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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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Project Partners in Thailand receive the E-Sak Ka Ou Declaration AIPPArticleAsiaBiodiversity monitoringCommunity-led conservationCountryIMPECTInternational processesLand and resource rightsPartnersPASDPhilippinesRegionThailandThemesTraditional and local knowledgeType
03.04.24

Project Partners in Thailand receive the E-Sak Ka Ou Declaration

We are thrilled to announce that the Thai version of the E-Sak Ka Ou Declaration has landed in the capable hands of our esteemed partner organizations of the transformative pathways project in Thailand.  Empowering Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Women, Indigenous Youth, and Indigenous Peoples with Disabilities…
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Learning new skills on planting and restoration to achieve food security. Photo credits: IIN
Food sovereignty in Maasai, Samburu and Pokot communities in relation to their traditional knowledge AfricaArticleCommunity-led conservationCountryIINKenyaPartnersRegionSustainable livelihoodsThemesTraditional and local knowledgeType
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…
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Second Transformative Pathways In-Person Meeting: Annual Planning and Review AfricaAIPPAsiaBiodiversity monitoringCHIRAPAQCIPDPCommunity-led conservationCountryFPPGTANWICCSIINIMPECTInternational processesKenyaLand and resource rightsLMMalaysiaPartnersPASDPeruPhilippinesPIKPRegionSustainable livelihoodsThailandThe AmericasThemesTraditional and local knowledgeTypeUNEP-WCMCVideo
02.04.24

Second Transformative Pathways In-Person Meeting: Annual Planning and Review

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…
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E-Sak Ka Ou Declaration AIPPArticleAsiaBiodiversity monitoringCommunity-led conservationCountryIMPECTInternational processesLand and resource rightsPartnersPASDPhilippinesPIKPRegionThailandThemesTraditional and local knowledgeTypeUncategorised
04.01.24

E-Sak Ka Ou Declaration

This declaration was developed at the Asia Regional Conference on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, Biodiversity, and Climate Change, held on November 5-8, 2023 in Krabi, Thailand. “Life and land are the same. We are the same as the land. We come from the land. We go…
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National Roundtable
National Roundtable Discussion on Indigenous Peoples and Biodiversity in the Philippines ArticleAsiaCountryPartnersPhilippinesPIKPRegionThemesTraditional and local knowledgeType
20.12.23

National Roundtable Discussion on Indigenous Peoples and Biodiversity in the Philippines

A national Roundtable Discussion on Indigenous Peoples and Biodiversity was held on November 29-30, 2023 through the collaboration of Partners for Indigenous Knowledge Philippines, Centers of Distinction on Indigenous and Local Knowledge, Philippine ICCA, NTFP-EP Asia, PAFID, and Tebtebba, with support from Transformative Pathways. With…
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Sustainable food systems learning exchange
Learning Exchange on Sustainable Food Systems ArticleAsiaCountryPartnersPhilippinesPIKPRegionSustainable livelihoodsThemesTraditional and local knowledgeType
20.12.23

Learning Exchange on Sustainable Food Systems

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…
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Besao Leaders Forum
Indigenous Leaders Forum held in Besao, Mountain Province ArticleAsiaCommunity-led conservationCountryPartnersPhilippinesPIKPRegionSustainable livelihoodsThemesTraditional and local knowledgeType
20.12.23

Indigenous Leaders Forum held in Besao, Mountain Province

There were lively discussions addressing the challenges eroding Besao culture during the Leaders Forum held in Besao, Mountain Province. A majority of elders from all the four ancestral communities gave their insights into the dwindling community practices such as the use of the dap-ay as…
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Sunset over Wampis village of Soledad, Peru. Credit Vicki Brown, FPP
Executive Summary: Baseline study of the legal framework of land rights and ancestral knowledge of indigenous peoples and local communities in Peru Community-led conservationCountryLand and resource rightsPeruRegionReportSustainable livelihoodsThe AmericasTraditional and local knowledgeType
13.12.23

Executive Summary: Baseline study of the legal framework of land rights and ancestral knowledge of indigenous peoples and local communities in Peru

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.…
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Local artists perform “moomi olee kerkeey kooreenyoo”, a song about the splendor
Conservation through application of traditional practices and indigenous knowledge AfricaArticleCIPDPCommunity-led conservationCountryKenyaPartnersRegionSustainable livelihoodsThemesTraditional and local knowledgeUncategorised
04.12.23

Conservation through application of traditional practices and indigenous knowledge

Indigenous communities are perhaps the only groups of people in Africa who still maintain their traditional values and culture. Often, their way of life is dictated by their environment and available natural resources, and to live in harmony with nature, they have to develop ways…
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