YES! Magazine

How Indigenous Knowledge Reconnects Us All to Fire

“Our human relationship with fire goes back thousands and thousands of years,” says Damon Panek, wildland fires operations specialist for the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and enrolled ...
Government Technology

How Indigenous Knowledge Is Changing Natural Hazard Mitigation

All around the world natural disasters continue to wreak havoc as emergency managers strive for new ways to reduce the damage through sound mitigation practices. At the same time, several indigenous ...
Beyond Pesticides

On Indigenous Peoples Day, Highlighting Indigenous Knowledge To Address the Biodiversity Crisis

(Beyond Pesticides, October 9, 2023) On this Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the world turns its attention to the invaluable wisdom that Indigenous communities possess, highlighting their crucial role in ...
Science Daily

Weaving Indigenous knowledge with scientific research: a balanced approach

Insights from bicultural research can enhance practical applications from a palaeotsunami database to land-use decisions, according to a new review. Indigenous knowledge, including oral histories, ...
webtv.un.org

STI Forum Session 8: indigenous peoples, traditional knowledge, and the Sustainable Development Goals

The fourth annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum) took place on 14–15 May 2019 in UN Headquarters, New York. The theme ...
Science Daily

The quiet loss of knowledge threatens indigenous communities

Most of the knowledge that indigenous communities in South America have about plants is not written down. Now, ecologists at the University of Zurich have analyzed comprehensive information about the ...
Grist

For Indigenous communities, protecting traditional knowledge means reimagining how it is preserved

This story is part of Fix’s Mentorship Issue exploring the unique ways climate leaders found their calling, and how new approaches to mentorship are upending old power structures. Check out the full ...
C&EN

Stephanie Beaupark sees chemistry through an Indigenous lens

Describing the benefits of combining laboratory-based techniques and Indigenous knowledges, Stephanie Beaupark harks back to her experience as a weaver. Much like how she once wove Lomandra grass ...
Outside

Paying Lip Service to Indigenous Knowledge Won’t Fix Climate Change

Len Necefer, Ph.D., is the CEO and Founder of NativesOutdoors. Len has worked for the U.S. Department of Energy, the NASA Glenn Research Center, and most recently the University of Arizona. His ...
Panda

WWF-Thailand project serves as key example of conservation knowledge collaboration with indigenous peoples

A number of WWF projects worldwide, including WWF-Thailand’s past project in the Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary (part of the Western Forest Complex), are the focus of a new WWF document ...
Center for American Progress

The Biden Administration’s Conservation Plan Must Prioritize Indigenous Leadership

In its efforts to protect 30 percent of U.S. lands and ocean by 2030, the federal government has an obligation to acknowledge tribal sovereignty and support Indigenous-led conservation. Water ...