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A group of people on the edge of a mountain gather around a man making a presentation and holding a large sheet of white paper, with a spectacular mountain backdrop.
Achieving 30x30: the vital role of Indigenous and traditional territories, rights and governance
… Peoples’ and local communities’ rights, including over their traditional territories. CBD COP17 will be a critical moment in ensuring … govern and conserve their territories based on their own rules and knowledge systems. These include territories of life (also known as … Achieving 30x30: the vital role of Indigenous and traditional territories, rights and governance …
Insight, 27 August 2026
Members of the San Lorenzo de Lomerío Indigenous community demonstrating in Santa Rita de Monteverde how they transfer native bee colonies from fallen logs to specially designed hives.
Bees, nuts and medicinal plants bring many benefits in Bolivia’s Chiquitano dry forest
… the Chiquitania.  Building a beekeeping enterprise around inclusion, traditional knowledge and innovation Near the historic town of Concepción, we met … lines:  Monkoxi, an artisanal cosmetics range drawing on biocultural knowledge passed down from grandmothers combining propolis and honey …
Insight, 01 October 2026
People wearing traditional clothing sit in a circle in a field.
Why traditional knowledge and Indigenous Peoples’ rights must be integrated across the new global biodiversity targets
Insight, 16 August 2021
Person standing next to a printed out poster, pointing and speaking. Other people are gathered and listening.
A shared vision, clear actions and a growing community: the next 20 years of locally led adaptation starts now
Insight, 21 May 2026
Woman farmer checking tomatoes on her farm in Uganda. She is wearing a bright pink top and a skirt.
How hidden barriers exclude marginalised groups from creating and sharing knowledge, critical for climate adaptation
Insight, 03 September 2025
Workshop participants touring the Stone Village in China (Photo: Irene Song)
Mountain peoples call for support to protect traditional knowledge
News, 04 July 2016
Cover for G03124.pdf
Traditional knowledge in context
… assist indigenous and local communities to protect their rights over traditional knowledge. It showcases how ‘biocultural heritage’ offers a framework … Traditional knowledge in context …
Publication, 01 July 2011
Women farmers in a field, collecting and tending to crops.
Why nature finance and gender data are central to achieving the world’s biodiversity goals
Insight, 06 August 2026
Cover for 17111IIED.pdf
Adapting agriculture with traditional knowledge
… on modern science. But evidence, both old and new, suggests that the traditional knowledge and crop varieties of indigenous peoples and local communities … Adapting agriculture with traditional knowledge …
Publication, 01 October 2011
Farmers sharing potatoes in the Potato Park near Pisaq (Sacred Valley), Peru
Protecting community rights over traditional knowledge
… it. This action-research project, ‘Protecting community rights over traditional knowledge: implications of customary laws and practices’ ran from … communities to develop tools to protect their collective rights over traditional knowledge and related bio-resources, take advantage of … Protecting community rights over traditional knowledge …
Project, 14 April 2013