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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 ...

Indigenous Peoples' resilience: Supporting solutions from within

When Covid-19 hit, Indigenous peoples feared for the lives of their elders and the survival of their cultures. Despite lockdowns, there seemed to be a surge in territorial invasions, contributing to the ensuing spread of the virus in their remote communities.

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

9 August 2021, New York, United States of America

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 ...

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.

International Day of World's Indigenous Peoples 2021: Date, Theme, History And Significance

Every year on August 9, the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples is observed. Nearly 476 million indigenous people live in 90 countries across the world. They account for 6.2 per cent of the world's total population. India, on the other hand, is home to around 104 million of these ...

Importance of saving Indigenous languages

Connection to country, culture and community is intrinsically linked to teaching and retaining Indigenous languages, a Flinders University communications expert says.

International Day Of The World's Indigenous Peoples: How Tribals Are Preserving Biodiversity Through Traditional Practices

While several cultural aspects of the tribal societies remain a mystery, it is a well-known fact that tribals have lived in few of the most hostile environmental conditions on the planet. Consequently, they have gained immense knowledge about the development and management of the forest ecosystem.

Listening to voices of indigenous peoples is only way to protect people and planet – Spotlight on Guyana

Each year, on August 9, the United Nations (UN) celebrates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The date marks the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations.

Four essential Indigenous tourism projects that are sustainable for both the land and its people

A large portion of the world’s 350 million Indigenous peoples live in areas of the globe awash with gorgeous scenery, unique traditions, and unparalleled cultural history. This makes them an attractive offer to tour operators and travel companies. But there are many sensitivities and intricacies ...

Indigenous knowledge is vital in the fight against climate change: IPCC report

The traditional knowledge of the world’s indigenous peoples can be a vital tool in the fight to mitigate the growing climate crisis, the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said. The Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change wa ...

Indigenous-led tech solutions for better planet

Indigenous people account for just over 6 per cent of the world’s population today. Yet they are vital protectors of an estimated 80 per cent of the world’s remaining biodiversity.

Empowering Indigenous Peoples to manage and protect their local forests

Indigenous Peoples know their lands better than anyone, and nothing can replace their expertise in forest conservation. That’s why BirdLife and Partners are providing technical training and support for Indigenous Peoples, so that they can manage and protect their local forests for generations to ...

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.

Third Global Thematic Dialogue for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

2 - 6 August 2021, Online

Indigenous food systems game-changer, UN told

Chairperson of North East Slow Food and Agrobiodiversity Society (NESFAS) and Coordinator of The Indigenous Partnership (TIP), Phrang Roy, on Wednesday, along with others, represented the indigenous people globally, defending and promoting their food systems, at the preparatory even (Pre-Summit) ...

OPINION: Indigenous Peoples are key to a healthier planet

On International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, David Kaimowitz, Senior Forestry Officer at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Manager of the Forest and Farm Facility, explains why empowering Indigenous Peoples can help fight our climate, nature and health cr ...

Pueblo youth are at the forefront of protecting Indigenous lands

Pueblo people are the direct descendants of Bears Ears, Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde therefore, it is within our cultural interest to protect these sacred landscapes.

Entrepreneurial climate change spirit at tribal reservation

“We Native people have always been resilient and adaptive people: assimilation, genocide, and reorganizing have not stopped us. The climate crisis is different: I fear it threatens our existence like nothing else we have ever seen.

Support to Facilitate the Effective Participation of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in the Third Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/TMc/QC/TM/89750 (2021-053)
To: Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Third Global Thematic Dialogue for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/TMC/QC/TM/89703 (2021-051)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, TK National Focal Points, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and relevant organizations

Satellite data helped indigenous Peruvians save rainforest: study

Indigenous peoples patrolling the Peruvian Amazon equipped with smartphones and satellite data were able to drastically reduce illegal deforestation, according to the results of an experiment published Monday.

Protecting 30 per cent of the earth by 2030 would threaten indigenous peoples

LATELY, it seems like everyone is talking about ‘30x30’. The US president, Joe Biden, recently committed the country to protecting 30 per cent of its lands and waters by 2030. At the next meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity, world leaders are widely expected to embrace a global 30x ...

Nepali conservationist among Rolex awardees

Anew generation of Nepali environmental activists is filling the void left by the tragic 2006 Ghunsa crash that saw the loss of many pioneering conservationists including Harka Gurung and Chandra Gurung.

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.

How Giving Native Americans Their Land Back Helps Protect Nature

In 1908 the U.S. government seized some 18,000 acres of land from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to create the National Bison Range in the heart of their reservation in the mountain-ringed Mission Valley of western Montana.

Indigenous people are the world’s biggest conservationists, but they rarely get credit for it

In a lush swath of tropical forest on the eastern coast of Mindanao, the second-largest island in the Philippines, you can glimpse the brilliant plumage of the rare rufous-lored kingfisher or — if you’re lucky — hear the shrill cry of the large Philippine eagle, a critically endangered species.

