As of August 2024, we are honoured to welcome PACOS Trust, an Indigenous community-based organisation in Sabah, Malaysia to the Transformative Pathways Project. PACOS Trust (short for Partners of Community Organisations in Sabah) is dedicated to improving the quality of life in Indigenous communities in…
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…
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…
02.04.24
Food sovereignty in Maasai, Samburu and Pokot communities in relation to their traditional knowledge
The Maasai, Samburu and Pokot are semi nomadic pastoralist communities in Kenya who migrate within semi- arid lowlands to obtain water and pasture for their livestock. Their lifestyle centres around their cattle which constitute their primary source of food, and for them wealth is measured…
In February 2024, twelve project partners of the Transformative Pathways consortium gathered for the second in-person planning and review meeting at Laboot, Chepkitale in Kenya. The meeting hosted nearly 80 participants, including representatives of all organisations, and local community members of the Ogiek of Mt…
02.04.24
Community Video: Release of Aquatic Turtles in the Kankiam Basin, Morona, territory of Wampis Nation
In 2023, during the first phase of the aquatic turtle repopulation component of the Pathways project, four communities of the Kankaim (Morona) river basin have released a total of 3291 hatchlings of two species - Taricaya and Charapa - into the Kankaim oxbow lakes. Watch…
During the last learning exchange held in March 2023, there was enthusiasm among the home gardeners to exchange knowledge from their actual experiences. One recommendation that came out was to continue learning exchanges through holding garden visits. On this note, PIKP conducted another learning exchange…
This study examines the recognition of the land rights and ancestral knowledge of indigenous peoples and local communities in Peru. It systematically analyses the relevant national and sub-national legal framework, judicial and administrative decisions, relevant public policies and interviews with representatives of indigenous peoples’ organisations.…