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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.

Africa: Amid Coronavirus, Let's Not Forget About Indigenous People

Indigenous communities play a critical role in preventing the emergence of diseases and must be involved in the response to the pandemic.. For the first time in living memory, the industrialized world understands what it is to be entirely susceptible to disease, as vulnerable as indigenous peop ...

African Regional Indigenous and Local Community preparatory meeting for the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD

9 - 14 June 2012, Bujumbura, Burundi

African Regional Training Workshop on National Arrangements on Traditional Knowledge for Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 18 and Contributing to Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

8 - 12 October 2018, Marrakesh, Morocco

African Regional Workshop on the Composite Report on Traditional Knowledge

21 - 22 May 2005, New York, United States of America

African Training Workshop on Community Protocols, Indicators on Traditional Knowledge and Customary Sustainable Use under the Convention on Biological Diversity

25 - 29 January 2016, Nairobi, Kenya

African regional workshops for indigenous and local community representatives in preparation for COP 11: Selection of Participants

Reference: SCBD/SEL/JS/dm/79791 (2012-071)
To: CBD Focal Points and ICNP Focal Points, Indigenous and local communities, and International organizations

Recommendation II/4

Agenda item 3.6: Knowledge innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities

Agreements reached on actions to integrate biodiversity in forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and tourism sectors and to achieve the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development

Agroforestry: An ancient ‘indigenous technology’ with wide modern appeal (commentary)

The highly climate- and biodiversity-friendly agricultural practice of agroforestry is now practiced widely around the world, but its roots are deeply indigenous.

Alternative Health Care: Indigenous Medicine Of Dimasas

North East India is geographically situated in one of the richest biological reservoirs of the world. Endowed with numerous varieties of flora and fauna, the entire region is an important segment of the Indo-Myanmar biodiversity hotspot, one of the 34 global ones.

Amazon community files lawsuit against Chinese firm over gas flaring

Indigenous Waorani from Ecuador's Amazon filed a lawsuit Thursday against state-owned Chinese oil company PetroOriental, accusing it of contaminating their ancestral lands by burning off natural gas from oil wells in a process known as flaring.

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 ...

Amazon-dwellers lived sustainably for 5,000 years

A study that dug into the history of the Amazon Rainforest has found that indigenous people lived there for millennia with "causing no detectable species losses or disturbances".

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 ...

An Indigenous community in India’s Meghalaya state offers lessons in climate resilience

The Indigenous food system of the Khasi community in Nongtraw village in Meghalaya offers lessons in climate resilience and sustainable food systems, says a United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation report.

An Indonesian forest community grapples with the arrival of the outside world

DOROGOT, Indonesia — Toikot rises as the golden light of dawn begins to shine on the heavy mist that cloaks the rainforest canopy outside his home in Indonesia’s Siberut Island.

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.

An oil palm front advances on an Indigenous community in Peru

“The invasions do not stop, the deforestation does not stop, and the threats do not stop,” Iván Flores Rodríguez said by phone from the Indigenous Santa Clara de Uchunya community. A leader of the Shipibo people, Flores Rodríguez outlines the history of his community in the Peruvian Amazon, when ...

Ancient Indigenous population much larger than previously thought

Innovative studies using a supercomputer have found that the Aboriginal population 60,000 years ago was much larger than previous estimates suggest. Researchers developed a simulation model and used a supercomputer that tested 125 billion potential pathways across the continent and found Aborigi ...

Ancient Water System in Peru Could Fix Water Shortages

Sometimes modern problems require ancient solutions.

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.

Ancient spirituality guides a Maya town’s conservation efforts

It was Thursday, Nov. 8, but the Mayan calendar marked the day as Wukub’ Q’anil, or 7 Rabbit, a good day to ask for the rebirth of sterile lands and the fertility of all living beings. Rumualdo López, a Maya priest and spiritual guide, was prepared to hike up to the top of Siete Orejas, a mounta ...

Annual Inter-Agency Support Group (IASG) meeting on Indigenous Peoples Issues

28 - 30 September 2009, Nairobi, Kenya

Arctic Biodiversity: status and trends

A review of the current status and trends in Arctic Biodiversity. And an overview of ongoing work by the Conservation of Arctic Flora & Fauna working group (CAFF) of the Arctic Council e.g. The Arctic Biodiversity Assessment and the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme etc. CAFFs misi ...

Arctic Region Workshop on Indigenous Communities, Tourism and Biodiversity: New Information and Web-based Technologies

19 - 21 November 2007, Quebec City, Canada

Are changing agricultural practices responsible for vanishing happiness in remote Tripura hamlets?

Caught in the transition from shifting cultivation (jhum) to rubber monocropping, members of indigenous communities in a remote district in Tripura – India’s second rubber capital – are “struggling” or “just getting by”, a forthcoming study has claimed.

