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#135518
2022-08-01

Three Yukon First Nations combine traditional knowledge and modern mapping in preparation for land use planning

How We Walk with the Land and the Water is an undertaking by three Yukon First Nations that uses modern technology to support traditional local knowledge of the land and wildlife by bringing it into a more recognizable form for those in a western scientific setting.

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#135368
2022-07-20

Indigenous Communities Protect 80% Of All Biodiversity

Despite the fact indigenous peoples make up around 15 percent of the world’s extreme poor and just five percent of the global population, they are protecting 80 percent of the world’s remaining biodiversity, according to data cited in Australia’s newly released 2021 State of the Environment report.

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#135379
2022-07-20

Australian environmental report finally recognizes Indigenous knowledge

In Australia, more than 100 animal species have gone extinct or been placed on endangered lists, ecosystems are plagued by invasive species, temperatures and sea levels rise, marine heatwaves have caused coral bleaching, while devastating floods and wildfires have ravaged the country.

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#135380
2022-07-20

‘Traditional knowledge should be integrated with scientific research’

In 1961, the foundation stone of the Navagam dam (now known as the Sardar Sarovar Project) was near the Narmada river in Gujarat, and the government began acquiring land, which belonged to the adivasi communities who had lived there for generations.

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#135311
2022-07-12

IPBES Values Assessment: integrating indigenous and local knowledge with scientific knowledge leads to more just and sustainable social and ecological outcomes

The assessment unveils important findings. It reveals that decision-making processes that support representation and consideration of diverse values and integrate indigenous and local knowledge with scientific knowledge have more just and sustainable social and ecological outcomes.

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#135323
2022-07-12

Africa is a treasure trove of medicinal plants: here are seven that are popular

Plants have directly contributed to the development of important drugs. The antimalarial treatment artemisinin, pain medication morphine, and cancer chemotherapy taxol are just three examples of drugs derived from plants.

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#135234
2022-07-06

First Nations' ancient fish bones may help us adapt to climate change

The study of 5,000-year-old fish bones on the West Coast is revealing how Indigenous people adapted to warming oceans — information that could shape present day adaptations and fisheries management as the climate crisis advances, University of Victoria researchers say.

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#135201
2022-07-05

Five risk-reduction strategies updated with age-old knowledge

Indigenous peoples' understanding of disaster risk uses an enormous dataset -- traditional knowledge and folklore reaching back many generations.

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#135202
2022-07-05

Indigenous knowledge vital in conservation of Nepal's tigers

Incidents of human-tiger conflict have increased in line with the growing populations of both the big cats and people, as more people venture into national parks and their buffer zones in search of firewood and food.

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#135203
2022-07-05

Jamaican Climate Leader Says Indigenous Knowledge Can Help Solve the Climate Crisis

Can agroforestry help mitigate climate change and remove CO₂ from our air permanently? In April 2021, Jamaica targeted an ambitious 60% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The upgraded new goal addressed land use change, forestry emissions, and committing to deeper emission reductions ...

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#135175
2022-07-04

Recognising Indigenous knowledges is not just culturally sound, it’s good science

Floods, fires and droughts in Australia devastate lives, destroy wildlife and damage property. These disasters also cost billions of dollars through loss of agricultural and economic productivity, environmental vitality and costs to mental health. People are looking for long-term solutions from ...

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#135162
2022-06-30

Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Saving the Humboldt Marten

The Humboldt marten is about the size of a 4-month-old human baby and adorable, with small, round ears, a fluffy tail and a button nose.

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#135114
2022-06-29

Indigenous communities in Colombia’s Amazon move closer to self-governance

In this small Indigenous reserve, or resguardo, in the Colombian department of Guainía, people tend to their cassava, plantain and pineapple crops, raise ornamental fish, and weave objects from the chiqui chiqui palm.

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#135115
2022-06-29

Podcast: How marine conservation benefits from combining Indigenous knowledge and Western science

On today’s episode of the Mongabay Newscast, we take a look at two stories that show the effectiveness of combining traditional Indigenous ecological knowledge and Western science for conservation and restoration initiatives.

