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Sound as language: Biodiversity monitoring and CoMapeo’s new audio recording feature Biodiversity monitoringBlogCIPDPPartnersThemesType
16.09.25

Sound as language: Biodiversity monitoring and CoMapeo’s new audio recording feature

This blog article was originally written by María Alvarez Malvido for Awana Digital. Cover photo: Ogiek women using CoMapeo in the bamboo forests of Mt Elgon, Kenya, during biodiversity monitoring training. Photo by María Alvarez Malvido. “We call it sound, but it’s actually a language. Sound…
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Community Mapping Empowers Indigenous Land Protection in Malaysia AsiaBlogCountryLand and resource rightsPACOSPartnersPhilippinesRegionThemesTraditional and local knowledgeType
12.09.25

Community Mapping Empowers Indigenous Land Protection in Malaysia

Following the successful Community Mapping and Land Use Workshop held from 18th to 20th February 2025 at the PACOS Training Centre, participating communities have now developed their own land use and conservation zone maps. This marks a key milestone in their journey with the Transformative…
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The Ogiek People of Chepkitale Mark World’s Indigenous Peoples Day 2025 AfricaBlogCIPDPCommunity-led conservationCountryKenyaPartnersRegionThemesTraditional and local knowledgeType
09.09.25

The Ogiek People of Chepkitale Mark World’s Indigenous Peoples Day 2025

On August 9, 2025, the Ogiek community of Mt. Elgon joined other Indigenous Peoples in marking the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. This year’s event was held at Laboot, Chepkitale where the community was joined by invited guests from the government. Around the world,…
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The Wampís Nation leads the repopulation of aquatic turtles in the Kankaim and Kanus river basins Biodiversity monitoringBlogCommunity-led conservationCountryGTANWPartnersPeruRegionThe AmericasThemesType
26.07.25

The Wampís Nation leads the repopulation of aquatic turtles in the Kankaim and Kanus river basins

As part of its autonomous territorial governance policy, the Autonomous Territorial Government of the Wampís Nation (GTANW), together with six communities in the Kankaim (Morona) and Kanus (Santiago) river basins, is promoting a successful plan for the management and repopulation of taricayas and charapas. To…
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Janet and the Weavers in the Mountain of Mt. Elgon, Kenya AfricaBlogCIPDPCommunity-led conservationFPPKenyaSustainable livelihoodsTraditional and local knowledgeUncategorised
23.06.25

Janet and the Weavers in the Mountain of Mt. Elgon, Kenya

Blog article by Susana Núñez Lendo Janet Chemtai introduces herself: "I represent all the indigenous women across the mountain." . The mountain is Mount Elgon, an extinct volcano on the border between Uganda and Kenya. She is an Ogiek leader, chairwoman of the Chepkitale Women…
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Baan Mae Ning Nai Youth: Coming Together, Taking Action, and Growing Hope AsiaBlogCommunity-led conservationPASDSustainable livelihoodsThailandTraditional and local knowledge
30.05.25

Baan Mae Ning Nai Youth: Coming Together, Taking Action, and Growing Hope

Nestled amidst the lush green mountains of Mae Chaem District, Chiang Mai Province, lies a small village called "Baan Mae Ning Nai". This is home to the Pgakenyaw ethnic group, a community that steadfastly holds onto its traditional way of life, even as the outside…
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Transformative Pathways Partners Visit Community Radyo Sagada AsiaBlogIINPACOSPhilippinesPIKPTraditional and local knowledge
21.03.25

Transformative Pathways Partners Visit Community Radyo Sagada

On February 12,  Radyo Sagada, the only indigenous community radio station in the Philippines’ Mountain Province welcomed Transformative Pathways partners from Kenya, Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines for a special live programme around the topic of indigenous knowledge transmission. The indigenous representatives shared their perspectives…
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Third Transformative Pathways In-Person Meeting: Annual Planning and Review BlogCountryKenyaMalaysiaPartnersPeruPhilippinesRegionThailandThemes
14.03.25

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

In February 2025, the thirteen partners of the Transformative Pathways consortium gathered in the Philippines for the project’s third in-person annual meeting, hosted by Partners for Indigenous Knowledge Philippines (PIKP).  The gathering took place in the Cordillera region, the heart of Northern Philippines, starting in…
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