Biocultural Heritage

Promoting resilient farming systems and local economies

Peak changes: Article on the INMIP workshop in Tajikistan

02 Jun 2016

Stockholm Resilience Centre speaks to Pernilla Malmer about a "walking workshop" of the International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP) in Tajikistan, September 2015, and the importance of knowledge exchange for revitalising communities' biocultural heritage and developing tools for sustainable development in the face of climate change.

Link to article: "Peak changes: Indigenous mountain communities share biocultural adaptation experiences to climate change"

New publications

Climate change resilience via production that preserves biocultural heritage Carlos Poso
Can collective intellectual property rights preserve culture and biodiversity? Anna Bolin
Biocultural heritage territories: key to halting biodiversity loss Krystyna Swiderska, Alejandro Argumedo, Michel Pimbert
The Maize Park Biocultural Heritage Territory in Lares, Peru. Case study guidance on Biocultural Heritage Territories Krystyna Swiderska, Tammy Stenner
Biocultural Heritage Sustainable Development: Stakeholder Meeting Centre for Mountain Dynamics, Kalimpong, 1st July 2019 Krystyna Swiderska, Lok Chetna Manch, Centre for Mountain Dynamics, IIED

Projects and outputs

International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP)

The International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP) brings together mountain communities from 11 countries as they seek to revitalise biocultural heritage for climate-resilient and sustainable food systems. IIED provides communications, advocacy and capacity support for INMIP.

Establishing a biocultural heritage territory to protect Kenya’s Kaya forests

A group of people sit on the floor under a tree.

This project aims to protect biodiversity and improve livelihoods in the Mijikenda’s sacred Kaya forest landscapes in Kenya. It will establish a biocultural heritage territory that empowers Kaya elders to enforce traditional conservation rules and promote agroecological practices.

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Peak changes: Article on the INMIP workshop in Tajikistan