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#135090
2022-06-28

As Nepal’s tigers thrive, Indigenous knowledge may be key in preventing attacks

On June 6, a 41-year-old woman was attacked by a tiger while she was collecting firewood in a forest in Nepal’s Bardiya district, a key habitat for endangered Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris tigris).

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#135033
2022-06-22

Kenyan hunter-gatherers forced to farm now face increased evictions from their forest

The Indigenous Sengwer people in Kenya’s Embobut Forest have gone through a drastic change in livelihood, from hunting-gathering to herding and commercial farming in the forest, leading to tensions with forestry officials.

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#134916
2022-06-08

Using Indigenous knowledge and Western science to address climate change impacts

Traditional Owners in Australia are the creators of millennia worth of traditional ecological knowledge—an understanding of how to live amid changing environmental conditions. Seasonal calendars are one of the forms of this knowledge best known by non-Indigenous Australians. But as the climate c ...

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#134887
2022-06-07

2 Trees, Not 1: Study Confirms What Indigenous People Knew All Along

Scientists have now confirmed that a certain well-known tree in Southeast Asia is actually two species, not one. Indigenous people in Borneo, however, have known this all along.

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#134839
2022-06-02

Podcast: Indigenous, ingenious and sustainable aquaculture from the distant past to today

On today’s episode of the Mongabay Newscast we look at Indigenous peoples’ long relationship with, and stewardship of, marine environments through two stories of aquaculture practice and research.

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#134865
2022-06-02

Study of Indonesian protected marine areas suggests participation by Indigenous people more effective than penalties

A team of researchers affiliated with multiple entities in Indonesia and the U.S. has found that allowing Indigenous people to participate in management of protected marine areas is more effective than simply assessing penalties for violators. In their paper published in the journal Science Adva ...

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#134812
2022-06-01

Indigenous oyster fisheries were ‘fundamentally different’: Q&A with researcher Marco Hatch

About 85% of oyster reefs across the world have been lost since the 19th century due to overharvesting, pollution, introduction of invasive species and habitat loss.

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#134790
2022-05-31

A look at violence and conflict over Indigenous lands in nine Latin American countries

Indigenous people make up a third of the total number of environmental defenders killed across the globe, despite being a total of 4% of the world’s population, according to a report by Global Witness. The most critical situation is in Colombia, where 117 Indigenous people have been murdered bet ...

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#134791
2022-05-31

Amazon frog highlights appropriation of Indigenous knowledge for commercial gain

The Amazonian giant leaf frog, or kambô (Phyllomedusa bicolor) has bulging eyes and bright green skin, and despite its name, is actually quite small. It’s perhaps best known for its skin secretion, a mucous substance with medicinal properties that several Amazonian Indigenous groups have used fo ...

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#134792
2022-05-31

‘What’s lacking is respect for Mayan culture’: Q&A with Pedro Uc Be on Mexico’s Tren Maya

Pedro Uc Be is a poet and intellectual, but he is also a campesino. He is a teacher, a cultural ambassador and a priest. But, above all, for Pedro, he is Mayan and a defender of his territory.

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#134798
2022-05-31

Listen to the communities – Disaster displacement is on the increase, and the affected people must be heard

More than 30 million people were displaced as a result of disasters in 2020 alone, and this number is likely to rise with the mounting severity and number of climate-related extreme events. A panel at the 7th Session of the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR2022), moderated by Sar ...

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#134748
2022-05-27

Humanity’s Last Chance Saloon: Indigenous traditional knowledge & custodianship

The destruction of circular economies in pursuit of wealth and their replacement by extractive models of systemic exploitation have brought humanity to the brink of survival.

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#134749
2022-05-27

The new public artwork forcing Australians to think about the past

A massive red X sits in the centre of a new sculpture by artist Kent Morris, installed at Federation Square this week to mark the beginning of Reconciliation Week. The X is a significant part of south east Victorian Indigenous design and iconography, often used on shields, boomerangs and possum ...

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#134680
2022-05-25

Indigenous activists among Goldman environmental prize winners

Indigenous activists and lawyers who took on transnational corporations and their own governments to force climate action are among the 2022 winners of the world’s pre-eminent environmental award.

