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16 Mar 2024
On the 14th and 15th of March, Minister Sônia Guajajara, attended, together with Indigenous researchers from the world and experts from UN Agencies such as the FAO, IFAD, UNESCO and UNDP, the workshop on Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge and the Sciences, organized by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences at the Vatican City. The two-day workshops focused on the importance of combining traditional knowledge and sciences to strengthen the resilience needed in the face of some of the most urgent global challenges: climate change, biodiversity loss, food insecurity, and health issues.  Speaking from the stage, Her Excellency...
15 Mar 2024
Rome – On the 14th and 15th of March 2024, FAO participated in the workshop on Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge and the Sciences, organized by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. The two-day workshops focused on the importance of combining traditional knowledge and sciences to strengthen the resilience needed in the face of some of the most urgent global challenges: climate change, biodiversity loss, food insecurity, and health issues.  The need to recognize and support Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge systems had also been highlighted by Pope Francis, whom in 2023 stated that “we should listen to Indigenous Peoples...
08 Mar 2024
In honor of International Women’s Day 2024, Thompson Rivers University (TRU) with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will host the culminating event of the first collaborative Knowledge Makers Journal with an international Indigenous Women’s research cohort. On March 11th and 12th, TRU will host the collaborative Indigenous research conference, “Coyote Brings the Food: Healing the Land, While Healing from the Land” on their campus in Kamloops, British Columbia. The conference will kick off the first two days of TRU IDays 2024, an annual, weeklong celebration of international students. The campuses of Thompson Rivers University are located on...
10 Dec 2023
Dubai - In a moment of profound significance, the COP28 Indigenous Peoples pavilion bore witness to a silence that spoke volumes during the side event "Outcomes of the UN Global Indigenous Youth Forum: Indigenous Youth as Agents of Change for Climate Resilience and Sustainability." Stepping onto the stage, Mai Thin Yumon, co-chair of the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus (GIYC), delivered not just a message, but seven powerful messages encapsulated in the Rome Declaration on Safeguarding Seven Generations in times of Food, Social, and Ecological Crisis. Indigenous Youth shared insights into their food and knowledge systems, cultures, territories, and...
10 Nov 2023
Rome - There are around 20.000 bee species in the world. Amongst these, there are 11 known species of honeybee and countless types of stingless bees. Even though the diversity of honey-producing bees is great, the market is dominated by only one species: Apis mellifera, or Western Honey Bee. Other bee species’ products are overlooked and not recognized by international standards, even if they are of paramount importance for Indigenous Peoples and they play fundamental ecosystemic roles.  Apis mellifera are present in every continent apart from Antarctica. Its dissemination has been driven, at least in part, by the economics of pollination and...
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