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STI Forum Session 8: indigenous peoples, traditional knowledge, and the Sustainable Development Goals

The fourth annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum) took place on 14–15 May 2019 in UN Headquarters, New York. The theme ...
Beyond Pesticides

On Indigenous Peoples Day, Highlighting Indigenous Knowledge To Address the Biodiversity Crisis

(Beyond Pesticides, October 9, 2023) On this Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the world turns its attention to the invaluable wisdom that Indigenous communities possess, highlighting their crucial role in ...
Science Daily

Weaving Indigenous knowledge with scientific research: a balanced approach

Insights from bicultural research can enhance practical applications from a palaeotsunami database to land-use decisions, according to a new review. Indigenous knowledge, including oral histories, ...
Outside

Paying Lip Service to Indigenous Knowledge Won’t Fix Climate Change

Len Necefer, Ph.D., is the CEO and Founder of NativesOutdoors. Len has worked for the U.S. Department of Energy, the NASA Glenn Research Center, and most recently the University of Arizona. His ...
Grist

For Indigenous communities, protecting traditional knowledge means reimagining how it is preserved

This story is part of Fix’s Mentorship Issue exploring the unique ways climate leaders found their calling, and how new approaches to mentorship are upending old power structures. Check out the full ...
cjr.org

Q&A: Joseph Lee on ‘Indigenous knowledge’ and covering adaptation to extreme weather

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Joseph Lee, an author and freelance journalist, is a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe from Martha’s Vineyard in ...
Ars Technica

In New Zealand, conservation is buoyed by Indigenous knowledge

Freshwater crayfish have inhabited New Zealand for millions of years. They have dark, hard, and mottled shells, allowing them to blend in with logs and mud as they seek cover from predators. At night ...
Panda

WWF-Thailand project serves as key example of conservation knowledge collaboration with indigenous peoples

A number of WWF projects worldwide, including WWF-Thailand’s past project in the Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary (part of the Western Forest Complex), are the focus of a new WWF document ...
Mongabay

Indigenous lands, knowledge are essential for saving primates from extinction, says new study

A new study in Science Advances finds that primate species found on Indigenous people’s land face significantly less threats to their overall survival compared to species found on non-Indigenous lands ...
The Conversation

Zoom’s scrapped proposal to mine user data causes concern about our virtual and private Indigenous Knowledge

Andrew Wiebe does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...