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Indigenous Terra Madre 2024 – Abya Yala Peoples : Our ways of life and knowledge are the best incubator for solutions to the global food crisis
Indigenous Terra Madre 2024 - Abya Yala Peoples : Our ways of life and knowledge are the best incubator for solutions to the global food crisis
● The ancestral peoples of Abya Yala, children of the Earth, are custodians of 80% of the planet’s biodiversity.
Indigenous Terra Madre 2024 - Abya Yala...
Mexico
2024 - Slow Food
Artículo de revista especializada
Target, tool, tenure and timing: the four T’s limiting the impact of traditional hunting in Indonesian Papua
Subsistence hunting has sustained human populations in New Guinea for millennia, without seriously affecting the highest levels of biodiversity on Earth. Recent changes to hunting practices, demographic, social and economic context and the introduction of large exotic species has significantly altered the dynamic of hunting and its potential effects in...
Indonesia
2024 - CIFOR-ICRAF
Estudio de caso
Construcción de cisternas para cosecha de agua de lluvia en tres comunidades indígenas de Charagua
Una tecnología socialmente adaptable
Esta publicación describe el proceso de transformación comunitaria vivido en el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia, donde las dinámicas climáticas pueden oscilar entre la sequía y las lluvias torrenciales, con enfoque en la participación colectiva intergeneracional y el desarrollo de innovaciones gracias a la implementación de cisternas para cosecha de agua...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2024 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Álbum de fotografías
The Classroom of Life: Indigenous women in Thailand set up their forest as a space for knowledge transmission
In the Indigenous Karen village of Huay Ee Khang, in the mountainous north of Thailand, all life starts in the forest: When a baby is born, its umbilical cord is placed in a bamboo container and hung on a healthy fruit tree.“This way, the souls of the baby and the...
Thailand
2024 - Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact
Vídeo
Sonia Reiman: creciendo junto al Programa de Desarrollo Territorial Indígena (PDTI) del Instituto de Desarrollo Agropecuario (INDAP)
Sonia Reiman es una artesana en telar y productora de hortalizas de Lumaco, Región de La Araucanía, Chile. En este video, ella cuenta cómo una política pública, denominada Programa de Desarrollo Territorial Indígena del Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Agropecuario (INDAP), junto a un cercano apoyo de extensionistas, han contribuido a...
Chile
2024 - Instituto de Desarrollo Agropecuario (INDAP)
Artículo de revista especializada
Indigenous food production in a carbon economy
Significance
Local foods are critical to the food security and health of Indigenous peoples around the world, but the importance—both monetary and environmental—of local “informal” economies is often not visible to policymakers. Here, we combine data from multiple sources and use Bayesian inference techniques to estimate the carbon emissions that would...
Canada - United States of America
2024 - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany
Artículo
No basis for claim that 80% of biodiversity is found in Indigenous territories
A much-cited statistic about how much of the world’s biodiversity is under Indigenous stewardship is unsupported — and could harm the cause it is meant to support
For the past 20 years or so, a claim has been made in all sorts of outlets, from reports and scientific publications to news articles, that 80% of the world’s biodiversity is found in the territories of Indigenous Peoples. Those using this figure invariably aim to highlight the essential roles...
2024 - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Aprendizaje en línea
Introduction to other effective area-based conservation measures in marine fisheries
This course provides the background and context on other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) in marine fisheries.
You will learn about
Origins and definition of the OECM concept.
Benefits of OECMs and potential challenges of taking on the OECM label.
Principles of recognizing OECMs.
Marine area-based management measures implemented by the Fisheries sector
Course structure
The course...
2024 - FAO
Aprendizaje en línea
Recognizing other effective area-based conservation measures in marine fisheries
This course provides guidance on the other effective area-based conservation measure (OECM) recognition process for Fisheries – which includes identifying, evaluating and reporting OECMs in marine fisheries.
You will learn about:
Course structure:
FAO’s suggested Fisheries OECM recognition process.
How to launch the Fisheries OECM recognition process.
How to screen proposed sites for compatibility with...
2024 - FAO
Libro
Palms of New Guinea
The island of New Guinea is one of the world’s highest diversity areas in terms of its 13,600 vascular plant species. It is also one of the least botanically explored parts of the world, so documentation of the flora is very important. The documentation of palms is as important as...
