Arctic

Arctic Indigenous Youth Leaders’ Summit

10 Grant Cycle, 2019, Arctic, Participation and leadership of indigenous women and youth in local organizations /

Local Partner: Arctic Council indigenous Peoples Secretariat (IPS) Saami Council is hosting the 6th Arctic Leaders’ Summit (ALS6) for Arctic Indigenous Leaders in November 2019. Arctic Indigenous Peoples’ leaders will meet and discuss common concerns such as environmental and socio-economic impacts of the rapid environmental and climate changes in the Arctic, most of which are

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Strengthening Indigenous Traditional Institutions by Engaging Young Leaders

08 Grant Cycle, 2018, Arctic, Territorial management and natural resources /

Grant name: Strengthening Indigenous Traditional Institutions by Engaging Young Leaders Local partner: CHT Headman Network Country: Thailand, Chittagong Hill Tracts Region, Bangladesh Background and objective  Traditional political institutions in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) have been working to maintain peace, and defend and protect lands/territories by engaging traditional leaders through a united platform. The CHT

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Sámi food – threats and opportunities

07 Grant Cycle, 2018, Arctic, Indigenous food systems /

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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