Case Study

Tangtou Village is located in Suzhuang Town, Kaihua County, Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China, at the southwest corner of the Qianjiangyuan Zone of the proposed Qianjiangyuan–Baishanzu National Park. The village…

Indigenous Peoples have a symbiotic relationship with land, forests and other natural resources.  For generations, Indigenous Peoples have managed their natural resources through customary governance institutions and systems which are…

The traditional way of life of all Indigenous Peoples is not a relic of the past, but rather a living and evolving system with significant economic, cultural, environmental, and social…

Throughout history, the traditional knowledge of Indigenous Peoples and local communities has been extracted and exploited by third parties without the communities deriving any benefit from it. The situation in…

Since 1980, the expansion of extensive cattle farming and the opening of the Transchaco Highway have driven massive deforestation, fragmenting forests, reducing wildlife populations and putting pressure on indigenous territories.…

“Yahai diti okon nopo manamong no linsou om tana, nga momogompi yahai do woyo koposion om kosulimbangan do tulun om posorili sandad. Sokiro onuan do kotumbayaan do momogompi tana, kaanu…

The Kaqchikel Maya people of Guatemala have a culture dating back thousands of years, which is central to their way of life and encompasses various elements, including the management, use…

Seeds have always been a focus of cultural and spiritual identity for Kyrgyz people. Although Kyrgyzstan was a large source of food production in Soviet times, after the regime collapsed,…

Benin, a French-speaking country in West Africa, has a coastline of 125 kilometres with several beaches where small-scale fishermen, fishmongers and their children live and carry out their small-scale fishing…

Dad Naggue Dubir dule negwebur, Gunayala Banamayalagi. Danigudo muubillibogwa igar anna nigga sedanimardo, belagwa dagsurmardo demar binsa nabir nayob, Dagmala dulemar anmar aguedi, anmarga mas dagsi, negwebur ganiggid agala anmarga…