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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 Tikuna People Inaugurate Ancestral Museum in the Upper Solimões By Barbara Illana, 2026-01-27 New StoryMap Shows the Fight for Survival of Isolated Indigenous Peoples in South America The Annulment of Decree 1500: What is at Stake for the Indigenous Peoples of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Ãwa People Strengthen Environmental Restoration on Bananal Island Conservation news World Bank watchdog looks into Nepal cable car project amid Indigenous outcry José Zanardini, the priest who tried to reconcile faith and Indigenous autonomy Vanuatu communities move to protect taro, an ancestral climate-resilient crop (analysis) Tree spirits: The unintended ecology of belief World Bank carbon program risks further infringing upon rights of Indonesian Indigenous community (commentary) A dam threatens Nepal’s Indigenous community; they want it on the ballot Local communities join global push to protect European, Arctic & US peatlands Bolivia Indigenous communities, local gov’ts help protect nearly 1 million hectares Kathy Jefferson Bancroft, guardian of a stolen lake Indigenous protests force Brazil to suspend Tapajós River dredging plan Indigenous concerns surface as U.S. agency considers seabed mining in Alaskan waters Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Indigenous lands show strong restoration gains In Peru’s Andes, Quechua women turn human-wildcat conflict into coexistence Brazil mining boss sentenced for illegal gold operation on Indigenous land Malaria outbreak among Indigenous Pirahã linked to forest loss, satellite data find Kiliii Yüyan puts Indigenous ‘Guardians of Life’ and their planetary stewardship in focus José Albino Cañas Ramírez, a defender of Indigenous territories, aged 44 A journey from student to Amazon “Junglekeeper”: Interview with Paul Rosolie Indigenous leader assassinated in Colombia’s Caldas department Indigenous communities oppose Papua forest rezoning for palm oil Indigenous Ikoots community prepares to relocate as the Pacific floods their town Birds are changing — and Indigenous memory is the longest record we have Concern among Indigenous leaders, relief for a few, as Amazon Soy Moratorium falters How the ‘wrong story’ ends up harming nature, and how we can change it Indonesian communities push to reclaim lands following company permit revocations Indigenous knowledge helps guide conservation of Australia’s endangered northern quoll Human rights commission calls on Peru to protect isolated Kakataibo people Brazil Supreme Court opens path to mining in Indigenous land for first time Growing number of Indigenous Twa forced out of DRC’s forests and into towns Indigenous knowledge confirms what scientists observe: Large birds are disappearing How a community defended its ancestral forest from logging DeSmog Why the Haisla Nation Is Fine With LNG But Not Mark Carney’s New Oil Pipeline Environment | The Guardian Happy Eco News Indigenous Climate Hub From Ownership to Relationship: Reclaiming Our Responsibilities to Land Inside Climate News ‘We Live in One Ocean’: Native Hawaiian Activist Calls for Inclusion in Deep-Sea Mining Decisions Planet Forward ‘These Sacred Hills’ screening sheds light on Indigenous land rights and decarbonization in Washington Ka Wahine o Ka Lua: Perspectives of Native Hawaiian women on the role of USA militarism in volcanology State of the Planet Yale Climate Connections This effort aims to protect 60 million acres of the Amazon rain forest |