Project Contributor: Yogesh Gokhale The majestic Poda Thurpu cattle, one of the indigenous cattle breeds of India. Photo: Chandrasekhar Nemani India is rich in biodiversity resources and the associated traditional…
Project Contributor: C. Manjula Irular people inhabiting the southern part of India are one of the 635 Indigenous tribal communities of the country. The population of Indigenous tribal peoples…
Project Contributor: Jeanine Pfeiffer with the Tado Community, the Waerebo Community and Elizabeth Gish Agustinus Angkol, a traditional Tado elder and herbarium researcher, showing one of the medicinal plants he…
Project Contributor: Jan van der Ploeg Young Agta girl spearfishing in the Disulap River Philippine crocodile sanctuary in the municipality of San Mariano, Isabela Province, Luzon, Philipines. Credit: Jan van…
Project Contributors: Hugh Govan with Rigoberto Carrera Ngäbes women. Photo: Eliseo Carpintero/Wikimedia There are eight Indigenous groups in Costa Rica, numbering some 63,800 people, which comprise 1.7% of the…
Project Contributor: Felipe Montoya Greenheck Pejibaye palm fruit (Bactris gasipaes), a staple of Indigenous Peoples of Costa Rica. Photo: Felipe Montoya Greenheck In Costa Rica, agrobiodiversity has been lost…
Project Contributors: Gabriel Nemogá with Carlos Mamanché Carlos Mamanché (left, standing) training the Muisca community's new generation. Photo: Comunidad Muisca de Sesquilé “Los Hijos del Maíz” The Muisca people,…
Project Contributor: Stanford Zent Hotï people drying cane for blowguns Credit: Stanford Zent In 1999, the national constitution of Venezuela gave explicit recognition of the land rights and cultural rights…
Project Contributor: Joao de Queiroz A high level of community participation and capacity building in the development of resource management plans helps foster biodiversity conservation on Indigenous lands in Ecuador.…
Project Contributor: Jorge Ishizawa with Grimaldo Rengifo Teaching the children in the Upper Amazon region of Peru. Credit: Jorge Ishizawa The Peruvian Andes are recognized as a major site…
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