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International policies and biocultural innovation: SIFOR policy review
… policies on biodiversity, genetic resources, agriculture, climate change and indigenous peoples’ rights, to see the extent to which they support traditional knowledge, biocultural heritage and innovation by …
Publication, 01 June 2018
A large group of people sit on the floor in the shade from a tree
Establishing a biocultural heritage territory to protect Kenya’s Kaya forests
… The Rabai community (a Mijikenda sub-tribe) maintains a traditional governance system for its four gazetted Kaya forests. A … forest and the Arabuko Sokoke Forest. Forest degradation, along with climate change, is also leading to drying up of essential water sources.   …
Project, 09 February 2022
A woman farmer in Malawi, surrounded by maize, examines her crop
CBA12: Local experience driving climate action
… CBA12 in Lilongwe focused on getting local experience on climate action heard. Adaptation practitioners, researchers, … met at CBA12 to discuss how to promote local action on climate change. Read the  key messages that came out of the discussions . … discuss burning issues around key themes in the open space Exchange knowledge and share expertise in the skills clinics on topics such as …
Event, 11 June 2018
A group of people gather around a pile of potatoes with mountains as a backdrop
Indigenous Peoples’ food systems hold the key to feeding humanity
… systems preserve rich biodiversity, provide nutritious food and are climate resilient and low carbon. And they are already achieving zero … has shown. This study also found that Indigenous Peoples engaged in traditional activities in remote, biodiverse areas with little reliance … food systems because they are more resilient to climate change and provide more nutritious diets than modern food systems. And …
Insight, 23 October 2020
People sitting in a pasture
International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP)
… the resilience of indigenous mountain peoples in the face of global change by revitalising biocultural heritage, particularly spirituality, … uses a 'horizontal learning' approach to promote the exchange of traditional and local knowledge between communities that are living in similar mountain agroecosystems and facing increasingly pressing climate change, biodiversity, cultural and socio-economic challenges. …
Project, 27 June 2019
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Katalysis: helping Andean farmers adapt to climate change (PLA 60)
… Recent studies of global climate change paint a bleak picture for the Andes. Researchers have proposed … Katalysis approach to climate change adaptation is on enhancing local knowledge of climate change and creating opportunities for coping with … Katalysis: helping Andean farmers adapt to climate change (PLA 60) …
Publication, 01 December 2009
Quechua woman
Here's why Indigenous economics is the key to saving nature
… from all these pressures include “continued loss of subsistence and traditional livelihoods” and impacts on “health and wellbeing from … conservation, while contributing to nutrition, health, wellbeing and climate resilience, and generating income. Local markets and short value … Park communities have ensured food security despite severe climate change impacts and the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, the …
Insight, 12 April 2021
Indigenous groups and traditional farmers, plus IIED's Krystyna Swiderska (left), gather at a meeting in Bhutan in May 2014 to discuss climate change impacts and the benefits of traditional knowledge (Image: IIED)
Mountain communities could help FAO rebuild diverse, climate-resilient crops
… Indigenous groups and traditional farmers from 21 mountain communities in 10 countries gathered recently in Tajikistan to assess climate change impacts and develop responses to this crisis. The  meeting was … Mountain communities could help FAO rebuild diverse, climate-resilient crops …
News, 02 October 2015
A herbalist shares information on medicinal and food plants growing in Kaya Kinondo Sacred Coastal Forest in Kenya
Smallholder innovation for resilience (SIFOR)
… Climate change has a significant impact on poor farmers and indigenous people in … programme on biocultural heritage. We worked with 64 indigenous and traditional farming communities in areas vulnerable to climate change … systems, recognising the close inter-dependence between traditional knowledge, biodiversity, landscapes, customary laws and cultural and …
Project, 16 August 2013
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim speaking the World Economic Forum in 2017 (Photo: Jakob Polacsek/World Economic Forum, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: getting indigenous women's voices heard on the SDGs
… in. And in the context of the environment and people’s livelihoods, climate change is a major threat in Chad. One of the most striking effects are … a climate change adaptation workshop – for example examining how traditional knowledge can be used to monitor climatic changes in the … Climate change …
Article, 15 May 2018