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#134720
2022-05-25

This Bogotá Market Comes Alive Only at Night, Full of Ancient Plant Lore and Astonishing Biodiversity

the plaza announces itself as an aroma. It’s near midnight in the Colombian capital of Bogotá, a city of 8 million, tucked in the Andes at an elevation of 8,660 feet. Downtown is deserted as we approach the neighborhood known as Los Mártires.

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#134722
2022-05-25

Aaranyak’s bid to preserve indigenous seed diversity to enrich biodiversity

Indigenous varieties of seeds which have been fast disappearing from the state’s croplands due to invasion of hybrid verities, are key components of the rich bio-diversity in the ethnic-mosaic called Assam.

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#134592
2022-05-19

Prescribed burns: Indigenous knowledge

It is difficult to understand that this lengthy environmental article reprinted from The Spokesman-Review about controlled burnings on public land did not once mention it is an age-old practice of Indigenous people of this region and the United States to burn land to promote growth and suppress ...

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#134549
2022-05-18

Indigenous group and locals sign agreement to protect sustainable livelihoods and culture

Colombia – Walking all day through the jungle to visit the encampments of friends and relatives is what Tumni Abtukaru misses the most about life before his community, the Indigenous Nukak, were evicted from their ancestral homeland.

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#134518
2022-05-17

Village uses Indigenous seeds to slow down Cerrado deforestation

One muggy morning last December, eight women and their chief drove out of the Indigenous Xavante village of Ripá across a forested savanna in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. After a few miles, the road petered out. They walked on in single file through the knee-high grass.

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#134521
2022-05-17

To conserve the vibrant diversity of Central Africa’s forests, include Indigenous people (commentary)

Our footsteps intermingled with the sounds of rain dripping through the canopy as my eyes examined the surrounding green vegetation, which was usually so vibrant, but was now subdued as the dark skies above concealed the light and darkened our path.

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#134522
2022-05-17

Village uses Indigenous seeds to slow down Cerrado deforestation

One muggy morning last December, eight women and their chief drove out of the Indigenous Xavante village of Ripá across a forested savanna in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. After a few miles, the road petered out. They walked on in single file through the knee-high grass.

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#134475
2022-05-16

Zimbabwean designer mixes tradition, fashion

At a plot on the outskirts of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-largest city, two women were after a trio of Angora goats aiming to catch one of the adorable balls of wool.

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#134476
2022-05-16

From Traditional Practice To Top Climate Solution, Agroecology Gets Growing Attention

From melting ice sheets to tornadoes ravaging New Orleans and wildfires sweeping Texas, it’s ever clearer that the climate crisis is here, now. In its sixth major report since 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) conveyed the urgency:

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#134477
2022-05-16

The Hopi farmer championing Indigenous agricultural knowledge

It is March and the Hopi reservation, which stretches across high plateaux in northeastern Arizona, appears as a patchwork of varying shades of brown: The mesas – deep bronze in the morning sun – stand stately over beige houses and the light tans of sand-covered fields, shrubs and grasses. Dryne ...

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#134447
2022-05-13

Wild Pacific salmon catches down 80 per cent, elders report

Wild Pacific salmon catches are one sixth what they were 50-70 years ago, Indigenous elders report. Employing Indigenous research methodologies, Nisga’a citizen Dr. Andrea Reid (she/her) interviewed 48 knowledge keepers from 18 First Nations across the Fraser, Skeena, and Nass rivers.

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#134466
2022-05-13

Tadpoles for dinner? Indigenous community in Mexico reveals a favorite recipe for a particular frog

Stone soup (caldo de piedra) is a traditional meal from the Indigenous Chinantla region in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Prepared by men, it is made by placing tomato, cilantro, chili peppers, onion, raw fish, salt, and water in a jicara (a bowl made from the fruit of the calabash tree) in a hole ...

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#134386
2022-05-12

Why the world has a lot to learn about conservation – and trust – from Indigenous societies

Twenty-five years ago, when I was a young anthropologist working in northern Siberia, the Indigenous hunters, fishers and trappers I lived with would often stop and solemnly offer something to the tundra. It was usually small, such as coins, buttons or unlit matches.

