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#1279942021-04-08
“You Can’t Fight Fire, You Have to Work With It”—In Australia, These Women Are Harnessing Indigenous Knowledge to Protect Their Land
Australia just endured the worst flooding it has seen in 60 years, forcing thousands to evacuate their homes in Sydney, New South Wales, and up the North Coast. For many, the experience was painfully familiar; these were the same communities impacted by Australia’s “Black Summer” wildfires of 20 ...
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#1272962021-02-23
“Securing Indigenous guardianship of vital ecosystems”: Q&A with Nia Tero CEO Peter Seligmann
One of the dominant trends in conservation over the past 20 years has been growing recognition of the contributions Indigenous peoples have made toward conservationists’ goals of protecting biodiversity, wild places, and ecosystem functions.
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#1317872021-11-18
“Biodiversity is declining at the same time as sociodiversity” – Release
Specialist in indigenous peoples of Siberia and shamanic traditions (Traveling in the invisible, 2019), anthropologist Charles Stépanoff, director at EHESS, conducted an immersive survey on the borders of Perche, Beauce and Yvelines, to study the role of violence in human society, and the parado ...
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#1347922022-05-31
‘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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#1280282021-04-12
‘We are made invisible’: Brazil’s Indigenous on prejudice in the city
Contrary to popular belief, Brazil’s Indigenous people aren’t confined to the Amazon Rainforest, with more than a third of them, or about 315,000 individuals, living in urban areas.
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#1353802022-07-20
‘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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#1275602021-03-05
‘The river was stolen from us’: a tribe's battle to retake the Skagit River
Scott Schuyler doesn’t need to see the Skagit River to know something is wrong. As he walks down the river’s steep embankment, wet rock and moss under each step, he can hear the problem. “The river should be singing to us right now, it should be free flowing,” Schuyler says as cold February rain ...
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#1211102019-05-20
‘Resisting to exist’: Indigenous women unite against Brazil’s far-right president
In a country where women account for almost half of Brazil’s 900,000 native people, female indigenous leaders have now stepped boldly into the political spotlight.
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#1292042021-06-10
‘Listening to communities must go beyond ticking compliance boxes’, says Peter Kallang, a Kenyah leader
The Malaysian state of Sarawak was until recently home to some of the last truly nomadic peoples of Borneo, who roamed its wild and rich rainforests as they had done since time immemorial.
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#1278042021-03-23
‘Like losing half the territory.’ Waorani struggle with loss of elder, and of land to oil (commentary)
Indigenous elders play a key role in the protection of their culture and livelihoods. A death of an elder threatens global conservation efforts since Indigenous livelihoods and knowledge represent key elements to understand and fight environmental degradation.
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#1333802022-02-21
‘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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#1270992021-02-16
‘Indigenous People Respect All Species’
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim is an environmental activist and member of Chad’s pastoralist Mbororo community who believes in twinning traditional knowledge with science to tackle ecosystem challenges.
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#1342512022-04-28
‘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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#1317442021-11-16
‘A death sentence’: Indigenous climate activists denounce Cop26 deal
Indigenous communities facing an upsurge in land grabs, water shortages and human rights violations as a result of the Cop26 deal have accused world leaders of sacrificing them in order to postpone meaningful climate action and shield corporate profits.
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#1340212022-04-12
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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#1238562020-01-21
«Le rôle des communautés autochtones est crucial pour préserver la biodiversité et le climat»
Plus d’un tiers de ce qu’il reste dans le monde de forêts intactes se situe sur les terres des populations autochtones, lesquelles les protègent efficacement, constate une étude publiée début janvier. Entretien avec son auteur principal, John E. Fa, professeur à la Manchester Metropolitan Univer ...
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#1277622021-03-22
[Interview] Nicolas Salazar Sutil: placing trees and indigenous knowledge at the centre of future healing
If trees on our earth could mobilise, fighting for life would be the way forward, says Nicolas Salazar Sutil, the founder and director of Forest Guardians, an independent organisation that places the knowledge of indigenous peoples at the center of our future healing.
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#1324842022-01-14
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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#1344752022-05-16
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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#1298692021-08-10
World’s Indigenous peoples and the environment
International Day of World’s Indigenous People is celebrated on the 9th August every year since 1994. This day is celebrated to strengthen the international cooperation for solving problems faced by the indigenous peoples in areas such as culture, education, health, human rights, the environment ...
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#1298062021-08-09
World's Indigenous Day reminds of resilience against pandemic
International Day of the World's Indigenous People 2021 marked the resilience of indigenous people to face pandemics through knowledge passed down through generations, according to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology.
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#1246382020-03-11
With most biodiversity lying on indigenous land, their leadership is crucial'
‘In traditional times there were no borders like now — no states and territories, no native title borders and different groups drawing lines. This project removes those borders so that we can work together to keep country and people healthy.”
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#1344472022-05-13
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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#1215522019-07-11
Why traditional knowledge is the key to sustainable agriculture
Substituting organic “bio-inputs” for synthetic agrochemicals is still a one-size-fits-all, technology-focused solution, which means it won’t lead to sustainable agriculture.
