PLT Canada highlights voices of Indigenous Youth
Project Learning Tree (PLT Canada) has placed more than 500 Indigenous youth from over 80 different Nations into high-quality green work experiences.
Strengthening water security and water governance of indigenous communities in Guatemala
by Marta Pérez de Madrid
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Creation and planning of the Yaigojé Apaporis Indigenous Reserve and Natural National Park from an indigenous cosmovision
by Martín von Hildebrand
Fundación GAIA Amazonas
The Comca’ac Indigenous Community – National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (Mexico)
With the participation of society, a communitarian development plan that includes a climate change adaption perspective and a participative and gender approach was designed.
The Land Heals: How Guardians Strengthen Communities
Kristen Tanche is a member of Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation and works with the Dehcho K’ehodi Guardian program. Published originally on the Land Needs Guardians website, Tanche shares her personal journey of healing through the help of the land.
COVID-19, Coastal First Nations and Interconnectedness
The COVID-19 pandemic changed how the Heiltsuk Nation, a coastal First Nation community in British Columbia, Canada, harvest herring and support their communities. The Coastal Guardian Watchmen not only now serve as the eyes and ears for their territory but take on a much bigger responsibility—preserving natural resources.
Group manages forests with community participation in Kenya
The UN-REDD Programme has been a pioneer of innovative policies that value and protect forests and their social and ecosystem services. Commitments to human rights-based approaches, social inclusion and stakeholder engagement are vital to its mandate and work.
#NatureForAll Seeds Intergenerational Dialogue In Benin
The #NatureForAll launch at the IUCN’s World Conservation Congress brought together like-minded conservationists from around the world.