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Room 8 - Indigenous Values, Traditions, Fights for Rights.
Values and TraditionsIndigenous 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
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.
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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! Amazon Conservation Team A Lifesaving Health Campaign for the Matsés By Amazon Conservation Team, 2026-09-01 Mapping for Protection: Safeguarding Indigenous Peoples Living in Voluntary Isolation BBC News Conservation news Indigenous food sovereignty is one of the most overlooked conservation strategies (commentary) Brazil marks borders for isolated Indigenous group in the Amazon after decades New Zealand opens marine reserves with groundbreaking Māori co-management model Indigenous fishers rethink shark hunting & protect species on Colombia’s coast 7 Indigenous Guarani killed after loose grain trailer hits car in central Brazil Indigenous rangers pull killer ‘ghost nets’ from Australia’s northern coast Growing Indigenous food trees in East Africa fights malnutrition and biodiversity loss In Indonesia, 20 Indigenous subtribes seek common ground amid mining divisions Invaders storm Indigenous Amazon land, threatening isolated people Indigenous ‘turtle women’ help vulnerable reptiles recover in Ecuadorian Amazon Michael Painter put Indigenous land rights at the center of conservation Cherokee youth win legal rights for waterway in first all-female U.S. effort Indigenous knowledge helps reveal the ties between reefs and mangroves New analysis maps mercury threat to 951 Amazon communities in three countries Indigenous territories maintain Amazon forest just as well as protected areas, study finds A health crisis for Peru’s recently contacted people brings planetary health to the fore Indigenous peoples near Congo parks propose diverse solutions for the future of conservation Colombia’s Indigenous guardians adapt as pressures mount on the ‘Heart of the World’ Indigenous land back in Chile brings mixed bag of environmental outcomes: Study Indigenous knowledge x tech in the search for a tiny Amazon monkey Ituna/Itatá invasion escalates as Indigenous Land faces fires and illegal clearing ‘They should choose their own destinies’: Manish Chandi on India’s isolated tribes Indigenous leader Raoni receives palliative care in Brazil after cancer diagnosis Displaced by typhoons, Taiwan’s Bunun Indigenous people struggle to preserve heritage US contractors reportedly purchase tin from company accused of illegal Amazon mining Planned US tech hub in Philippines hit over environmental and Indigenous land concerns In Panama’s Darién forest, Indigenous communities test a new way to fund conservation India’s isolated island tribes need autonomy to survive rising threats, says scholar Far-right election results in Brazil ‘bleak’ for Indigenous peoples, says Indigenous leader Science, Indigenous knowledge team up to restore Canada’s kelp. (Sea otters help, too.) Indigenous activist Kynan Tegar on Indonesia’s fires, and defending the Earth International pledge to fund forest rights exceeds target, but direct funding remains low Logging threatens Bornean forest earmarked for Indigenous Peace Park Brazilian ranchers block government officials from demarcating Indigenous land Environment | The Guardian Greenpeace International Indigenous resistance in pictures: communities defending their rights Happy Eco News The Cerrado is Kin: How the A’uwẽ-Xavante Continue to Care for Their Territory Card Game “Herbularyo” Bridges Filipino Medicinal Plants and Science Education Through Traditional Healing Inside Climate News Planet Forward ‘We all come from here’: On Indigenous consciousness and place in Kalaallit Nunaat State of the Planet Yale Climate Connections These ingenious fishponds fed Hawaiians before colonialism |