While indigenous communities are on the frontline of climate change, “these very same Pacific communities are also often fighting to be heard on the issue.” The Pacific Islands are home to a wealth of ...

Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is a living body of knowledge that evolves through experimentation, learning and interaction with environments. It plays a vital role in supporting ...

The global food system contributes to multiple planetary crises—and is vulnerable to them. Climate change, other ecological degradation and socio-economic inequality are all linked to food.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Several years ago, I took a solo trip to the Huánuco region of the central Peruvian Amazon. After traveling five hours from the nearest town by car ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Knowledge of Caribbean ethnobotany has so far been limited and little comprehensive island- or region-wide inventories of Caribbean traditional ...

A memorandum of understanding between the agency and leaders of 35 U.S. tribal colleges and universities attempts to solidify efforts to blend Western scientific methods with traditional Indigenous ...

In the desert landscape of western Rajasthan, how communities use water has long depended on an intimate understanding of soil. Water management systems such as khadeens, bavdi, beris, tankas, johads, ...

The 21st century risk environment is a mix of natural and manmade threats including wildfires, hurricanes, floods, extreme heat events, power outages, industrial accidents, pandemics, cyber intrusions ...

Olasunkanmi Habeeb Okunola is a Visiting Scientist at the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security. In the Lapai Gwari community of Niger state, north central Nigeria, ...

Brittany Kesselman received funding from the National Research Foundation of South Africa for some of the research. The global food system contributes to multiple planetary crises – and is vulnerable ...