Indonesia - Papua New Guinea
2024 - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Directrices
Training for Change: A Facilitator’s Guide to Gender-Inclusive Financial Literacy and Land Rights
This interactive and practical training facilitates adult learning and aims to build capacities to apply the concepts learned in everyday life. For example, it includes interactive roleplaying games, scenarios, and guest speakers who share their experiences to model sound financial behaviors.
Kyrgyzstan
2024 - CIFOR-ICRAF
Artículo de blog
Know Why Custodian Farmers are Important in Agrobiodiversity Conservation
Agricultural biodiversity, also known as agrobiodiversity, is crucial for ensuring food and livelihood security. It encompasses the variety and diversity of plants, animals, and microorganisms used directly or indirectly for food, including crops, livestock, forestry, and fisheries. This rich biodiversity results from the co-evolution of natural processes and human activities,...
India
2024 - Agricultural Extension in South Asia
Libro
Recolección, uso y valor de productos forestales no madereros en el Territorio Cordillera Pewenche
Esta publicación es el fruto de un trabajo exhaustivo en el Territorio Cordillera Pehuenche, realizado para los Sistemas importantes del patrimonio agrícola mundial por el Instituto Forestal. Dicho trabajo contempló la búsqueda de información y experiencias que advierten de la importancia de proteger el patrimonio agrícola y forestal ancestral que...
Chile
2024 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Artículo
Pineapple cultivation under tree canopies of ancestral agroforests in Mexico
Mexico’s contemporary cultivation of pineapple, the king of tropical fruits, depends on intensive monoculture which negatively impacts the environment and human health. This represents a regression in history, as pineapple was traditionally cultivated in agroforests, which preserve the structural characteristics and ecological processes and functions of natural ecosystems. Some of...
Mexico
2024 - Tropenbos International
Artículo de revista especializada
Consistency in climate change impact reports among indigenous peoples and local communities depends on site contexts
Indigenous Peoples and local communities are heavily affected by climatic changes. Investigating local understandings of climate change impacts, and their patterned distribution, is essential to effectively support monitoring and adaptation strategies. In this study, we aimed to understand the consistency in climate change impact reports and factors influencing consistency at...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Brazil - Chile - China - Fiji - Ghana - Kenya - Senegal - United Republic of Tanzania
2024 - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria
Informe
Advancing agrobiodiversity: why organisations of smallholders and Indigenous Peoples are vital
Agrobiodiversity is the subset of biodiversity found within agricultural ecosystems. It feeds us with nutrients vital to our health. It fuels and furnishes our homes. It underpins cultural traditions. It sustains farm productivity in the face of climate change. But agrobiodiversity is rapidly being lost.
Just three crops account for half...
Ecuador - Ghana - Madagascar - Nepal - United Republic of Tanzania - Zambia
2024 - International Institute for Environment and Development IIED
Artículo de revista especializada
Predicting animal abundance through local ecological knowledge: An internal validation using consensus analysis
Given the ongoing environmental degradation from local to global scales, it is fundamental to develop more efficient means of gathering data on species and ecosystems. Local ecological knowledge, in which local communities can consistently provide information on the status of animal species over time, has been shown to be effective....
2024 - CIFOR-ICRAF
Aprendizaje en línea
Gender Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in Forestry-Related Sectors
About this program
Explore how gender equality, diversity, and inclusion drive sustainability and transformative change within forest-related sectors.
What you’ll learn:
Foster sustainability and facilitate transformative change
In today’s evolving forest-related sectors, understanding and integrating gender equality, diversity, and inclusion (GEDI) is crucial for fostering sustainability and facilitating transformative change.
This course delves into the...
2024 - The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
Audio
Agriculture’s Indigenous trailblazers – Episode 57
Over 80 per cent of our planet's biodiversity is found on the territories of Indigenous Peoples, who have been farming for generations while caring for forests, deserts, grasslands and oceans. By growing food sustainably, they are leading the way on transforming food systems.
On this episode, Indigenous leaders from Nepal, Mexico...
2024 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Artículo de blog
Opinion: Restoring mountain ecosystems in the Himalayas is a global imperative
The Hindu Kush Himalaya faces a critical need for the restoration of its diverse ecosystems, underpinned by the indispensable stewardship of Indigenous communities and local efforts
Mountain ecosystems, including rangelands, wetlands, peatlands and both alpine and temperate forests, are unique habitats characterised by complex geography and rich biodiversity. These ecosystems are integral to the cultures and traditions of diverse Indigenous communities, providing essential goods and services such as food, water, climate regulation and cultural aesthetics. Despite their high economic...
2024 - International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
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