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CBD Working Group 8J & FAO Treaty: protecting traditional knowledge
IIED, INMIP, ANDES (Peru) and partners organised side events at two global policy meetings on traditional knowledge and genetic resources
News, September 2023
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Achieving 30x30: supporting Indigenous and traditional territories and cultures
IIED insight on supporting Indigenous Peoples and local communities to strengthen and protect their territories and cultures
Article, July 2023
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Establishing a biocultural heritage territory to protect Kenya’s Kaya Forests: mid-term project workshop
Project workshop report reviewing progress and challenges with establishing a collectively governed biocultural heritage territory in Rabai, Kenya
Publication, June 2023
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Indigenous Peoples call for recognition of vital role in protecting mountain water towers
From 22-24 March 2023, 10,000 people gathered in New York for the UN Water Conference, hosted by the Netherlands and Tajikistan, to scale up action to address the water crisis and achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 on clean water and sanitation.
News, June 2023
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How innovative shared labels are promoting diversity, biocultural heritage and sustainable production
Shared labels used by smallholder producers can promote biocultural diversity, build climate resilience and drive social justice. An IIED report explores trailblazing shared label initiatives by smallholder organisations across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Article, March 2023
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Montréal Declaration on Small-Scale Women Farmers for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use
Publication, November 2022
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COP27: vital but at-risk IPLC landscapes urgently need more climate finance
Insight by Krystyna Swiderska and Alejandro Argumedo
Article, November 2022
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Traditional mountain landscapes: crucial for meeting biodiversity and climate targets
IIED briefing on protecting mountain landscapes and Indigenous communities
Publication, November 2022
Establishing a biocultural territory in Kenya
Whispers of the Earth podcast exploring how a self-governed biocultural heritage territory can protect Kenya's sacred Kaya forests
Article, October 2022
MDPI
Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems and Biocultural Heritage: Addressing Indigenous Priorities Using Decolonial and Interdisciplinary Research Approaches
Journal article presenting the results of four virtual workshops with Indigenous Peoples
Publication, September 2022
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Establishing a Biocultural Heritage Territory to protect Kenya's Kaya forests
Project launch workshop report
Publication, August 2022
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Shared labels: selling stories that conserve biocultural diversity and promote resilience
Collection and analysis of six case studies that introduce shared label initiatives by smallholder organisations across Africa, Asia and Latin America
Publication, August 2022
Land Portal
Lessons from Indigenous food systems
Webinar recording on what the world can learn from traditional methods used by Indigenous Peoples and local communities to ensure food security
Article, April 2022
Springer Nature
Indigenous Seed Systems and Biocultural Heritage: The Andean Potato Park's Approach to Seed Governance
Chapter from Seeds for Diversity and Inclusion
Publication, February 2022
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Establishing a biocultural heritage territory to protect Kenya’s Kaya forests
IIED project October 2020 - December 2024. Protecting biodiversity and improving livelihoods in the Mijikenda’s sacred Kaya forest landscapes in Kenya
Project, February 2022
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Declaration of the International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP): Indigenous Food Solutions to the Climate Crisis
Declaration after COP26 reaffirming the rights of mountain Indigenous Peoples to food sovereignty and biocultural heritage
Publication, September 2021
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Indigenous food systems prove highly resilient during COVID-19
Valuable lessons of resilience for policymakers
Article, August 2021
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Why traditional knowledge and Indigenous Peoples’ rights must be integrated across the new global biodiversity targets
Insight by Krystyna Swiderska
Article, August 2021
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Indigenous knowledge and values: key for nature conservation
IIED briefing on the importance of Indigenous biocultural heritage for sustainable development
Publication, July 2021
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Sumaq Kausay and Ayllu: Quechua values and worldviews for conservation and sustainable development in the Chalakuy Maize Park, Lares, Peru
IIED project material
Publication, July 2021
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Indigenous Naxi-Moso cultural values and worldviews for sustainable development: Four Village Biocultural Heritage Coalition, Yunnan, China
IIED project material
Publication, July 2021
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Safeguarding Lepcha and Limbu cultural values and worldviews for conservation and sustainable development in the Eastern Himalayas, India
IIED project material
Publication, July 2021
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Towards a Biocultural Heritage Territory in Rabai Cultural Landscape: exploring Mijikenda cultural values and practices for sustainable development
Publication, July 2021
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Indigenous knowledge, people and nature – all crucial to Kunming: Make Change Happen podcast episode 11
IIED’s ‘Make Change Happen’ podcast
Article, April 2021
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Here's why Indigenous economics is the key to saving nature
Mainstream Western economics is destroying the environment
Article, April 2021
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Indigenous food systems, biocultural heritage and the SDGs: challenges, interdisciplinary research gaps and empowering methodologies
Report from virtual workshop
Publication, February 2021
Biocultural Heritage is entrenched in Mexican law
Mexican Parliament voted unanimously to include the protection of biocultural heritage and promotion of agroecology
News, December 2020
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Indigenous Peoples’ food systems hold the key to feeding humanity
Article, October 2020
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Biocultural heritage territories: key to halting biodiversity loss
Briefing examines the importance of biocultural heritage territories
News, September 2020
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Biocultural heritage territories: key to halting biodiversity loss
IIED briefing
Publication, May 2020