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A member of Brazil's Association of Satere-Mawe Indigenous Women. Raphael Alves, IMF Photo

Best of Landscape News 2022: People and rights

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A petroglyph from an Indigenous group in the Peruvian Amazon. Tomas Munita, CIFOR

The Amazon unearthed

Tropical forest archaeologists are digging up new learnings from ancient Amazon Indigenous civilizations that can inform modern law.

 
Lago Agrio, Nueva Loja, Ecuador

Fast facts: the Amazon biome

The Amazon biome is home to up to 30% of the world’s known species. Here’s all you need to know about the world’s most diverse ecosystem.

 
Thijs, Flickr

Mushroom coffins, high-flying hydrogen and out-of-control orcas

In this news roundup: 40% of plant species at risk of extinction, China pledges carbon neutrality by 2060, and mushroom coffins from Delft.

 
A farmer in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Moses Caeser, CIFOR

How are farmers responding to COVID-19?

Experts report the latest insights from three countries, from ancestral techniques like Ecuador's Chakra system to new government collaborations.

 
Activists outside the main plenary hall at COP 25 before being made to leave the venue. Friends of the Earth International, Flickr

In a day of “unprecedented” demonstrations, youth and Indigenous activism align with concerns over Article 6

The divide between youth and Indigenous activists' main concerns and potential outcomes of Article 6 in the climate negotiations grows wider.

 
Traditional houses of Indonesia's Waerebo people. Aulia Erlangga, CIFOR

10 Indigenous stories to read now

Stories from our archives for Indigenous Peoples Day 2019

 
Villagers test app to prevent illegal logging

Tackling logging in Cambodia? There’s an app for that

In the ‘Serengeti of Southeast Asia’, the Prey Lang smartphone app helps Indigenous communities in Cambodia expose and record illegal logging.

 

We’re creating a ‘gold standard’ for rights – but why?

Rights expert Alain Frechette speaks on the urgency of going for the gold

 

Why Indigenous peoples’ issues must be national issues

An in-depth look at the land struggles of Peru's Amazonian peoples

 

6 Indigenous women you should know

Meet the leaders of GLF Bonn

 

Fellows shape new pathways around Indigenous traditional knowledge at U.N.

Uniting over biodiversity and defense of traditional landscapes

 

Forests rise as climate solutions in Asia and the Pacific

Countries leverage a decade of REDD+ to advance the Paris Agreement

 

Restore Indigenous land rights to unlock traditional knowledge and repair ecosystems

Centuries old Indigenous knowledge must be acknowledged and nurtured

 

In an era of mass extinction, who decides which species to save – and how?

Lessons for International Day for Biological Diversity

 

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