Keep updated with, and share the latest news from, about and of interest to Indigenous peoples involved in Community Action for Sustainability.
‘A sanctuary’: how neglected Native American communities are organizing their own food hubs, theguardian.com (Jun 06, 2024)
May 2024[edit | edit source]
- International development can tackle the climate and migration crises together, theconversation.com (May 21, 2024)
- South African communities vs Shell: high court victories show that cultural beliefs and practices count in climate cases, theconversation.com (May 18, 2024)
- Fewer wildfires, great biodiversity: what is the secret to the success of Mexico’s forests?, theguardian.com (May 01, 2024) — More than half of the country’s forestry is in community and Indigenous hands – and from CO2 absorption to reducing poverty the results are impressive
- Inside the exquisite Tibetan monasteries salvaged from climate change, bbc.com (May 01, 2024)
April 2024[edit | edit source]
- First Nations woman one of seven global winners of prestigious Goldman prize for environmental activism, theguardian.com (Apr 29, 2024)
- ‘A roof over our people’s heads’: the Indigenous US tribe building hempcrete homes, theguardian.com (Apr 16, 2024)
- As the First Nations know, forests are ‘music to the soul’, positive.news (Apr 03, 2024)
- From ashes to action: how global mapping illuminates forest conservation's path, north-arrow.org (Apr 02, 2024)
February 2024[edit | edit source]
- Community seed banks offer hope for the Amazon across Brazil’s soy belt, news.mongabay.com (Feb 15, 2024)
- ‘Forest pharmacy’ kept standing by traditional healers in Philippines, news.mongabay.com (Feb 09, 2024)
January 2024[edit | edit source]
- California's first ever U.S. Indigenous Marine Stewardship Area declared, Liz Kimbrough, news.mongabay.com (Jan 29, 2024)
- Reverse in endangered fish’s slide to extinction helped by Indigenous effort in Bangladesh, news.mongabay.com (Jan 19, 2024)
- Climate-resilient millet revived by Indigenous Gurung farmers in Nepal, news.mongabay.com (Jan 01, 2024)
Indigenous peoples[edit | edit source]
This section is a sort of seedbed to gather content for a possible stand alone article on Indigenous peoples in relation to community action on sustainability, for example linking to and making space for exploration of restoration in its widest sense.
- RIVER, Circle, "RIVER is a collective of people drawn together in effort to uplift kin-centric, Indigenous ways of being, knowing and doing. We gather inter-Nationally to share and collaborate, so we may each enhance transformation in our own homes and places of belonging."
see also
- United States community action#Indigenous peoples
- Ecological restoration
- International Day of the World's Indigenous People
There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territory, and an experience of subjugation and discrimination under a dominant cultural model.
Estimates of the population of Indigenous peoples range from 250 million to 600 million. There are some 5,000 distinct Indigenous peoples spread across every inhabited climate zone and continent of the world except Antarctica. Most Indigenous peoples are in a minority in the state or traditional territory they inhabit and have experienced domination by other groups, especially non-Indigenous peoples. Although many Indigenous peoples have experienced colonization by settlers from European nations, Indigenous identity is not determined by Western colonization.
The rights of Indigenous peoples are outlined in national legislation, treaties and international law. The 1989 International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples protects Indigenous peoples from discrimination and specifies their rights to development, customary laws, lands, territories and resources, employment, education and health. In 2007, the United Nations (UN) adopted a Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples including their rights to self-determination and to protect their cultures, identities, languages, ceremonies, and access to employment, health, education and natural resources.
Indigenous peoples continue to face threats to their sovereignty, economic well-being, languages, cultural heritage, and access to the resources on which their cultures depend. In the 21st century, Indigenous groups and advocates for Indigenous peoples have highlighted numerous apparent violations of the rights of Indigenous peoples.
Indigenous knowledge is considered as very important for issues linked with sustainability. Professor Martin Nakata is a pioneer in the field of bringing indigenous knowledge to mainstream academics and media through digital documentation of unique contributions by aboriginal people.
See also[edit | edit source]
- Indigenous peoples news (latest), 2023