‘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.

Knowledge of medicinal plants at risk as languages die out

Knowledge of medicinal plants is at risk of disappearing as human languages become extinct, a new study has warned.Indigenous languages contain vast amounts of knowledge about ecosystem services provided by the natural world around them. However, more than 30% of the 7,400 languages on the plane ...

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".

Invite Ips on the table, not just put them on the menu: Capuyan

MANILA – National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) Chairperson, Secretary Allen A. Capuyan, on Friday stressed the need to “invite the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) on the table, not just put them on the menu.”

Indigenous people denounce Chinese oil giant's extractions in Peru's Amazon Forest

In Peru, Indigenous groups and local NGOs are using innovative advocacy strategies to ensure that Chinese investment in their communities includes them in the decision-making process and doesn't come at the expense of the environment.

Decline in languages leads to decline in Indigenous biological knowledge

Around the world, more than 7,000 languages are spoken, most of them by small populations of speakers in the tropics. Papua New Guinea (PNG), where nine million people speak 850 languages, is the most linguistically diverse place on Earth.

Linking modern science with Indigenous knowledge to care for the land

Professor of biodiversity Stephen Hopper says the world is struggling to care for biodiversity. The trend is down. In Australia, the damage has occurred in the last two hundred years, since European settlement.

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.

On the Mongolian steppe, conservation science meets traditional knowledge

Vast terrains dominated by grasses, shrubs or sparse trees, rangelands are more than unproductive places where reticent herders graze their livestock and wildlife browse dry — or green, if lucky — meadows.

Initiative to conserve sacred groves

There are 163 sacred groves on the Marakkanam-Puducherry-Cuddalore stretch For centuries, ‘Kovil Kaadugal’ or sacred groves were looked after and maintained by the local communities residing there, who made use of the age-old traditions and knowledge to conserve them.

Climate change and indigenous peoples, afro-descendants and migrants examined at global seminar

Indigenous peoples and afro-descendants’ knowledge, innovations and resilience capacities are essential for the transformation to a more sustainable and climate-friendly world and should be included in the policy-making processes, agreed the High-Level Seminar convened today by the Food and Agri ...

Green Oscar 2021 winner Nuklu Phom strives to continue connecting indigineous communities and form Biodiversity Peace Corridor

Church worker Nuklu Phom belongs to the Phom indigenous community in Nagaland in northeast India. He is noted for his work in connecting communities to conserve biodiversity and switch to sustainable livelihoods in his ancestral village. The effort led to the increase in congregations of the lon ...

New sculpture unites traditional knowledge and modern science in Western Australia's south

A first of its kind sculpture that unites traditional knowledge with modern science has been unveiled in Western Australia's Great Southern region.

Hinubog ng panata — a photo essay

Indigenous peoples have long been considered guardians of global biodiversity, who have accumulated intimate knowledge of the ecosystems in which they live. Villanueva’s photo essay shows how development aggression not only threatens indigenous culture that is deeply rooted in land, but also the ...

NIYAT: a new project for the Slow Food network in Argentina

Indigenous* leadership in the construction of new forms of local governance for the recognition and access to rights. The word “Niyat” refers to the Wichí name of the traditional leader, who represents a guide and bases his leadership on the knowledge and ability to guide the group in the face o ...

Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, Keys to Achieving Biodiversity Goals

If the rights and decision-making capacity of indigenous peoples and local communities are not fully recognized in biodiversity management, the policies established by the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) could be insufficient. effective. Th ...

Seeking solutions from within

Nature is an essential part of our identity and life. The best examples of harmonious and beneficial co-existence with nature come from places where nature is valued and respected as an essential part of people’s identity and life.

Indigenous forest gardens remain productive and diverse for over a century

In the 1930s, an archeologist from the Smithsonian wrote a short paper remarking on the exquisite vegetation around First Nation villages in Alaska. The villages' surroundings were filled with nuts, stone fruit, berries, and herbs—several non-native to the area and many that would never grow tog ...

Fabled land or false narrative: what is the modern outback?

The outback looms large in Australia’s collective mythology. For some it’s a fabled place of extreme beauty and harshness that forged the Australian character. But for others this is a false narrative – as the author Alexis Wright puts it, a story “Australia chose to tell itself and wanted to be ...

Páramos at Risk: The Interconnected Threats to a Biodiversity Hotspot

The pressures of climate change and human land use could lead to the disappearance of unique biodiversity and vital ecological services.

How the Kakadu plum industry is being shaped by Indigenous-led businesses

Kabinyn. Madoor. Kerewey. Murunga. Gubinge. The many Indigenous language terms for the native fruit, most commonly known as the Kakadu plum in English, reflect the epic spread of its wild-growing trees, stretching from the Dampier Peninsula in Western Australia along the Northern Territory coast ...