iBerry Portal
Gateway to Climate Change and the Environment

| Portal Home | Contact iBerry | Search iBerry | Events | Recent Info | More Links |

Room 8 - Indigenous Values, Traditions, Fights for Rights.

Values and Traditions

Indigenous knowledge, practices and lifestyles can be relevant and beneficial for sustainable living and our environment in modern times.

Action Network - Indigenous Peoples Movement, collective of various indigenous peoples from all over the world.

Cherokee Riverkeepers - Respect for the consciousness, healing powers and wisdom of rivers.

Google Books - Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Concepts and Cases. (Read free of charge.)

Indigenous Vision - Works to revitalize Indigenous communities by providing educational resources that promote well-being.

Mongabay - Conservation News: Indigenous peoples' stewardship of natural resources is increasingly being recognized as a critical priority.

Wikipedia - Traditional ecological knowledge, (TEK) describes indigenous and other traditional knowledge of local resources.

See also: What can be learned from Indigenous Peoples and their values?

Indigenous Rights and Fights

Premier's statement on the anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Sadly, many indigenous peoples are struggling to maintain rights to their land and to the Earth resources they protect. Mining, logging, dams and deforestation for agricultural purposes are imposed by outside interests. Many indigenous activists have been violently attacked, criminalized and murdered and the threats are growing worldwide.

BBC News - Over 1,700 environment activists killed in decade (report), environmental activist killed every two days.

Native Americans are at the heart of Yellowstone - After 150 years, they are finally being heard.

'Grandmothers are our weather app' - New maps and local knowledge power, Chad's climate fightback.

Law Library - Introduction to Indigenous Peoples' Civil Rights, fights to obtain civil liberties from the nations that colonized them.

Wikipedia - Indigenous rights that exist in recognition of the specific condition of the Indigenous peoples.

YaleEnvironment360 - Amazon Defender Stands Up for Her Land and Her People: dam projects, illegal loggers and miners.


Video message by UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on 2024 International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples.

Indigenous group dancers at Amis Music Festival.(Wikimedia Commons)
Language Translation

Latest links chosen for this topic.

Very latest links are in green.

The heading here may not be accurate for some links.
Links can also appear under more than one heading.
Titles are taken from the original articles.
Spam in the form of ads, popups etc should never appear!

350
Reclaiming Our Future
By Anne Jellema, 2025-10-23

Amazon Conservation Team
A People Who Resist Collectively: The Gathering of the Wai Wai
By Barbara Illana, 2025-09-22

One Health, Indigenous Knowledge, and Climate Action at COP30
By Barbara Illana, 2025-10-15

‘Our Territory Is Sacred’: Q+A with Ednalva Rondon
By Anna Casey, 2025-11-06

Mongabay: Indigenous monitoring project helps protect isolated peoples in Colombia’s Amazon
By Anna Casey, 2025-11-11

BBC News
Brazil creates new Indigenous territories during protest-hit COP30
2025-11-18

Climate 411
The Role of INGOs in Conservation Has Never Been More Vital
By Annie Mark, 2025-10-27

From the Territory to the Negotiating Table: Indigenous Preparations for COP30
By Bärbel Henneberger, 2025-11-10

Climate Law Blog
From Crisis to Care: Narratives of Repair in the Cordilleras
By Joy Reyes and Francis San Juan, 2025-10-15

Conservation news
Forests on Indigenous lands help protect health in the Amazon
By Rhett Ayers Butler Rhett Butler, 2025-09-12

Protecting Indigenous Amazon lands may also protect public health, study says
By Constance Malleret Alexandrapopescu, 2025-09-19

Peru court upholds 28 years in prison for loggers in Indigenous murders
By Geraldine Santos, Latoya Abulu, 2025-09-26

Indigenous myths reveal Amazon’s past truths: Interview with Stéphen Rostain
By Peter Speetjens, Alexandre de Santi, 2025-10-01

Climate change puts pressure on reindeer populations, both wild & domestic herds
By Sonam Lama Hyolmo Latoya Abulu, 2025-10-01

Putumayo’s women guardians defend land and culture amid Colombia’s deforestation
By Natalia Arbelaez Latoya Abulu, 2025-10-15

Mamai Lucille Williams, a quiet symbol of dignity amid destruction, has died, aged about 93
By Rhett Ayers Butler Rhett Butler, 2025-10-16

Indigenous guardians successfully keep extractives out of Ecuador’s Amazon forests
By Brandi Morin Latoya Abulu, 2025-10-22

Forest sanctuaries and spiritual balance in the Karen highlands of Thailand
By Carolyn Cowan Latoya Abulu, 2025-10-22