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#134271
2022-05-04

Indigenous people harvested oysters sustainably for thousands of years

Oyster fisheries around the world have suffered collapses over the past 200 years that have been attributed to overexploitation, climatic changes, disease and the introduction of alien species.

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#134224
2022-04-28

The ocean that binds us: How indigenous collaboration is helping to protect the moana

Te Aomihia Walker, a marine biology graduate and policy analyst with Te Ohu Kaimoana, has spent six months in Iceland researching how indigenous knowledge can improve the health of our overfished oceans.

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#134251
2022-04-28

‘Existential Threat’: Indigenous Leaders Urge Citigroup to Stop Backing Amazon Oil

Indigenous leaders have called on Citigroup to stop financing oil and gas projects in the Amazon, saying the bank’s activities contradict its climate pledges by putting the threatened ecosystem at greater risk.

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#134198
2022-04-27

Bridging knowledges for land and water stewardship

What happens when Indigenous People lead resource decision-making on their own terms, across their own traditional territories? Communities in Tanzania and Canada are documenting and sharing their experiences, supported by a University of Victoria Department of Geography project that illustrates ...

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#134199
2022-04-27

Extractive projects cause irreparable harm to indigenous cultures, UN forum told

The explosive growth of extractive operations around the world often plays out on indigenous people’s lands without their consent, causing irreparable harm to their livelihoods, cultures, languages and lives, speakers told the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on Monday, as it opened its 2022 ...

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#134162
2022-04-25

This fishing captain is combining Inuit knowledge with scientific expertise to fight climate change in the Far North

Harpoon in hand, Joey Angnatok pierces the ice. He thrusts the spear once, twice, three times, carving a hole. The fourth jab breaks through to seawater. The tool is an ancient means of measuring the thickness of the ocean’s frozen surface here in Nunatsiavut, a sprawling Inuit territory on the ...

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#134095
2022-04-14

Blue corn and melons: meet the seed keepers reviving ancient, resilient crops

In north-eastern New Mexico, traditional Indigenous farming methods are being passed down to protect against the effects of climate crisis.

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#134066
2022-04-13

Mi'kmaw man leading Lennox Island to greener future with traditional knowledge

When Drew Bernard returned to Lennox Island three years ago, he found there wasn't a lot of work done in the community about energy.

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#133998
2022-04-12

Palau adamant youth get a seat at the table in Our Ocean conference

Palau's Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Environment Steven Victor says it is significant for Palau to be the first small island developing state to host a large event like Our Ocean.

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#134021
2022-04-12

Ărramăt Project highlights interconnections between Indigenous well-being and biodiversity

The Ărramăt Project is working to build the capacity of Indigenous organizations to document, share, and use their knowledge about the interconnections between biodiversity conservation and health and well-being.

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#133970
2022-04-11

Ecuador’s Pastaza province, Indigenous groups collaborate on forest conservation

An almost invisible trail snakes through thick buzzing forest leading to a chakra, an ancestral food garden in the Kichwa Cuya community located in Ecuador’s largest province, Pastaza

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#133909
2022-04-01

Indigenous communities crucial to protecting biodiversity, says Minister Creecy

Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has highlighted how engaging with local and indigenous communities can benefit economic potential and protect biodiversity.

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#133861
2022-03-31

Best-preserved part of Brazil’s Amazon, home to isolated tribes, faces ‘decimation’

The central Purus River Basin is one of the best-preserved regions of the Brazilian Amazon. But deforestation here, in the state of Amazonas, could clear an area larger than England by 2050, according to a new report by several civil society organizations.

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#133722
2022-03-07

An Indigenous basket-weaving tradition keeps a Philippine forest alive

Philippines — On a fine day at the onset of the dry season, Sublito Tiblak wakes up very early to the sounds of birds. They’re perched on trees surrounding his home in Kamantian, an upland village tucked in the Mount Mantalingahan Protected Landscape in the southern part of the Philippines’ Pala ...

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#133747
2022-03-07

Indigenous storytellers are overcoming hurdles to advance climate justice globally

“Indigenous storytellers have the lived experiences, they have the stories, and they also have their own way of telling these stories and offering solutions,” said Vanessa Cuervo Forero.

