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The variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part

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'Forest gardens’ show how Native land stewardship can outdo nature

26 April 2021
Canada
Forest Landscape Restoration
land management
forestry
forest conservation
indigenous peoples' lands
forest land
agricultural land management
land restoration
biodiversity
indigenous people's tenure
Indigenous Peoples

Patches of forest cleared and tended by Indigenous communities but lost to time still show more food bounty for humans and animals than surrounding forests.

RRI Forests Map

Forests Are Not Empty Spaces: To Save the Climate, Recognize Our Land Rights

22 April 2021
Africa
Latin America and the Caribbean
Asia
Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
climate change
indigenous peoples' lands
biodiversity
land rights
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous people's tenure
Indigenous Peoples

MESSAGE FROM AN INDIGENOUS LEADER AT THE BIDEN CLIMATE SUMMIT

 

“We can still catch up”: second Tenure Facility webinar explores biodiversity and climate change in light of COVID-19

“We can still catch up”: webinar explores biodiversity and climate change in light of COVID-19

14 September 2020
South America
Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land, Climate Change & Environment
COVID-19
environment
climate change
indigenous peoples' lands
natural resources
natural resources management
biodiversity
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous people's tenure
Indigenous Peoples
land rights activists
local communities

As the world struggles to deal with the shockwaves created by the Coronavirus pandemic, scientists have been drawing direct links between the emergence of new diseases, collapsing biodiversity and the destruction of vital forestlands which for generations have been stewarded by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities.

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Nirman

NIRMAN is a premier civil society organization in Odisha whose major focus is on enhancing the food, nutrition and livelihood security of poor farmers, tribal, forest dwelling and small fisher communities. Its primary interventions are focused on land and forest governance, sustainable agriculture, biodiversity conservation, management of natural resources, small fishery, women empowerment and skill building. Empowerment of rural, tribal and fisher communities and marginalized groups through collective action and nurturing local self-governing institutions are at the core of ethics.

HEKS EPER

Swiss Church Aid (HEKS/EPER )

HEKS champions the cause of a more humane and just world and a life in dignity. Internationally, HEKS/EPER focuses on rural community development, humanitarian aid and inter-church cooperation. 

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