday at 3 pm. Follow us on and and listen to our .
