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Karen indigenous women in Ban Huay Hoi, Thailand

Learn about inspiring stories from the seven regions of the world: Africa, Arctic, Asia, Latino America, North America, Pacific, Russia.

Pastoralist Women are at the Frontline of Biodiversity Conservation

According to Corinne Moser,
Rainforest Alliance’s senior manager of landscapes and livelihoods in the Congo Basin, “Deforestation and forest degradation are the biggest threats to the health of the Congo Basin, including Cameroon, as forests store large amounts of carbon and provide essential ecosystem services such as biodiversity conservation, the regulation of the water cycle and the provision of wildlife habitats”.

Milk as a reflection of the identity of our people

Modern life offers pre-processed foods low in nutrients, to the dietary changes is added the predominance of sedentary lifestyle and the loss of ancestral values of Indigenous Peoples. The Altai Valley has not undergone major changes due to industrial development, but it
is currently threatened by large industries, and also the emigration of inhabitants to the industrial areas located in the North, in search of sources of work.

Water is everything

Sustainable water management is currently one of the greatest global challenges, as it is fundamental for food production, ecosystem conservation and human survival. It is also a crucial part of climate change adaptation and is a determining link between societies and the environment. For the indigenous peoples worldwide, there is a unique and spiritual relationship

Biodiversity Conservation in Indigenous Communities

For thousands of years, indigenous peoples have used their knowledge to manage the resources of their environment in a sustainable way with a vision of the present and future. Indigenous peoples see in their habitat more than just land and resources, their territory is the link by which they obtain medicines, food, building materials and

Newsletter: We are Pawanka

We share knowledge about research, news, projects and everything related to the work we do with indigenous peoples.

Pawanka Podcast – Episodio 2

For today’s episode our guest is Rukka Sombolinggi. Rukka is the first woman secretary general of the Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN), the largest indigenous peoples’ organization worldwide. Rukka has a degree from Hasanuddin University’s Faculty of Agriculture and holds a master’s degree in Political Science from Chulalongkorn University (Thailand). Listen on Listen

Learnings, from local to global / Aprendizajes desde lo local a lo global

Revaluation of indigenous languages: 7 stories in 7 sociocultural global regions Indigenous languages afford a unique way to perceive, understand, and interact with the world. Indigenous languages are complex knowledge systems that store ancestral wisdom and allow humanity to have a diversity of knowledge and ways of thinking. Despite the importance of keeping languages alive,

SAAMI VICTORY OVER FISHING RIGHTS

SAAMI VICTORY OVER FISHING RIGHTS The indigenous Saami people inhabit the northern part of the Scandinavian peninsula and a large part of the Kola peninsula: in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia. About 8,000 Saami live in Finland, which is about 0.16 % of the total Finnish population of about five million […] Politically, the Saami