Constituting only 6 percent of the world population, Indigenous Peoples are nevertheless vital stewards of the environment. 28 percent of the world’s land surface, including some of the most ecologically intact and biodiverse forest areas, are primarily managed by Indigenous Peoples, families, smallholders and local communities. These forests are crucial...

Guayapi was founded by Claudie Ravel in 1990 after three years of feasibility studies in the Amazon rainforest with the Sateré Mawé tribe on how to build credible and fair value chains in marketing their products, starting with Waraná (original name of Guarana in Sateré Mawé language). Claudie Ravel and Obadias Batista Garcia, the...

Dilemma It had been a year since I completed my bachelor’s degree in agriculture, but the dilemma of what to do next still continued. “Should I find a job or get a master’s degree? If I am going for a master’s degree, which subject should I choose, what is my field...

Sara’s childhood was full of sunshine. She remembers herself in farming fields under the sun, in the dry valleys of Bolivia. Many seasons had lacked rain which dried the soil and the air she breathed. The landscape became a palette of brown colours, intensifying the feeling of heat. Sara grew...

PELUM Uganda, members & partners through the Knowledge Hub for Organic Agriculture in Eastern Africa Project (KHEA) under the Lead Coordinating agency Bio vision Africa Trust Kenya have launched a Know What You eat campaign for 1 month. The objective of the campaign is to encourage good nutrition practices to...

El autor, Lusi Hernández Navarro, hace un recuento histórico del café, desde su uso medicinal hasta su propagación por todo el mundo y la explotación a la que someten las tierras y a las y los agricultores.

Dedicated to “the Ancestors who stewarded the ocean” an interactive story map created by the Pacific Sea Garden Collective reawakens traditional ways of harvesting food from the sea from Panama to Australia to the Pacific Northwest.

Welcome to the readers and users of this Barefoot Guide. We invite you on a journey through the farms, gardens, local markets and kitchens of Africa to learn about the unique, delicious and healthy foods and cultures that belong to this beautiful continent of ours. Many of you may be...

Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), in collaboration with IIED, is implementing the project ‘Establishing a Biocultural Heritage Territory to protect Kenya’s Kaya forests’ in the Rabai Mijikenda community. Rabai sub-county forms part of the Coastal Forests global biodiversity hotspot, currently under threat. The project aims to conserve biodiversity and genetic resources...

¿Y usted ya comió? La mística de Doña Celestina   Conocí a Doña Celestina -una mujer de sombrero alto, encantadora a la vista, voluptuosa, de ojos chinos y manos cálidas como su fogón- en un viaje a Pechuquiz.   Pechuquiz es una planicie en el distrito de Frías del departamento de Piura, zona costeña y...

En este Segundo Boletín Informativo del proyecto ‘Ordenación Forestal Sustentable y Conservación de Bosques en una Perspectiva Ecosocial’, se muestran algunos de los resultados de las nuevas estrategias y prácticas de Manejo Forestal Sostenible y Manejo Sustentable de la Tierra implementadas en la reserva forestal Imataca, donde se destacan las...

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The first session of the Latin America portion of the 2022 People's Food Summit. Learn more about the People's Food Summit here: https://regenerationinternational.org/peoples-food-summit

The food systems and territories of Indigenous Peoples sustain much of the world’s biodiversity, cultivated and wild, through agroecological practices rooted in Indigenous cosmovision and cultural and spiritual values. These food systems have a critical role to play in sustainability transformations but are widely threatened and have received limited research...

Many governments have policies in place that make it possible for Indigenous and local communities to apply for forest tenure rights. This figure shows the impact pathways through which such policies can contribute to improved livelihoods, forest conservation and local self-determination. Whether these pathways materialize depends on the conditions mentioned...

At the heart of this year’s session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is “free, prior and informed consent.” Quite a mouthful! But what does it really mean? And why does it matter? What is free, prior, and informed consent? Indigenous peoples have the right to self-determination, as well as the right to...

Irene Chief’s words are stark as she describes what spurred her and her colleague Kama Ateca to do something about unhealthy diets in their island nation of Fiji. Seeing co-workers in their thirties or forties dying of heart attacks “will leave you traumatised,” she says. “We go to more and...

Galería de fotos para medios de comunicación de la 37.° período de sesiones de la Conferencia Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe.

When Jacob and Jessica Beaton traded suburban life for a 140-acre farm in British Columbia, they relied on YouTube videos to learn how to plant their vegetables. Four years and a global pandemic later, they’re growing thousands of kilos and leading a food-sovereignty revival in Indigenous communities on the west...

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