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The Gunayala Comarca is one of the seven indigenous Comarcas in the Republic of Panama. It constitutes a political division whose organisation, administration and operation are governed by a special…

The coastal belt of Southern Sri Lanka, stretching from Galle through Matara to Hambantota, is home to vibrant small‑scale fishing communities whose cultural and ecological identities are deeply bound to…

The Stories of My Land project is an Indigenous-led initiative documenting the Tamang community’s resistance to the creation of a hydro-electric transmission line and substation project. In Bojheni, a rural…

Kiaʻi Kanaloa is a Native Hawaiian organisation comprised of cultural practitioners from across Hawaiʻi. They acknowledge a genealogical relationship with, and kuleana (inherent responsibility) to, the ocean god Kanaloa, which…

In Colombia, four Indigenous Peoples safeguard an ancestral territory of great importance to the cycles of life and biodiversity, honouring the mandate of Mother Earth, under the guidance of the…

The Nahua community of El Pescador is situated on the Gulf of Mexico, in the municipality of Pajapan, in the state of Veracruz. This case study examines the traditional conservation…

Kampung Tajau Laut is a Bajau fishing community on the coast of Kudat, Sabah, Malaysia. For the Bajau people of Tajau Laut, the sea, mangroves, rivers and land are part…

In the village of Tyanya in the Olekminsky District of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), a project to preserve and develop the Evenk Indigenous language, titled Evedy Umuk (Language Nest),…

In recent years, the Russian government has been placing increasing restrictions on Indigenous Peoples’ practices and governance, which has led to a worrying rise in the criminalisation of Indigenous Peoples…

The Ogiek of Chepkitale are Indigenous hunter-gatherer people of Mt. Elgon in western Kenya, living across present-day Trans Nzoia and Bungoma counties. They occupy the dense forest area, open glades…