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News Headlines
#127994
2021-04-08

“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 ...

Notification
#3130
2021-12-10

“Training Manual for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on the Convention on Biological Diversity”

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/TMc/QC/TM/90030 (2021-084)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

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#127296
2021-02-23

“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.

News Headlines
#131787
2021-11-18

“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 ...

News Headlines
#134792
2022-05-31

‘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.

News Headlines
#128028
2021-04-12

‘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.

News Headlines
#135380
2022-07-20

‘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.

News Headlines
#127560
2021-03-05

‘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 ...

News Headlines
#121110
2019-05-20

‘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.

News Headlines
#129204
2021-06-10

‘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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#127804
2021-03-23

‘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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#133380
2022-02-21

‘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 ...

News Headlines
#127099
2021-02-16

‘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.

News Headlines
#134251
2022-04-28

‘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.

News Headlines
#131744
2021-11-16

‘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.

News Headlines
#134021
2022-04-12

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.

News Headlines
#123856
2020-01-21

«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 ...

News Headlines
#127762
2021-03-22

[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.

News Headlines
#132484
2022-01-14

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.

News Headlines
#134475
2022-05-16

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.

News Headlines
#129869
2021-08-10

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 ...

News Headlines
#129806
2021-08-09

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.

Meeting
#1343

World Summit on Indigenous Entrepreneurs (WSIE)

18 - 20 August 2003, Toronto, Canada

Meeting
#5800

World Soil Day 2018

5 December 2018, Rome, Italy

Meeting
#5662

World Intellectual Property Day 2017

26 April 2017, Geneva, Switzerland

Meeting
#500

World Innovation and Creativity Exposition on Intellectual Property Rights

15 December 2000 - 1 January 2001, Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Meeting
#1692

World Herbo - Bamboo Expo 2005

12 - 15 January 2005, Bhopal, India

Meeting
#5302

World Biodiversity Congress (WBC 2013)

26 - 30 November 2013, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Notification
#932
2007-08-02

Workshops for indigenous and local communities on web-based technologies, in particular on the CBD Guidelines on Biodiversity and Tourism Development

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OH/JS/CR/59168 (2007-100)
To: CBD National Focal Points

In paragraph 8 of Decision VII/14, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) "invites Parties, Governments and relevant organizations to provide indigenous and local communities with capacity-building and financial resources to support their active parti ...

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Meeting
#1182

Workshop on the Status and Trends of Traditional Knowledge

6 January 2003, Castries, Saint Lucia

Meeting
#3167

Workshop on Matters Relating to Traditional Knowkedge and ABS

15 - 17 December 2008, Vienna, Austria

Meeting
#575

Workshop on Indigeneous Peoples and CBD

4 - 7 December 2000, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

Meeting
#2537

Workshop on Customary Sustainable Use Indicators: a Contribution Towards the Development of Indicators in the CBD

19 - 21 September 2006, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Meeting
#2290
Notification
#1404
2010-03-03

Workshop for Indigenous and Local Communities in Latin America and the Caribbean on Information Technologies, Tourism and Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems - Workshop III: Forest Ecosystems, Latin America and the Caribbean Region, Panama City, Panama, 6-8 April 2010

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OH/cr/fs/70937 (2010-042)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Indigenous and Local Community Organizations

I am pleased to inform Parties of the selection of representatives of indigenous and local communities to receive financial assistance in order to participate in the third workshop, with a focus on forests in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region. The workshop was made possible by th ...

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Notification
#1291
2009-09-15

Workshop for Indigenous and Local Communities in Latin America and the Caribbean on Information Technologies, Tourism and Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems - Workshop III: Forest Ecosystems, Latin America and the Caribbean Region, Ecuador, 9-11 December 2009

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OH/cr/cm/68036 (2009-114)
To: CBD National Focal Points of Latin America and the Caribbean region, Indigenous and Local Community Organizations

In decision IX/13, E7 on Article 8(j) and related provisions, the Conference of Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) requested the Executive Secretary to convene, subject to the availability of financial resources, further regional and sub-regional workshops on community ...

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Meeting
#280

Working Group on  Indigenous Populations, 18th Session

24 - 28 July 2000, Geneva, Switzerland

Meeting
#1560
Meeting
#2024

Working Group on the Draft Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

29 November - 3 December 2004, Geneva, Switzerland

Meeting
#1559

Working Group on Indigeneous Populations (22nd Session)

1 - 31 July 2004, Geneva, Switzerland

News Headlines
#124638
2020-03-11

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.”

News Headlines
#134447
2022-05-13

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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