This article is part of a series to celebrate World Oceans Day on June 8. Indigenous peoples, who make up 5% of the global population, are among the most vulnerable groups. They face issues ranging from poverty and human rights abuses to the climate crisis. Nevertheless, Indigenous peoples contribute significantly to biodiversity conservation and sustainable natural resources management. The do so, in both terrestrial…
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Indigenous Traditions Show How to Prevent Fires
How should we tackle the wildfires devastating California? By learning from and adapting the practices of the region’s Indigenous people, says Jackie Fielder. The Indigenous woman running for a California state Senate seat who we profiled last December explains what this would look like to AJ+ producer Hangda Zhang. Indigenous practices are key to fire prevention “I’m proposing an…
An uneasy alliance: Indigenous Traditional Knowledge enriches science
An article I published last year in The Conversation and republished in Smithsonian Magazineabout Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and western science touched a nerve among some readers. My article discussed examples of Indigenous peoples having detailed knowledge of animal behaviour, coastal ecology and historical events that have only recently been “discovered” or verified by western scientists. Although the article was…
Yes We ARE Nature 