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Indigenous Peoples in Kenya Celebrating World Environment Day and Biodiversity Day AfricaBiodiversity monitoringBlogCommunity-led conservationCountryIINKenyaPartnersRegionSustainable livelihoodsThemesTraditional and local knowledgeTypeUncategorised
05.07.24

Indigenous Peoples in Kenya Celebrating World Environment Day and Biodiversity Day

World Environment Day   Indigenous Peoples of Naramam West Pokot commemorated World Environment Day with great enthusiasm. The area which is characterized by deep gullies, exhibited an immense dedication to repairing their deteriorated land. Men, women, youths, and elderly all actively participated in this effort, coming…
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Community-led mapping and resource inventory in Happy Hallow, Baguio AsiaBiodiversity monitoringBlogCommunity-led conservationCountryPartnersPhilippinesPIKPRegionThemesTraditional and local knowledgeType
04.07.24

Community-led mapping and resource inventory in Happy Hallow, Baguio

Ibaloy landowners have completed their participatory community mapping and resource inventory of their ancestral lands in Muyot, Happy Hallow, Baguio City. The maps show the current land use, forests, agricultural lands, residential lots, significant cultural sites, ancestral land claims, water sources and target conservation areas.…
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Now is the time for conservationists to stand up for social justice AfricaArticleAsiaBiodiversity monitoringCommunity-led conservationCountryICCSInternational processesLand and resource rightsPartnersRegionThe AmericasThemesTraditional and local knowledgeType
04.07.24

Now is the time for conservationists to stand up for social justice

This article was originally published in PLOS Biology by © 2024 E. J. Milner-Gulland.  Existing power imbalances and injustices could be exacerbated by large flows of international funding for nature recovery. Conservationists are still grappling with what social justice means in practice; a major shift…
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Introducing a New Resource for Community-Based Biodiversity Monitoring AfricaAsiaBiodiversity monitoringBlogCommunity-led conservationCountryICCSKenyaLand and resource rightsMalaysiaPartnersPeruPhilippinesRegionThailandThe AmericasThemesTraditional and local knowledgeType
07.05.24

Introducing a New Resource for Community-Based Biodiversity Monitoring

Originally published on ICCS.org.uk   In the face of escalating biodiversity loss and the urgent need for sustainable conservation practices, the role of Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPs & LCs) has never been more critical. To ensure that their actions are recognised and supported…
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Community Video: Monitoring Paiche Fish Repopulation in Puerto Juan, Morona Biodiversity monitoringCommunity-led conservationCountryGTANWPartnersPeruRegionThe AmericasThemesTypeVideo
30.04.24

Community Video: Monitoring Paiche Fish Repopulation in Puerto Juan, Morona

Dashed lineThe community of Puerto Juan (Shinguito) in the Morona River basin mobilized a group of 12 people, with high participation from women, to manage the project component of Paiche fish repopulation. The group conducted a Paiche census in their oxbow lake using the plot…
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Project Update April 2024 AfricaAIPPAsiaBiodiversity monitoringCHIRAPAQCIPDPCommunity-led conservationCountryFPPGTANWICCSIINIMPECTInternational processesKenyaLand and resource rightsLMMalaysiaPartnersPASDPeruPhilippinesPIKPRegionReportSustainable livelihoodsThailandThe AmericasThemesTraditional and local knowledgeTypeUNEP-WCMC
11.04.24

Project Update April 2024

This Project Update, published in April 2024, brings together updates from the Transformative Pathways partners on their key activities and work undertaken since the start of the project in 2022.   Capacity building sessions on biodiversity monitoring have been a key part of the first phase…
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Planting trees for the restoration of headwater and streams in a Pgakenyaw community AsiaBlogCommunity-led conservationCountryLand and resource rightsPartnersPASDRegionThailandThemesTraditional and local knowledgeType
09.04.24

Planting trees for the restoration of headwater and streams in a Pgakenyaw community

Thailand is located in the tropical rain forest. So, in the past, there were forest resources and highly abundant biological diversity. Then, the Thai government started to think about selling wood to generate income for country development.  The Department of Forestry was set up on…
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Introduction to community-based environmental monitoring AfricaAsiaBiodiversity monitoringCommunity-led conservationFPPICCSLand and resource rightsPartnersRegionReportThe AmericasThemesTraditional and local knowledgeType
03.04.24

Introduction to community-based environmental monitoring

Practical guidance for monitoring of natural resources by Indigenous Peoples and local communities. This guide is for the local organisations working with communities (e.g. community-based organisations and local non-governmental organisations), which are facilitating Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPs and LCs) to design and implement…
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Community-Based Monitoring and Information Systems in the Philippines  AsiaBiodiversity monitoringBlogCommunity-led conservationCountryPartnersPhilippinesPIKPRegionThemesTraditional and local knowledgeType
03.04.24

Community-Based Monitoring and Information Systems in the Philippines 

Resource inventory in Ibaloy ancestral land claims  Residents of Sitio Muyot, Barangay Happy Hollow in Baguio City, conducted a resource inventory within the forested areas of their Ibaloy ancestral land claims last December 2023 and continued in March 2024, with the support of the Philippine…
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Engaging Youth in Local Biodiversity Conservation of Baguio City AsiaBlogCommunity-led conservationCountryPartnersPhilippinesPIKPRegionThemesTraditional and local knowledgeTypeUncategorised
03.04.24

Engaging Youth in Local Biodiversity Conservation of Baguio City

The student council of the University of the Philippines Baguio in partnership with the Partners for Indigenous Knowledge Philippines (PIKP) conducted an ecological walk and educational discussion on local biodiversity conservation and promotion in Busol Watershed and Forest Reserve in Baguio City, Philippines in March…
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