A ‘Living Laboratory’ of agroforestry and solidarity: a women group explores new sustainable livelihood options in Timor-Leste
Haburas Moris (‘developing life’), a local NGO in the Bobonaro District of East Timor, will accompany 20 rural women to organize and strengthen themselves as a solidarity group, to build upon their own traditional knowledge and cultural practices, and … Read more
Two Yimkhiung communities learn practical skills from one another and consider collaborating as custodians of a forest teaming with biodiversity in Eastern Nagaland (India)
The Nagas are a transboundary Indigenous group with a long history of colonisation, missionary influence, and militarisation. Following India’s independence from British rule, a prolonged period of armed conflict, resistance, and negotiations between the Indian government and insurgent groups did … Read more
A network of custodians strengthens its own knowledge and collective action to conserve sacred groves— micro-refugia of ecological, cultural and historical significance in Kerala (India)
Kerala’s sacred groves (kavu or sarpa kavu) are among India’s oldest community-conserved areas. Protected for generations through cultural traditions, customary practices and reverence for nature, these small patches of native vegetation have survived as islands of biodiversity within … Read more
The youth from the Bandeng chiefdom strengthen their role as citizens and custodians of their ‘living sacred forests’ in Cameroon
In Western Cameroon, the sacred forests of the Bandeng chiefdom are home to a rich biodiversity of plant and animal species, several water sources and extensive areas of raffia. These forests are not merely an ecological heritage, as they also … Read more
