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STI Forum Session 8: indigenous peoples, traditional knowledge, and the Sustainable Development Goals

The fourth annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum) took place on 14–15 May 2019 in UN Headquarters, New York. The theme ...
Beyond Pesticides

On Indigenous Peoples Day, Highlighting Indigenous Knowledge To Address the Biodiversity Crisis

(Beyond Pesticides, October 9, 2023) On this Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the world turns its attention to the invaluable wisdom that Indigenous communities possess, highlighting their crucial role in ...
Government Technology

How Indigenous Knowledge Is Changing Natural Hazard Mitigation

All around the world natural disasters continue to wreak havoc as emergency managers strive for new ways to reduce the damage through sound mitigation practices. At the same time, several indigenous ...
Grist

For Indigenous communities, protecting traditional knowledge means reimagining how it is preserved

This story is part of Fix’s Mentorship Issue exploring the unique ways climate leaders found their calling, and how new approaches to mentorship are upending old power structures. Check out the full ...
cjr.org

Q&A: Joseph Lee on ‘Indigenous knowledge’ and covering adaptation to extreme weather

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Joseph Lee, an author and freelance journalist, is a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe from Martha’s Vineyard in ...
Panda

WWF-Thailand project serves as key example of conservation knowledge collaboration with indigenous peoples

A number of WWF projects worldwide, including WWF-Thailand’s past project in the Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary (part of the Western Forest Complex), are the focus of a new WWF document ...
The Conversation

Weaving Indigenous and western ways of knowing can help Canada achieve its biodiversity goals

Lydia Johnson received funding from the MITACS Accelerate Internship program. Diane Orihel receives funding from Queen's University for the 'Spirit of the Lakes Project'. Queen's University, Ontario ...
Mother Jones

DC Regulators Are Welcoming Indigenous Knowledge—and the Right Is Freaking Out

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Last September, when the Biden administration canceled several oil and gas leases in ...
Opinion

Aerial lidar mapping can reveal archaeological sites while overlooking Indigenous peoples and their knowledge

Picture an aircraft streaking across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, unleashing millions of laser pulses into a dense tropical forest. The objective: map thousands of square miles, including ...