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Indigenous women in Bangladesh's Lawachara National Park collecting wood for building (Photo: Fabian Lambeck, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
Three ‘E’s to guide the post-2020 biodiversity roadmap
… strong cultural institutions ensure respectful sharing among diverse knowledge systems and governance systems. Food systems are part of … communities Indigenous peoples and local communities have a wealth of traditional knowledge, expertise and practices that can sustainably … indigenous knowledge systems. It will seek to raise awareness of how traditional knowledge can help tackle biodiversity collapse as one of …
Insight, 06 November 2018
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Smallholder farming systems in coastal Kenya: Key trends and innovations for resilience
… and social capital in five Mijikenda communities, as well as traditional knowledge-based innovations to address climatic and socioeconomic …
Publication, 01 September 2017
With food and climate change, policymakers risk betting on the wrong horse
… conference in Durban later this month to give stronger support to traditional knowledge and address the threats posed by commercial agriculture and … paper includes case studies from Bolivia, China and Kenya that show traditional knowledge and local farming systems have proved vital in …
News, 31 October 2011
Members of Namibia's Marinefluss Conservancy hope their remote community will benefit from joint ventures with tourist enterprises (Photo: Steve Felton, WWF via USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Women, wildlife and the workings of the CBD
… as on-the-ground custodians of wildlife, but for the value their rich knowledge, often built up over centuries, brings to discussions and … more progressive. The convention’s text recognises the importance of traditional knowledge, innovations and practices, and of equitable … active (and there is an indigenous co-chair) in a working group on traditional knowledge . But more broadly, the CBD secretariat regularly …
Insight, 20 November 2018
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Pocket Guide to Gender Equality Under the UNFCCC
… diverse and critical solutions to climate change challenges from the knowledge and experience they hold. This includes, for example, … and communities, caretaking of seeds and soils, maintaining traditional agricultural knowledge, and managing natural resources such as firewood and water. …
Publication, 01 January 2018
Young man with blue and pink dreadlocks surrounded by a crowd wearing pride colours
Heteronormativity in development – what does queer have to do with it?
… – rigid expectations to conform to heterosexuality and traditional sex-gender norms – screen out and reduce queer visibility. … climate action or environmental issues . This is a glaring gap in our knowledge. How do LGBTQI+ people access housing and essential services …
Insight, 14 December 2022
Maps drawn by community groups before being transferred to a geo-referenced satellite map projected on a wall (Photo: James Pattinson)
Maps that build bridges
… lead to grassroots planning by helping communities articulate their knowledge in a format governments can understand. While participatory … Longido District, Tanzania are doing things differently, combining traditional practices and modern technology.  Lessons on mapping Starting with traditional participatory practices including extensive community …
Article, 19 December 2013
People walk along a river bank, with cattle in the water in front and fields behind
Why we need to plug the climate information gap in social protection schemes
… to use it to inform their wage or asset decisions.   Although traditional and local knowledge is used, it means MGNREGS may not be allocating additional … understand, allowing them to apply the information and blend it with traditional climate knowledge. Ultimately, village communities are …
Insight, 15 July 2020
The Amaru community, in Peru, do not use any fertiliser on their crops (Image: Adam Kerby)
'Guardians of Diversity' film in Spanish and Chinese
… Potato Park is an Indigenous Biocultural Territory set up to protect traditional Andean landscapes, production systems and agrobiodiversity, … The visit enabled the farming communities to learn about managing traditional landscapes and strengthening local economies, based on indigenous knowledge and customary laws. The 15-minute film follows delegations …
News, 16 February 2015
The Bailique community, mainly artisanal fishermen and forest users near the Amazon River, have established the first community protocol in Brazil (Photo: Roberta Ramos)
Brazil's first community protocol: the Bailique experience
… where the Amazon River encounters the sea, and is classed as 'traditional' under Brazilian law. The 10,000 or so inhabitants, spread … on natural resources. These communities still actively maintain their traditional knowledge of medicinal plants, through midwives and local healers. The …
Insight, 25 August 2015