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Aug 11 2015

Traditional Treasure: Local Knowledge for Climate Change Adaptation in Bangkukuk Taik, Nicaragua

By Akshara Sangiorgio

by Marie Besses and Martina Luger Rama woman carrying a calabash from which she will make a traditional bowl. Photo: Catalina Caraffo, 2014 It’s 7 a.m., still early enough to…

Aug 04 2015

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Culturally-Mediated Disturbance: Building a Bridge Between Knowledge Systems to Conserve Biocultural Diversity in New Guinea

By Akshara Sangiorgio

by William H. Thomas With no roads and few services, Hewa traditions remain vibrant. Photo: William H. Thomas, 2007 Buried deep within the Western psyche rests a romantic myth that…

Jul 28 2015

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In the Land of the River-Mirrors: Dialogues about “Bee-cultural” Diversity

By Akshara Sangiorgio

by Juan Manuel Rosso Londoño and Walter Gabriel Estrada Ramírez Origins Sensing the other bank of the river. Photo: J. M. Rosso, 2010 Juan I was born in 1975…

Jul 21 2015

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Wild Waters: Landscapes of Language

By Akshara Sangiorgio

by Dawn Wink . . . in the bottom of a dark canyon, I stood in a shroud of voices. They spun up the canyon walls, radiating through the dusky…

Jul 14 2015

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Free-Flow: Why Cultural Diversity Matters for Healthy Rivers

By Akshara Sangiorgio

by David Groenfeldt Lake Michigan at dawn, near Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Photo: David Groenfeldt, 2011 It has been proposed that we are living in a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene,…

Jul 10 2015

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Taking Conservation in Our Own Hands: Forest Protection and Management by Highland Communities in Cameroon

By Coreen Boucher

Project Contributors: Jonathan Barnard and John DeMarco The forest-farm boundary at the Kilum-Ijim Forest was agreed by participatory decision-making with local communities. Photo: Jonathan Barnard / BirdLife International Cameroon…

Jul 09 2015

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Biodiversity Conservation Through Traditional Practices in Southwestern Ethiopia, a Hotspot of Biocultural Diversity

By Coreen Boucher

Project Contributor: Zerihun Woldu Konso woman, Ethiopia. Photo: Rod Waddington/Wikimedia The southern Rift Valley in Southwestern Ethiopia is known as one of the hotspots of biocultural diversity and of indigenous…

Jul 09 2015

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Combining Environmental Stewardship and Economic Renewal in Northern Canada: The Whitefeather Forest Initiative

By Coreen Boucher

Project Contributors: Alex Peters, Andrew Chapeskie, Whitefeather Forest The Whitefeather Forest planning area, located in the boreal region of Ontario and Manitoba, Canada, is a holistic network of both natural…

Jul 09 2015

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Traditional Knowledge for Sustainability: Land use Planning among the Gitxaala of British Columbia, Canada

By Coreen Boucher

Project Contributor: Charles Menzies For many generations, the Gitxaala people have lived in their territories along the north coast of what is now British Columbia, Canada. Gitxaala laws (Ayawwk) and…

Jul 09 2015

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Recovering the Connection between People and the Environment through Ancestral Law in British Columbia, Canada

By Coreen Boucher

Project Contributor: Patricia Vickers The Nisga’a People of the Nass River have lived on the northwest coast of British Columbia, Canada for generations — long enough for a culture to…

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Traditional Treasure: Local Knowledge for Climate Change Adaptation in Bangkukuk Taik, Nicaragua

Culturally-Mediated Disturbance: Building a Bridge Between Knowledge Systems to Conserve Biocultural Diversity in New Guinea

In the Land of the River-Mirrors: Dialogues about “Bee-cultural” Diversity

Wild Waters: Landscapes of Language

Free-Flow: Why Cultural Diversity Matters for Healthy Rivers

Taking Conservation in Our Own Hands: Forest Protection and Management by Highland Communities in Cameroon

Biodiversity Conservation Through Traditional Practices in Southwestern Ethiopia, a Hotspot of Biocultural Diversity

Combining Environmental Stewardship and Economic Renewal in Northern Canada: The Whitefeather Forest Initiative

Traditional Knowledge for Sustainability: Land use Planning among the Gitxaala of British Columbia, Canada

Recovering the Connection between People and the Environment through Ancestral Law in British Columbia, Canada

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