内容摘要：Some years the bears get near the starvation threshold of 180 days. Polar bears can fast for less than that and do well, mostly because they are so good at gathering and storing fat for these lean periods, York says. During that lean time period, researchers monitoring bears found that

Some years the bears get near the starvation threshold of 180 days. Polar bears can fast for less than that and do well, mostly because they are so good at gathering and storing fat for these lean periods, York says. During that lean time period, researchers monitoring bears found that

lies in regions controlled by Indigenous peoples.Women from marginalized and vulnerable communities are affected the most by climate change, and the Indigenous women of Odisha are an inspiration, said Neha Saigal, a gender and climate expert at Bengaluru-based Asar Social Impact Advisors who is familiar with the mapping project.

“They are actually leading from the front,” she said.Their work could be critical in deciding where India’s efforts on climate change should be focused, Saigal added, noting that the country is working on a national adaptation plan.It is not clear whether the dream maps will become part of that plan. The women behind them say their project has given them formal understanding of what they and their communities have long known intuitively.

A woman, from the Durua tribe, which is part of the Indigenous Adivasis communities, walks toward her house in Pongan Pani village, Koraput district, in India’s eastern state of Odisha, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)A woman, from the Durua tribe, which is part of the Indigenous Adivasis communities, walks toward her house in Pongan Pani village, Koraput district, in India’s eastern state of Odisha, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

They want to pass that on for generations to come.

“Forest is our life,” said Purnima Sisa of Badakichab village. “We have taken birth in this forest, and one day we will die in the forest. It is our life and livelihood.”Netanyahu’s government has sought a new aid delivery and distribution system by a newly established U.S.-backed group, but the

have rejected it, saying it allows Israel to use food as a weapon and violates humanitarian principles.Israel may now be changing its approach to let aid groups remain in charge of non-food assistance, according to a

. Israel accuses Hamas of siphoning off aid but the U.N. and aid groups deny there is significant diversion.Hospitals in Gaza are again reporting attacks and other Israeli pressure.