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Workshop participants displayed and exchanged seeds from different parts of the world (Image: Yiching Song/Centre for Chinese Agricultural Policy)
New film shows Chinese mountain communities protecting biocultural heritage
… connected to ancient cultural practices, and respond to changes in climate and market demand. The customary water management system used in … The third learning exchange of the International Network of Mountain Indigenous People , where Naxi and Quechua farmers were joined by other … undermines the resilience of agricultural systems to both climate and market changes," says Dr Yiching Song, senior research …
News, 14 March 2017
A man stands on a cut down tree amid a landscape of timber
China’s investments, Africa’s forests: from raw deals to mutual gains?
Insight, 19 June 2019
Reforestation program in Guatemala (Photo: Enrique Varahona)
Forest and Farm Facility Phase I
… future. The sheer numbers of local smallholders, communities and indigenous peoples who know and love their forests and farms offers … ecological know-how (to restore landscapes and adapt to and mitigate climate change); and social organisation (to maintain and enhance cultural …
Project, 29 May 2014
Arid landscape with mountains in the background
Talking transdisciplinarity
… in our work? The societal challenges of the 21 st century – notably climate change, biodiversity loss and global inequality – are interlinked and … beyond academia, such as practitioner knowledge, or local and indigenous knowledge. Therefore, while many competencies, tools and …
Insight, 16 April 2021
Independent monitoring of a consultative process for Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy and REDD
… strategy that seeks to create “a low‐deforestation, low carbon, climate‐resilient economy” that contributed to Guyana’s joint but differentiated responsibility to tackle climate change. As a draft strategy, it was always intended that what followed … through a REDD strategy (i.e., forest dwellers in general and indigenous peoples in particular); To ensure the development of a …
Project, 15 January 2010
Indigenous communities sharing potatoes in the Potato Park, near Cusco, Peru. Credit: Asociacion ANDES
Traditional innovation in farming is under threat
… not fit easily into policy frameworks. But its value will grow as the climate changes and population increases bring more mouths to feed. Yet … donors invest millions to deliver 'climate smart agriculture'. Yet indigenous farming practices already conserve natural resources (water, … innovation systems for food security in the face of climate change. Methodology Workshop Report, 2013. [2]   Biocultural Heritage …
Insight, 02 October 2013
UN talks must resolve key issues to ensure fair and sustainable use of biodiversity
… non-industrialised, do not want to recognise the customary rights of indigenous and local communities over genetic resources, despite their … because they provide options that will enable people to adapt to climate change – by switching to flood- or drought-resistant crop varieties, for …
News, 13 July 2010
Boys polish chairs for sale in the furniture market, Nampula, Mozambique.
Introduction to locally-controlled forestry
… in locally-controlled forestry of many types: organisations of Indigenous Peoples' fighting for territorial rights, organisations … and advocacy, and Facilitate the interactions and opportunities to change policies and practice. Regular independent reviews of our work … focused on forest-related priorities, including those relating to climate adaptation and mitigation, biodiversity conservation, food …
Article, 05 August 2013
Protect and survive: customary safeguards, traditional knowledge
… conditions ensures traditional practices are robust and adaptable to climate change. Such treasured knowledge needs protection from outside interests … revealing how customary laws and practices work through research with indigenous communities and local partners in China, India, Kenya, Panama …
Article, 09 November 2009
Cover for 17321IIED.pdf
Applying three dimensions of equity to REDD+
Publication, 01 November 2015