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#133689
2022-03-03

An environmental scientist points to Indigenous knowledge for sustainability solutions

There is scientific consensus that human civilization is a threat to life on Earth. Efforts are underway to alleviate that threat, but there is much doubt over whether we can turn back our cascading environmental impacts.

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#133640
2022-03-02

In Brazil, evicted Indigenous residents fight to reclaim their community

As she walks through the rubble, Yawaratsuni Kokama steps over loose bricks and piles of broken tiles, her eyes welling up. From time to time, she stops to pluck a ripened mango from a tree or yank a cassava root from the ground.

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#133645
2022-03-02

Climate crisis: Indigenous groups both victims and saviours

Long portrayed as victims of climate change, indigenous peoples who have struggled for years to protect ancestral lands and ways of life from destruction are finally being recognised as playing an important role in defending precious environments.

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#133619
2022-03-01

Floodplain project taps Indigenous knowledge, drawing international eyes

Around 100 people tuned in last week to the launch of a five-part webinar series to learn how Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, southwest of London, and its partners developed a collaborative approach to floodplain mapping.

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#133554
2022-02-25

Indigenous knowledge ‘gives us a much richer picture’: Q&A with Māori researcher Ocean Mercier

Small islands, big seascapes: that’s how many Pacific Ocean nations are characterized. Aotearoa New Zealand, a country about the size of the U.K. but with the world’s fourth-largest maritime area, is no exception.

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#133482
2022-02-24

Sabino Gualinga, Amazon shaman and defender of the ‘living forest,’ passes away

Its a sad moment for any Indigenous community when spiritual leaders, those who hold the knowledge of sacred ceremonies and traditions, pass away from this world.

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#133518
2022-02-24

Indigenous and Western forest education find harmony at the Wildwood ecoforest

What happens when you bring together Indigenous wisdom and Western science from the forest? Maybe, something like magic. That’s what educators are learning at the Wildwood ecoforest, on Stz’uminus and Snuneymuxw territory.

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#133422
2022-02-22

Local communities around the globe warn of the disappearance of wild edible plants

Local and Indigenous communities warn of a significant decrease in the abundance of wild edible plants and mushrooms that negatively impacts their nutrition and food security, from local to global scales.

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#133432
2022-02-22

Deforestation threat to Amazon indigenous areas if protected status changed - report

Areas of Amazon rainforest with a combined area the size of England could be threatened by new mining and deforestation, a new report claims.

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#133380
2022-02-21

‘It’s a powerful feeling’: the Indigenous American tribe helping to bring back buffalo

A trio of bison has gathered around a fourth animal’s carcass, and Jimmy Doyle is worried. “I really hope we’re not on the brink of some disease outbreak,” said Doyle, who manages the Wolakota Buffalo Range here in a remote corner of south-western South Dakota in one of the country’s poorest cou ...

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#133330
2022-02-18

Indigenous Comcáac turtle group saves sea turtles in Mexico’s Gulf of California

Mayra Estrella’s father always spoke to her about sea turtles. Growing up, she remembers hearing stories linking a pair of turtles to the very existence of the Comcáac people, the Indigenous people of which she and her father belong.

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#133331
2022-02-18

A conservation paradigm based on Indigenous values in DR Congo (commentary)

The Batwa Indigenous peoples lived in the Kahuzi-Biega forests of present-day Democratic Republic of Congo for centuries before Belgian colonial rule imposed formal change in 1937 with the establishment of the Zoological and Forest Reserve of Mount Kahuzi.

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#133234
2022-02-16

What is biocultural diversity, and why does it matter?

What do the English concept of the countryside, the French paysage, the Spanish dehesas and Australian Aboriginal country have in common?

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#133248
2022-02-16

Field school teaches young Indigenous Indonesians how to care for their forests

Haeriah is a young homemaker and a member of the Marena Indigenous community on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Although she’s lived all her life near her community’s ancestral forest, Haeriah, like many others around her age, didn’t learn about the forest growing up because for several gener ...

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#133207
2022-02-15

Traditional Knowledge of Plant Foods and Medicines

In the current reality of lockdowns and isolation, people are turning to plants as a lifeline and way to connect with nature by collecting houseplants and building outdoor gardens. For Indigenous Peoples worldwide, connections with plants are not a recent trend—sacred and cultural connections to ...