Article 8 (j) and related provisions: Ad hoc Expert Group Meeting of Local-community Representatives

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/DM/ 75215 (2011-050)
To: CBD Focal Points, International organizations, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant stakeholders

In paragraph 21 of Decision X/43, regarding the revised programme of work for Article 8(j) and related provisions of the Convention, the Conference of the Parties, noting that the involvement of local communities in accordance with Article 8(j), in the work of the Convention has been limited for ...

Article 8 (j) and related provisions: Online Discussion Forum on Article 10(c), 11 February to 11 March 2009

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/SG/66366 (2009-018)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Indigenous and Local Communities

In order to assist the Executive Secretary in the preparation of advice for the next meeting of the Working Group, I have the pleasure to inform you that an Online Discussion Forum on Article 10(c) will be held from 11 February to 11 March 2009 through the Traditional Knowledge Information Porta ...

As Animals and Plants Go Extinct, Languages Die Off Too

In the parts of the world where biodiversity is most at risk, words and phrases also face extinction.

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).

As the incoming Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity and as this is my first statement to this esteemed body, I wish to acknowledge the traditional owners of this land we are gathered upon, the Haudenosaunee Confederation, and to greet both the continuing Forum members and new members.

Asia Regional Training Workshop related to national arrangements on traditional knowledge for achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 18 and contributing to Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, 20 - 24 August 2018 - Kandy, Sri Lanka

Reference: SCBD/SPS/AS/JS/VF/87280 (2018-034)
To: To: CBD, ABS, TK Focal Points, and indigenous peoples and local community organizations

Asia Workshop on Indicators Relevant for Indigenous Peoples, CBD and MDG's

8 - 10 November 2006, Calapan, Mindoro, Philippines

Asian Capacity-building Workshop for Indigenous and Local Communities (in partnership with the Tebtebba Foundation and the AIPP Foundation)

25 - 27 April 2005, Baguio City, Philippines

Asian Indigenous Peoples’ Intellectual Property Rights On Biodiversity Endangered – OpEd

Indigenous and tribal peoples of Asia, are facing complex threats to their survival as distinct peoples.

Asian Regional Meeting on the Composite Report on Traditional Knowledge (in partnership with the Tebtebba Foundation and the AIPP Foundation)

28 - 30 April 2005, Baguio City, Philippines

Asian Regional Training Workshop on National Arrangements on Traditional Knowledge for Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 18 and Contributing to Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

27 - 31 July 2018, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Asian indigenous peoples’ IPR on biodiversity endangered

Indigenous and tribal peoples of Asia are facing complex threats to their survival as distinct peoples. Not only are they confronted with dispossession of their lands, resources and physical persecution, they are also faced with the appropriation of their collective knowledge on plants, trees, a ...

Assessment identifies cultural sites in biodiversity project

The Natural Resource Management (NRM) team and I have recently been working with landholders and local Aboriginal community members to conduct Aboriginal Cultural Values Impact Assessments as part of the Biodiversity on Farm project.

At-Risk Indigenous Languages Spotlighted on New Google Earth Platform

The new initiative features recordings of native languages from around the globe

August 9 marks International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2021

CAIRO – 9 August 2021: More than 476 million Indigenous individuals live in 90 countries, representing 6.2 percent of the world's population. Indigenous peoples are endowed with a great diversity of unique cultures, traditions, languages and knowledge systems. They enjoy an exceptional relations ...

Australia mulls ‘offensive marks’ to protect indigenous knowledge

IP Australia has concluded a consultation process over the protection of indigenous knowledge, which could lead to the country introducing a ban on ‘offensive’ trademarks.

Australia' s coastal waters are rich in Indigenous cultural heritage, but it remains hidden and under threat

When people arrived in Australia more than 65,000 years ago, they landed on shores that are now deep under water. The first footprints on this continent took place on these now-submerged landscapes .

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.

Australian state gives world's oldest rainforest to Indigenous group

Queensland, Australia's third most populous state, said on Wednesday it has given ownership of the world's oldest tropical rainforest to a local Indigenous group.

Bananas, indigenous knowledge, and GMOs

Biotechnology, indigenous knowledge, climate change and banana trees. This week, Africa Science Focus sits down with United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity executive secretary Elizabeth Maruma Mrema to discuss biodiversity and environment on the continent.

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.

Between land and sea: Agrobiodiversity holds key to health for Melanesian tribes

The community’s traditionally self-sufficient and biodiverse diet features 132 species, notably the fe’i banana, a Melanesian specialty that contains 100 times the vitamin A of a typical banana.

Big business commercialises Paraguay’s traditional stevia plant

Indigenous communities claim share of profitable global trade as exports to China fall foul of diplomacy