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How Indigenous Knowledge Is Changing Natural Hazard Mitigation

All around the world natural disasters continue to wreak havoc as emergency managers strive for new ways to reduce the damage through sound mitigation practices. At the same time, several indigenous ...
Grist

For Indigenous communities, protecting traditional knowledge means reimagining how it is preserved

This story is part of Fix’s Mentorship Issue exploring the unique ways climate leaders found their calling, and how new approaches to mentorship are upending old power structures. Check out the full ...
Beyond Pesticides

On Indigenous Peoples Day, Highlighting Indigenous Knowledge To Address the Biodiversity Crisis

(Beyond Pesticides, October 9, 2023) On this Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the world turns its attention to the invaluable wisdom that Indigenous communities possess, highlighting their crucial role in ...
Science Daily

The quiet loss of knowledge threatens indigenous communities

Most of the knowledge that indigenous communities in South America have about plants is not written down. Now, ecologists at the University of Zurich have analyzed comprehensive information about the ...
C&EN

Stephanie Beaupark sees chemistry through an Indigenous lens

Describing the benefits of combining laboratory-based techniques and Indigenous knowledges, Stephanie Beaupark harks back to her experience as a weaver. Much like how she once wove Lomandra grass ...
unr.edu

Indigenous Knowledge could inform sustainability efforts in the Amazon

A multi-disciplinary group of researchers including four professors from the Hitchcock Center for Chemical Ecology was recently awarded a $3 million National Science Foundation (NSF) Rules of Life ...
Panda

WWF-Thailand project serves as key example of conservation knowledge collaboration with indigenous peoples

A number of WWF projects worldwide, including WWF-Thailand’s past project in the Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary (part of the Western Forest Complex), are the focus of a new WWF document ...
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AI-centered conservation efforts can only be ethical if Indigenous people help lead them (commentary)

In November, we joined more than 50,000 Indigenous and world leaders, diplomats, scholars and activists at the 30th United ...
UNESCO

Navigating Change Through Indigenous Knowledge: A Nepali Perspective

As climate change accelerates and cultural landscapes transform, the wisdom of Indigenous communities offers pathways to resilience and sustainability. UNESCO’s recent publication, Indigenous ...
Center for American Progress

The Biden Administration’s Conservation Plan Must Prioritize Indigenous Leadership

In its efforts to protect 30 percent of U.S. lands and ocean by 2030, the federal government has an obligation to acknowledge tribal sovereignty and support Indigenous-led conservation. Water ...
Juneau Empire

Opinion: Indigenous-led mariculture and traditional economies set an example for our future

November is Native American Heritage Month, and traditional Indigenous knowledge is essential to shaping a just transition for Alaska’s economy. The problems we face are interconnected–climate change, ...