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The so-called "Enola" yellow bean variety that has been at the center of a decade-long biopiracy case. Neil Palmer, CIAT

Biopiracy: the largely lawless plundering of Earth’s genetic wealth

How the patenting of genetic resources fails to benefit the traditional knowledge holders it should - a phenomenon known as biopiracy.

 

How is the Indigenous food sovereignty movement changing global food systems?

GLF Live with documentary filmmaker and director of New York Times' Critic's Pick Gather, Sanjay Rawal.

 

World on fire 2020: California and the Amazon

GLF Live with Leila Salazar-López and Daniel Nepstad

 
Sunset in the Serengeti. www.haaijk.nl, Flickr

New global biodiversity goals are being developed before the last ones were met

Three major reports on nature from the UN and WWF say humanity has failed to achieve its biodiversity goals set for 2020.

 
A portrait of a member of the Indigenous community in Copán Ruinas, Honduras. Evan Schneider, UN Photo

Can local and Indigenous realities guide the way to better biodiversity policy?

Stories from Indigenous peoples and local communities across the world form policy recommendations in the a major new report on biodiversity.

 
Un miembro de la comunidad indígena Nueva Ahuaypa (Perú) junto a un árbol de su parcela, la cual sigue el modelo agroforestal. Juan Carlos Huayllabamba, CIFOR

Why global food systems should resemble those of the Indigenous Peoples

Lessons for more resilient and sustainable food systems

 

How is filmmaking protecting the future of cultures?

Filmmaker Guille Isa speaks to poet Donatella Gasparro on how documentaries are crucial for cultural conservation during the climate crisis.

 
The forests of the Baram region in Malaysian Borneo. Fiona McAlpine

Seeing Borneo’s wildlife through the eyes of its citizen scientists

Citizen scientists from Indigenous groups in Borneo document the island's rare biodiversity in attempts to to protect it from logging.

 

5 books to give you Indigenous wisdom

Recommendations on how to incorporate Indigenous wisdom into your reading list, from ancient spiritual ceremonies to finding gratitude in flowers.

 

Banned bike ads, a universal species list and the return of swine flu

In this news roundup: Europe exporting toxic fuel to Nigeria, climate denialism reigns on Facebook, and Thai project turns fishing nets into face masks.

 
Araucarias grow in Argentina. Mariano Mantel, Flickr

Araucariaceae: the ancient giants that are the world’s rarest trees

Mapping the few remaining habitats of the Araucariaceae tree family, whose species have survived more than 200 million years.

 
Kenya mountains

Kenya’s mountain treasures

A growing number of people are turning to Kirinyaga’s precolonial past to save the mountain’s vital forests from an uncertain future.

 
A satellite image from the European Space Agency color-codes different vegetative areas, helping inform watering methods to protect agriculture from effects of climate change. European Space Agency, Flickr

Fact-checking Michael Moore, green stimulus and video calls with eels

In this news roundup: Norway divests from oil sands, Michael Moore documentary sparks controversy, and how solar and wind became cheaper than coal and gas.

 

What are we learning from the Australian fires?

In examining the Australian fires, experts share on how Indigenous knowledge, relocation and government aid should be incorporated into fire aid globally.

 

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