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Presenting perspectives and experiences on the current social-ecological crisis from indigenous peoples and local communities around the globe.

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Wapichan Monitoring Programme, Guyana

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Restoration and reforestation of the Cañamomo Lomaprieta Indigenous Reserve, Colombia

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The story of the Potato Park

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Indigenous peoples participate in NBSAP processes in Costa Rica

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Communities in Pitas, Sabah, Malaysia fight to protect mangroves

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Pgaz K’Nyau community social enterprise as alternative livelihoods for young generations, northern Thailand

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Film: Nana Yala (Mother Earth)

19 May 2022
Nana Yala (Mother Earth) follows a collective of Indigenous women from the Digir Community in Panama as they work together on their fields to produce crops
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Film: Traditional knowledge provides resilience to a changing climate

8 September 2021
Traditional knowledge provides resilience to a changing climate highlights how important cultural diversity is to the protection of biological diversity, by explaining the signs that members of the Maya Kaqchikel use to predict changes in…
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Biodiversity and finance: building on common ground with customary rights-holders

23 June 2021
Global finance for biodiversity has grown significantly over the past 10 years and is now estimated at between US$78 billion and $147 billion per year. However, it is greatly outweighed…
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