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Community-Led Freshwater Turtle Conservation: Learning from and Supporting the Wampís Nation ArticleBiodiversity monitoringCommunity-led conservationGTANWPeruThe Americas
07.08.26

Community-Led Freshwater Turtle Conservation: Learning from and Supporting the Wampís Nation

This post was co-written by Hernán Flores (Wampis Nation) and Dr. Albana Berberi Freshwater turtles are long-lived animals that play an important role in maintaining healthy aquatic ecosystems. They also provide countless cultural, ecological, and livelihood benefits for local communities. Yet around the world, freshwater turtle…
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Strengthening Collaborative Biodiversity Conservation in the Mt. Elgon Ecosystem, Kenya AfricaArticleBiodiversity monitoringCIPDPCommunity-led conservationKenya
02.07.26

Strengthening Collaborative Biodiversity Conservation in the Mt. Elgon Ecosystem, Kenya

A meeting in Kitale, Kenya, on 13th March 2026, brought together participants from the state, research organisations and communities to discuss collaborative biodiversity conservation. The meeting was intended to showcase community-based biodiversity monitoring and Ogiek traditional stewardship, to assess the status of Mt. Elgon ecosystem,…
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Building financial capacity for conservation in Mt. Elgon, Kenya AfricaArticleCIPDPCommunity-led conservationKenyaSustainable livelihoods
02.07.26

Building financial capacity for conservation in Mt. Elgon, Kenya

Access to financial skills and capital is something many Indigenous communities have long gone without.Through land use plans and sustainable livelihood activities as part of the Transformative Pathways project, that gap is beginning to close as nine community-based organisations (CBOs) across three regions have received…
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Guardians of the Forest: How Indigenous Youth and Elders Unite to Protect Biodiversity AIPPArticleAsiaCommunity-led conservationThailandTraditional and local knowledge
16.06.26

Guardians of the Forest: How Indigenous Youth and Elders Unite to Protect Biodiversity

When we protect the variety of life on Earth, we protect our own future. In the mountains of Northern Thailand, an Indigenous village named Huay Hin Lad Nai is showing the world how to do this right. For over four generations, this community has looked…
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From Mercy Farms to Land Rights — Forest Management Lessons Overlooked by the State AIPPArticleAsiaCommunity-led conservationIMPECTLand and resource rightsThailand
09.06.26

From Mercy Farms to Land Rights — Forest Management Lessons Overlooked by the State

FRAMING NOTE: This piece is based on a community visit and field documentation conducted by the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), Inter Mountain Peoples’ Education and Culture in Thailand Association (IMPECT) and the Indigenous Media Network (IMN). It serves as an advocacy case study on…
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Samburu Indigenous Peoples doing Community Resource Mapping at Kiltamany. Photo by Indigenous Information Network (IIN)
Environmental Monitoring Guide Series ArticleBiodiversity monitoringCommunity-led conservationGlobal
18.05.26

Environmental Monitoring Guide Series

The Transformative Pathways project has created a series of four guides on environmental monitoring, both for local organisations who are supporting Indigenous Peoples and local communities, and for communities themselves. Introduction to community-based environmental monitoring: Practical guidance for monitoring of natural resources by Indigenous Peoples…
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Video: Africa Regional Extension Workshop AfricaBiodiversity monitoringCIPDPCommunity-led conservationIINKenyaVideo
18.03.26

Video: Africa Regional Extension Workshop

In June 2025, Transformative Pathways held an Africa Regional Extension Workshop in Kenya, co-hosted by the Chepkitale Indigenous People Development Project (CIPDP) and Indigenous Information Network (IIN). The workshop’s objective was to explore opportunities to build on and extend the activities being piloted in Transformative Pathways at a regional level and with additional national partners in the region. It also aimed…
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The Akha community’s cultural and spiritual role in forest conservation and wildfire prevention in Thailand AsiaBlogCommunity-led conservationIMPECTThailandTraditional and local knowledge
05.03.26

The Akha community’s cultural and spiritual role in forest conservation and wildfire prevention in Thailand

Ban Doi Ngam Village (Akha community), Thailand Elders from the Akha community in Doi Ngam Village conduct a ritual to bless the watershed prior to initiating firebreak construction, reflecting the community’s cultural and spiritual role in forest conservation and wildfire prevention. During the ritual, community…
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Faiths, traditions and Forest-conserved rituals of the Lisu people in Mae-E-laeb village AsiaCommunity-led conservationIMPECTThailandTraditional and local knowledgeVideo
04.03.26

Faiths, traditions and Forest-conserved rituals of the Lisu people in Mae-E-laeb village

In the forests of  Mae E-Laeb Village, Pai District, nature is not protected by law alone. It is protected by faith, by belief, and by traditions passed down through generations.For the Lisu people, the forest is more than a source of food or materials. It…
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Introducing a New Resource for Community-led Monitoring of Freshwater Turtles Biodiversity monitoringBlogCommunity-led conservationCountryFPPGTANWICCSPartnersThemesTraditional and local knowledgeType
18.02.26

Introducing a New Resource for Community-led Monitoring of Freshwater Turtles

By Dr. Albana Berberi of Carleton University, joint blog post with the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science and Forest Peoples Programme.As adverse human impacts are driving rapid wildlife declines, monitoring vulnerable species is important now more than ever. Many freshwater turtles fall into this vulnerable…
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