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#133208
2022-02-15

In Canada, Indigenous communities and scientists collaborate on marine research

Standing on the snow-covered banks of the Shubenacadie River in Canada’s easternmost province, Nova Scotia, Alanna Sylbiloy tosses a wire trap into the icy water flowing past, in search of a small fish known as a tomcod.

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#133151
2022-02-14

By Cultivating Seaweed, Indigenous Communities Restore Connection to the Ocean

In many places, Indigenous communities are working to restore seaweed species that have been traditional food sources or supported traditional diets.

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#133116
2022-02-11

In Russian north, indigenous hunters spear whales to feed their village

Hunting whales with harpoons is an ancient tradition that the indigenous Chukchi people of Russia’s frozen northeast have retained to this day, but global warming is forcing changes to their precarious way of life.

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#133120
2022-02-11

Q&A: Victor Steffensen, 48, author, filmmaker

Since the 2019-20 bushfires you’ve combined your creative talents and cultural knowledge to advocate for traditional burning. Has progress been made?

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#133084
2022-02-10

Podcast: Kelp, condors and Indigenous conservation

The importance of Indigenous stewardship and traditional ecological knowledge is increasingly recognized as vital to the future of conservation and the preservation of life on this planet. Mongabay frequently reports on Indigenous-led conservation initiatives, and we wanted to take a closer look ...

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#133001
2022-02-08

Indigenous communities of Jharkhand have long defended their native forests from exploitation

A decade's-long save-the-forest movement in Bokaro leads the fight in protecting rich, biodiverse, and ecologically-sensitive sub-tropical forests from commercial exploitation and environmental devastation while allowing indigenous peoples to thrive off their land.

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#132972
2022-02-07

Giving new life to old languages in Australia

When we lose a language, we can also lose medicine and dietary knowledge, stories of survival through geological, environmental, climate and political change, and traditions orally transmitted over tens of thousands of years.

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#132978
2022-02-07

These Indigenous women are being trained to take care of coral reefs

A group of Indigenous women is being trained to safeguard coral reefs under threat from climate change. "The Sea Women of Melanesia is a team of women from Melanesia, who are passionate about marine conservation and who are willing to go back to their community to set up marine reserves, " says ...

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#132979
2022-02-07

Researchers discover origins of species biodiversity on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Chinese researchers have discovered geographical isolation, natural selection, and hybridization could have together promoted the species diversification of numerous plant genera on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

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#132936
2022-02-04

Paraguay’s drought hits biodiversity, Indigenous communities the hardest

The ongoing drought in Paraguay, now moving into its third year, has put increasing pressure on conservation efforts throughout the country to support local communities and protect wildlife.

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#132903
2022-02-03

Tukupu: The women of the Kariña community, guardians of Venezuela’s forests

Cecilia Rivas remembers Tukupu as a place to live freely. The dwellings of the Indigenous Kariña community, spread out under the shade of the trees in the Imataca Forest Reserve, located in the south-east of Venezuela, was where her grandparents and parents were born.

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#132893
2022-02-02

Indigenous knowledge a way to protect valuable wetlands

Iran is rich in terms of having a variety of wetlands due to its climatic diversity. In the world, the total number of wetlands is classified into 42 types, of which 41 types exist in the country.

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#132831
2022-02-01

Ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin: Indigenous knowledge serves as a ‘connective tissue’ between nature and human well-being

As a best-selling author, the co-founder of the award-winning Amazon Conservation Team, and an acclaimed public speaker, Mark Plotkin is one of the world’s most prominent rainforest ethnobotanists and conservationists. Plotkin has worked closely with Indigenous communities–including traditional ...

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#132811
2022-01-31

Food security: Losing indigenous knowledge on climate change poses greatest risk – Experts

Climate change conversations are very complex and as a result this influences low contribution in addressing the climate crisis in Africa. And this, according to experts, has affected food production in the continent.

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#132791
2022-01-28

Review utilizes Indigenous knowledge

A joint federal and provincial assessment of the environmental, economic, social and cultural impacts of mining in the Ring of Fire mineral belt will seek to meld traditional Indigenous knowledge of the area with modern science.