Dom Phillips & Bruno Pereira ‘would be killed again,’ Indigenous leader says
By Karla Mendes Karla Mendes, 2025-10-24

Climate finance must reach Indigenous communities at COP30 & beyond (commentary)
By Suzanne Pelletier and Victor Gil Erik Hoffner, 2025-11-05

New pledge, old problems as Indonesia’s latest Indigenous forest promise draws skepticism
By Hans Nicholas Jong Hans Nicholas Jong, 2025-11-07

After 6 years, trial in Indigenous forest guardian killing pushed to 2026
By Karla Mendes Karla Mendes, 2025-11-07

The price of gold: In Venezuela, mining threatens Indigenous Pemón
By Catherine Ellis Alexandrapopescu, 2025-11-11

How a ‘green gold rush’ in the Amazon led to dubious carbon deals on Indigenous lands
By Gloria Pallares Alexandrapopescu, 2025-11-11

Cautious win for Indigenous groups in Malaysia as palm oil firm pauses forest clearing
By Danielle Keeton-Olsen Isabel Esterman, 2025-11-11

Peru Indigenous patrols see success & struggles in combating illegal miners
By Aimee Gabay Latoya Abulu, 2025-11-12

Governments commit to recognizing 160 million hectares of Indigenous land
By Shanna Hanbury Shreya Dasgupta, 2025-11-12

Donors renew $1.8 billion pledge for Indigenous land rights
By Shanna Hanbury Shreya Dasgupta, 2025-11-12

Photos: Drones help First Nations track down cold-water havens for salmon amid warming
By Boris R. Thebia Latoya Abulu, 2025-11-13

Ecuador freezes bank accounts of Indigenous leaders, land defenders
By Kimberley Brown Latoya Abulu, 2025-11-13

From waffle gardens to terraces, Indigenous groups revive farming heritage in America’s deserts
By Justin Catanoso Latoya Abulu, 2025-11-18

How Indonesian communities rescued the Bali starling from the brink of extinction
By Mongabay.com Shanna Hanbury, 2025-11-19

Indigenous Dayak resist new southern Borneo national park amid global protection deficit
By Rendy TisnaRiyad Dafhi Rizki Mongabay Editor, 2025-11-19

Amazon Indigenous groups fight soy waterway as Brazil fast-tracks dredging
By André Schröder Alexandre de Santi, 2025-11-19

Earth911
Best of Sustainability In Your Ear: Cool Earth’s Hannah Peck Collaborates With Indigenous Communities To Preserve The Planet’s Remaining Rainforests
By Mitch Ratcliffe, 2025-10-08

Environment | The Guardian
Archaeologists discover how oldest American civilisation survived a climate catastrophe
By Dan Collyns in Vichama, 2025-11-05

Happy Eco News
Canada Launches World’s Largest Indigenous-Led Conservation Initiative
By Cyrene Oraya Reyes, 2025-10-30

Indigenous Climate Hub
Healing in the Time of Climate Change: Indigenous Ways of Knowing for Mental Health and the More-Than-Human World
By IndigenousClimateHub, 2025-09-15

Re-Constituting Indigenous Food Economies: The Promise of Plant-Based Regeneration
By IndigenousClimateHub, 2025-10-01

The Waters Speak: Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Change in the Maritimes
By IndigenousClimateHub, 2025-10-15

Indigenous Climate Governance: Reclaiming Ecological Sovereignty and Redefining Climate Justice
By IndigenousClimateHub, 2025-11-01

Indigenous Innovation and Climate Solutions: Building a Future of Balance
By IndigenousClimateHub, 2025-11-15

Inside Climate News
As Millions Face Climate Relocation, the Nation’s First Attempt Sparks Warnings and Regret
By Terry L. Jones and Evan Simon, Floodlight, 2025-09-28

Three Killings Per Week
By , 2025-10-05

A Patch of Indigenous Land, Rich in Metals, Pits Prominent Miner and Native Owners Against Conservationists
By Max Graham, Northern Journal, 2025-11-14

The Angry Army
“Water is worth more than lithium,” Indigenous Argentine community tells COP30
By angryarmy, 2025-11-13

The Revelator
Rare Earth Metals Must Not Come at the Cost of Indigenous Rights
By Emil Siekkinen, 2025-09-17

Unthinkable
Valuing cosmologies that long predate modern psychology
By Britt Wray, 2025-11-06

Yale Climate Connections
Native Alaskan communities reeling in wake of Typhoon Halong’s remnants
By Bob Henson and Jeff Masters, 2025-10-15

Alaska Native communities reeling in wake of Typhoon Halong’s remnants
By Bob Henson and Jeff Masters, 2025-10-15

Older Links