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#1291672021-06-08
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".
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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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#1292322021-06-11
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.
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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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#1292902021-06-14
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.
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#1294002021-06-21
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.
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#1294262021-06-28
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 ...
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#1295582021-07-13
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.
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#1295892021-07-21
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.
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#1296792021-07-26
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.
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#1297882021-07-29
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) ...
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#1298032021-07-29
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 ...
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#1298052021-08-09
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 ...
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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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#1298072021-08-09
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 ...
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#1298082021-08-09
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.
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#1298312021-08-09
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.
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#1298322021-08-09
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.
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#1298442021-08-09
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 ...
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#1298452021-08-09
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 ...
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#1298462021-08-09
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.
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#1298472021-08-09
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 ...
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#1298482021-08-09
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.
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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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#1298702021-08-10
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.
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#1299392021-08-13
IPCC Report: Joining forces and using indigenous knowledge could avert disaster
In a grim report released on August 9, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says that climate change was “unequivocally” caused by human activity and that within two decades, rising temperatures will cause the planet to reach a significant turning point in global warming.
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#1299902021-08-16
How indigenous knowledge can help prevent environmental crises
Nemonte Nenquimo has spent years fending off miners, loggers and oil companies intent on developing the Amazon rainforest. The leader of Ecuador’s indigenous Waorani people, she famously fronted a 2019 lawsuit that banned resource extraction on 500,000 acres of her ancestral lands — a court win ...
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#1299912021-08-16
Indigenous peoples and the call for a new social contract
Traditional knowledge is always important despite our progress in the field of science and technology. Some people are still practising and preserving much of such traditional knowledge. Whenever we talk about people living sustainably with nature then the answer is directly indigenous peoples w ...
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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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#1300392021-08-19
Planet needs Indigenous peoples to help save biodiversity: top rights expert
Under a UN-backed global biodiversity framework draft agreement, countries have agreed to protect 30 per cent of the planet and restore at least 20 per cent by 2030.
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#1300862021-08-20
Coastal First Nations take steps to protect wild waters of Great Bear Rainforest
A coalition of coastal First Nations has achieved a significant step towards protecting the wild shores and waters of the Great Bear Rainforest on B.C’s central coast.
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#1301672021-08-31
Indigenous communities in N.B. say climate change is threatening their way of life
Cecelia Brooks remembers a time when the deep forest of New Brunswick was so cold, snow could still be found in its depths in August. That rarely happens anymore, says Brooks, a traditional knowledge keeper with Wolastoqey, Mi'kmaw, Mohawk and Korean bloodlines who has been foraging and harvesti ...
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#1302102021-09-01
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 .
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#1302132021-09-01
Ramya Nair on working with indigenous Yimkhiung Naga, exploring wildlife despite hunting pressure
The mountainous state of Nagaland in northeast India lies in one of the most biodiverse areas on Earth. More than half of the state is still covered by forest. With only one small national park and two wildlife sanctuaries, 88 percent of Nagaland’s forests are owned and managed by the communitie ...
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#1302192021-09-02
Indigenous and local communities key to successful nature conservation
Indigenous Peoples and local communities provide the best long-term outcomes for conservation, according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and partners in France.
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#1302292021-09-02
Climate change threatens traditional extractive communities in the Amazon
Traditional peoples in the Amazon are already experiencing the scientific community’s warnings that rising temperatures will impact those who depend on the forest for their livelihood.
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#1302452021-09-02
Kenyans Tap Traditional Wisdom to Save Native Trees and Water
Using their traditional knowledge, elders in Cheplanget village began planting water-retaining indigenous trees along the stream's bare banks and issued local by-laws banning the cutting of bushes and trees along the stream.
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#1302732021-09-03
Indigenous Women Vital to Climate Action
The International Day of Indigenous Women celebrated annually on 5 September serves as a reminder that indigenous women play a leading role in reducing the harmful emissions that contribute to climate change, and help their communities address adverse, climate-related impacts.
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#1303142021-09-07
Indigenous people refuse to be biodiversity ‘song and dance’ act
There’s a big challenge facing efforts to protect large swathes of the planet to preserve threatened biodiversity — indigenous people live on a lot of that land and they feel excluded from formulating such policies.
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#1303412021-09-09
Report: Effects of climate change on Indigenous peoples, lands and culture
Researchers from the Institute of Tribal Environmental Professionals this week launched the State of Tribes and Climate Change (STACC) report, which examines the disproportionate effect climate change has on Indigenous lands and people and the added strain tribes experience as they respond to da ...
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#1303652021-09-13
HotSpots H2O: ‘Global Indigenous Agenda’ Calls for Water, Land, and Resource Governance at 2021 IUCN World Congress
Indigenous activists and organizations from around the world met virtually this week for the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Zoom-based World Conservation Congress, an event that gathers world leaders once every four years to discuss the global challenge of sustainability ...
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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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#1304062021-09-14
Biodiversity’s Greatest Protectors Need Protection
Indigenous peoples have been conserving ecosystems for millennia. Now the developed world wants to evict them. In the late 19th century Yellowstone, Sequoia and Yosemite became the first of the great U.S. National Parks, described by author and historian Wallace Stegner as America's “best idea.”
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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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#1304692021-09-20
Extinction of indigenous languages leads to loss of exclusive knowledge about medicinal plants
“Every time a language disappears, a speaking voice also disappears, a way to make sense of reality disappears, a way to interact with nature disappears, a way to describe and name animals and plants disappears,” says Jordi Bascompte, researcher in the Department of Evolutional Biology and Envir ...
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#1304722021-09-20
A word on the rights of the Amazon’s Quilombola peoples
Selma Dealdina is executive secretary of the National Coordination of Quilombola Rural Black Communities (CONAQ), an organization representing the estimated 5,000 Quilombolas originally settled in Brazil in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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#1305882021-09-30
Podcast: Indigenous rights and the future of biodiversity conservation
We’re at something of an inflection point in the history of conservation and Indigenous engagement.
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#1305892021-09-30
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.
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#1306042021-09-30
For Costa Rica’s Indigenous Bribri women, agroforestry is an act of resistance and resilience
“How do I say lemon in Bribri language?” ask Andy, 9, and his cousin Sergio, 11, of their grandmother, Marina López. They’re playing among cocoa trees in their grandmother’s field in Watsi, a village in southern Costa Rica’s Caribbean region, where their Indigenous Bribri community maintains its ...
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#1307462021-10-13
'Nature is not a commodity': Can the world learn from indigenous food systems, before they are lost?
Fabian Jimbijti sometimes walks three days to find food for his community. He treks across mountains to collect salt from a sacred spring deep in the jungle, wades into rivers to catch eels, and forages the forest floor for herbs and wild edibles.