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#132720
2022-01-25

Ancient knowledge is lost when a species disappears. It’s time to let Indigenous people care for their country, their way

Indigenous people across Australia place tremendous cultural and customary value on many species and ecological communities. The very presence of a plant or animal species can trigger an Indigenous person to recall and share knowledge. This is crucial to maintaining culture and managing Country.

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#132632
2022-01-19

Whanganui River tribes draw global focus to indigenous knowledge

A Māori development leader says the Whanganui River tribes have helped bring attention to global perspectives on indigenous knowledge, collaboration and trade.

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#132599
2022-01-18

Indigenous lore and the fire knowledge we ignore

As long as fire strategy prioritises suppression, the valuabble knowledge of Indigenous people will continue to be sidelined.

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#132563
2022-01-17

West Bengal biodiversity board attempts to bring back traditional crop varieties

The West Bengal Biodiversity Board (WBBB) has prepared People’s Biodiversity Registers containing comprehensive account of local bio-resources along with related traditional knowledge and practices of the area. Efforts are now on to come up with at least five ‘seed banks’ across the state.

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#132484
2022-01-14

Zimbabwean women leverage traditional knowledge to sustain livelihoods

Early in the morning in Domboshava, a village near Harare, two women were gathering herbs in a lush green forest. A branch at a time, the women carefully pruned the shrubs, making sure they leave the plants in good health.

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#132493
2022-01-14

Decolonizing Conservation: Native Communities Know How to Protect Nature

This piece originally appeared in Nexus Media. It is republished here with permission. Jessica Hernandez found her way to conservation science and environmental justice through her grandmother—and her knowledge about the natural world, accumulated over generations.

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#132456
2022-01-12

Ottawa’s new science grant recipients to tackle complex challenges, including Indigenous-led solutions to stem biodiversity loss

Indigenous solutions for conserving nature while promoting health; machines for preserving organs donated for transplants; strategies for turning discarded ocean byproducts into opportunities for coastal communities.

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#132363
2022-01-07

Indigenous food systems can provide game-changing solutions for humankind (commentary)

Humanity has developed incredible technologies and processes to produce enough food on the planet to feed the entire population. From the Green Revolution to the digitalization of agriculture, the technologies developed have aimed to boost food production across the globe.

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#132376
2022-01-07

Shatavari to Queen Sago: How We Used Rare Forest Produce to Double Tribal Incomes

In Kerala, amid the Chalakudy and Karuvannur River basin, dwell the indigenous tribes of Kadar, Malayar, and Muthuvar. These tribal groups sustain mainly through forest produce. For the last four years, ecologist Dr Manju Vasudevan has worked closely with these communities to secure their liveli ...

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#132310
2022-01-05

Rocky road: Paraguay’s new Chaco highway threatens rare forest and last of the Ayoreo people

In 1972, Catholic missionaries entered the Chaco forest of northern Paraguay and forced Oscar Pisoraja’s family, and their nomadic Ayoreo people, to leave with them. Many perished from thirst on the long march south.

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#132237
2021-12-20

What COP26 means for indigenous communities of Eastern Himalayas

Climate change is already here in North East India. Governments in the region must invest heavily in creating climate resilient, nature-regenerative economies by rewilding its forests and nurturing the transition to climate-resilient practices like agroforestry.

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#132203
2021-12-17

Govt introduces amendment bill, decriminalising use of biological resources by 'vaids', 'hakims' and AYUSH practitioners

The government on Thursday in Lok Sabha introduced the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which seeks to facilitate fast-tracking of research, encourage the Indian system of medicine, and decriminalize certain provisions for use of traditional knowledge of such resources including seeds ...

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#132207
2021-12-17

Green group, tribe sue US land agency over Nevada geothermal plant

A Native American tribe and an environmental group have sued the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), accusing the agency of greenlighting a geothermal power plant in western Nevada based on a botched environmental review.

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#132209
2021-12-17

Conservation projects in Mesoamerica make the case for Indigenous climate funding

Research shows that national governments, investors and development organizations consider direct funding to Indigenous-led organizations as too risky, though a new report shows that Indigenous communities with good project management skills exist.

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