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#1292892021-06-14
Why the world’s most fertile fishing ground is facing a ‘unique and dire’ threat
Since long before the steel-hulled fishing boats from foreign countries arrived in the South Pacific its people have had their own systems for sharing the ocean’s catches.
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#1343862022-05-12
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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#1300272021-08-18
Why must Bolivia’s Ese ejja communities stop eating fish?
In the extreme west of Bolivia’s Beni department, north of the capital La Paz, Amazonian forests survive in an increasingly degraded state. This remote area, which borders Peru and Brazil, used to be a veritable paradise before the arrival of the gold rush in the 1980s.
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#1257852020-11-19
Why indigenous voices must be heard in the global debate about biodiversity
On 30 September, the United Nations held a summit calling for 'urgent action on biodiversity for sustainable development'. The forum, which was convened by the President of the General Assembly, brought together heads of state and other leaders to discuss the global biodiversity framework after ...
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#1249762020-03-31
Why communities must be at the heart of conserving wildlife, plants and ecosystems
A little more than a year ago, the Haida Nation released the Land-Sea-People plan to manage Gwaii Haanas, off the coast of northern British Columbia, “from mountaintop to seafloor as a single, interconnected ecosystem.”
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#1283992021-05-05
Why Indigenous Guardians are key to Canada's climate future
In a section focused on biodiversity and the climate crisis, the 2021 federal budget shared in April contained a clear line: “Support Indigenous Guardians.” It was an explicit reference to the Guardians programs caring for lands across the country. The Indigenous Leadership Initiative (ILI), whi ...
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#1304032021-09-14
Where people live in harmony with lions
In traditional Maasai society, killing lions was a rite of passage. But thanks to an innovative conservation programme in Kenya, lions and Maasai can safely share this land again.
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#1332342022-02-16
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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#1322372021-12-20
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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#1326322022-01-19
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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#1234422019-12-13
Western science and cultural knowledge meet to conserve biodiversity
A new research project led by Curtin University will unite modern Western science with historical and cultural knowledge from local Indigenous Elders to conserve the biodiversity of the Dryandra Woodlands near Narrogin, Western Australia.
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#1325632022-01-17
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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#1236112020-01-09
We need to save the tamaraw before it is too late
Old Fausto exhaled from his worn clay pipe, the sweet scent of wild tobacco enveloping the hut."It was sickness that drove us down from the mountains. Measles we got from Tagalog visitors. Half our village of 200 died. The survivors moved here to be closer to civilization. Now we constantly need ...
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#1317392021-11-16
We need to design housing for Indigenous communities that can withstand the impacts of climate change
Remote Indigenous communities in Australia will experience the impacts of climate change disproportionately to the rest of the country.
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#1345182022-05-17
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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#1345222022-05-17
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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#1216642019-07-22
Video of uncontacted Amazon tribe highlights threat from illegal loggers
Clip shows a bare-chested man with a spear, who is believed to belong to the Awá people, the world’s most threatened tribe
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#1349162022-06-08
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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#1282512021-04-26
Use indigenous knowledge as a catalyst for climate action in Kenya
Over the last 100 years, climate change has been a global issue. Rising temperatures, rising sea levels, coastal erosion and extreme weather events like floods, landslides and severe droughts are some of the manifestations of climate change.
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#1304082021-09-14
United Nations And Indigenous Peoples Work Together For Our Planet
Taking place in Marseille shortly before a new international biodiversity agenda is set for the next decade, the IUCN World Conservation Congress is a unique opportunity to shape the ambition and galvanize the necessary action. It is also an opportune time to ensure that all knowledge systems ar ...
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#1268852021-02-04
UK is helping indigenous communities in Peten to protect and use their ancient traditional medicine
The British Ambassador in Guatemala, Nick Whittingham, met with the Mayan Council of Indigenous Spiritual Leaders of the Southern Peten, ACGERS, who are using the benefits of ancient traditional medicine as part of a UK funded project.
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#1329032022-02-03
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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#1240082020-01-29
Trust our expertise or face catastrophe, Amazon peoples warn on environment
Ecosystems will continue to collapse around the world unless humanity listens to the expertise of indigenous communities on how to live alongside nature, a prominent Amazon leader has warned.
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#1273452021-02-25
Tribes Could Play a Crucial Role in Achieving a Bold New Conservation Goal
An emerging effort to protect 30 percent of the country's land and water is an opportunity to strengthen tribal sovereignty and heed Indigenous ecological knowledge, experts say.
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#1290912021-06-04
Traditional peoples hold key to healthy ecosystems, Vatican official says
The Earth's warming temperatures are having a disproportionate negative impact on Indigenous peoples, those of African descent and migrants, but their ancestral wisdom is essential to efforts to reduce the impacts of climate change and preserve biodiversity, a top Vatican official said.
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#1276892021-03-15
Traditional healers are preserving their knowledge, and with it, the biodiversity of Brazil’s savanna
Since Lucely Pio was a little girl, she has been collecting medicinal plants in the Cerrado, Brazil’s tropical savanna. At 5, she walked through the grasslands and forests of the Cerrado with her grandmother, a midwife and healer, who taught her about where to find and how to harvest the thousan ...