The municipalities of San Juan Cotzal, San Gaspar Chajul, Santa María Nebaj, are known as the Ixil Triangle in Quiché, Guatemala, home to the Ixil Maya indigenous women who are known for their traditional weaving skills. To learn about their culture is to learn the intricacies, meanings, and colors of their woven materials and the …
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This publication is the Russian version of the Indigenous Systems: Effectively Resolving Conflicts and Building Peace. Download the publication here: IndigenousSystemsRussian
A video explaining about the Green Climate Fund Indigenous Peoples Policy from Tebtebba. Source: Tebtebba
Introduction: Indigenous peoples always aspire to achieve peace and security in their territories. In the histories of indigenous peoples, conflicts and disputes were addressed and resolved internally as much as possible. Otherwise, conflicts had potential for severe impacts on the wellbeing of indigenous peoples sometimes to the point of their collective survival and development. Through …
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Episode 3 of EAT@Home focuses on how small-scale food producers can receive their fair share. We’ll visit farmers in Bolivia and Ethiopia; and to learn lessons from another pandemic, we’ll head to farming communities in Sierra Leone with Idris and Sabrina Elba. Then, we’ll dive into the wonders of the blue world: from the coast …
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PREFACE The Pawanka Fund organized seven sub regional virtual meetings with 44 local counterparts from Pawanka Fund and Climate Justice Resilience Fund (CJRF), between July and October this year on the theme of “Indigenous Peoples, Traditional Knowledge and Climate Resilience”. The aim was to create a space to have a dialogue, exchange learnings and have …
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Building relationships among peoples across the Arctic borders was a vision the Arctic Indigenous youth had when they came together in the very first Arctic Youth Leaders’ Summit held in Finland last November of the previous year. Bearing witness to the common issues their respective countries were experiencing in the Arctic regions, their idealism and …
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“When we get full rights to our forests, we protect them, preserve huge stores of carbon, and help mitigate climate change.” By Kynan Tegar Kynan Tegar, 15, is an Indonesian photographer, filmmaker, and activist for Indigenous land rights. You can see many more of his photos on Instagram @kynantegar. Your country and mine are suffering from …
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I N T R O D U C T I O N With the COVID-19 pandemic still raging across the globe, this crisis is likely to stretch on for a few years. The situation is especially critical for indigenous peoples, a global community who experience the most severe poverty levels, inadequate health and other social …
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Introduction The project “Research and Advocacy on Indigenous Language, Concepts and Values on Sustainability” aimed to contribute to strengthening the vitality and practice of important indigenous concepts and values in the implementation of indigenous peoples’ sustainable and self-determined development. Indigenous concepts and values relating to sustainable use, control and management of lands, territories, and resources …