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Strengthen Territorial Governance and Revalue Ancestral Knowledge with Equality and Equity in Ch’orti’ Indigenous Communities

Grant name: Strengthen Territorial Governance and Revalue Ancestral Knowledge with Equality and Equity in Ch’orti’ Indigenous Communities Local partner: COMUNDICH- Coordinator of Associations and Communities for the Development of the Maya Ch´orti´ Peoples Country: Guatemala (Municipalities of: Camotán, Jocotán, La Unión, Departament of Chiquimula y Zacapa)  Background and objective Efforts to legitimize the rights of …

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Strengthening our ancestral practices, through the management of our community assets

Grant name: Strengthening our ancestral practices, through the management of our community assets Local partner: Llaguepulli Indigenous Community Country: Chile Background and objective  At Lake Budi, Lafkenche, Chile, there is a need to expand small family agriculture as part of a new paradigm of work aimed at the creation of a working nucleus, which can …

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Aichus Ethno Workshop

Grant name: Aichus Ethno Workshop Local partner: Altai Indigenous Peoples Youth Initiative Group Country: Russia (Altai Republic) Background and objective Knowledge of indigenous culture stems not from the indigenous residents themselves but largely from tour guides and tourism companies from other regions, people that do not actually represent indigenous culture. As a result, information about …

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Path of the Ancestors

Grant name: Path of the Ancestors Local partner: Tengri Initiative Group Country: Russia (Altai Republic) Background and objective Today, Altai is famous for its natural resources and its tourism industry is rapidly emerging. In the context of the region’s overall development, there is a risk of losing markers of indigenous cultures, including sacred natural sites, …

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Supporting Kui people’s rights and resilience.

Grant name: Supporting Kui people’s rights and resilience. Local partner: Organization For the Promotion of  Kui Culture (OPKC) Country: Cambodia  Background and objective  According to field observation, most people who live in the Cheysen and Roveang district are affected by land and mining concessions – significant areas have been granted to Chinese gold mining companies. …

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Enhancing Food security and Climate resiliency through Traditional Knowledge

Grant name: Enhancing Food security and Climate resiliency through Traditional Knowledge Local partner: Trinamul Unnayan Sangstha (TUS) Country: Bangladesh (Khagrachari Hill District) Background and objective  CHT is a special zone with rich ethnic diversity and vast indigenous knowledge that has been passed on from generation to generation. This knowledge has helped maintain indigenous peoples’ livelihoods …

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Indigenous Youth Research on The State of Indigenous Health in Indonesia

Grant name: Indigenous Youth Research on The State of Indigenous Health in Indonesia Local partner: Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN) Country: Indonesia  Background and objective  The world is experiencing upheavals caused by economic, social, political, cultural, environmental, and ecological crises, which are directly linked to a model of human and environmental exploitation that have led …

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Sámi food – threats and opportunities

Local partner: Slow Food Sápmi Country: Sweden (Sampi)  Background and objective Global awareness in indigenous food, medicine, and well-being is both a threat and opportunity when the attitudes of indigenous peoples and commercial interests differ. Industrialized food production and the increasingly unhealthy way we now eat needs to be supplemented with the Sámi model. Work …

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