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Film: Traditional knowledge provides resilience to a changing climate

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…

Forest Peoples Programme8 September 2021

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The potential impact of small grants: GEF-SGP support for Walling Nature Reserve, Antigua-Barbuda

A small grant initiative leads to the first community-managed conservation site in the country and is inspiring others.

Forest Peoples Programme7 September 2021

An Ifugao woman on her way to collect young rice plants for transplanting into one of her family’s paddy fields in the Philippines. Credit: Chris Stowers

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Biodiversity and finance: building on common ground with customary rights-holders

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…

Forest Peoples Programme23 June 2021

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Biodiversity Day 2021: We are part of the solution

This year's theme for Biodiversity Day, we are part of the solution, recognises the important role that Indigenous peoples and local communities play in protecting and enhancing the world's biological…

Forest Peoples Programme22 May 2021

Baiga women collecting leaves. Credit - ephotocorp

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Briefing: Re-thinking nature-based solutions

The term ‘nature-based solutions’ is both widely used and controversial. It remains ill-defined, despite some high-profile efforts to clarify it, and some of its most enthusiastic supporters include industries and…

Forest Peoples Programme19 April 2021

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World Wildlife Day 2021: Learning from indigenous peoples and local communities to restore our relationship with nature

Today, the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity, the Indigenous Women’s Biodiversity Network, the Centres of Distinction on Indigenous and Local Knowledge, Forest Peoples Programme and the Secretariat of the Convention…

Forest Peoples Programme3 March 2021

Case Study

The Rooibos Benefit-Sharing Agreement: Breaking new ground with respect, honesty, fairness, and care, South Africa

The Khoi-San peoples of South Africa develop benefit-sharing agreements for companies wanting to use their research on Rooibos tea.

Forest Peoples Programme2 March 2021

Beehives in a Mayan community in Mexico. Credit: Alessandro Banchelli.

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El Balché: Sacred trees and bees of the Maya people, Mexico

Maya communities reforest bee-keeping areas with Balché trees, which have many traditional uses.

Forest Peoples Programme2 March 2021

A Maya Q’eqchi attorney addresses the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples Issues. Credit: Jamie Malcolm-Brown.

Case Study

Safeguarding lands and territories: court cases mounted by the Maya, Belize

After years of illegal land invasions, Mayan leaders go to court to fight for recognition of their territory.

Forest Peoples Programme2 March 2021

Making imbuleh, an indigenous dish from the Cordillera. Credit: PIKP.

Case Study

Heirloom recipes of the Cordillera, Philippines

A recipe book uses traditional ingredients from the Cordillera region to ensure traditional knowledge is safeguarded.

Forest Peoples Programme2 March 2021

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Forest Peoples Programme

Film: Traditional knowledge provides resilience to a changing climate

The potential impact of small grants: GEF-SGP support for Walling Nature Reserve, Antigua-Barbuda

Biodiversity and finance: building on common ground with customary rights-holders

Biodiversity Day 2021: We are part of the solution

Briefing: Re-thinking nature-based solutions

World Wildlife Day 2021: Learning from indigenous peoples and local communities to restore our relationship with nature

The Rooibos Benefit-Sharing Agreement: Breaking new ground with respect, honesty, fairness, and care, South Africa

El Balché: Sacred trees and bees of the Maya people, Mexico

Safeguarding lands and territories: court cases mounted by the Maya, Belize

Heirloom recipes of the Cordillera, Philippines

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