Lecturer and Research Fellow: Department of Environmental and Occupational Studies in the Faculty of Applied Science, Cape Peninsula University of Technology Dr. Benett Siyabonga Madonsela received ...

Indigenous knowledge systems are bodies of knowledge that were developed and used by local communities for centuries. They shape how people understand their environment, solve problems, and live ...

Abstract: Despite the great potential that digital technologies offer to transform Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS), there are several risks associated with the integration of these technologies ...

The Sámi people of northern Finland find themselves caught between national security priorities and the survival of their traditional livelihoods. A new report for the Finnish Sámi Truth and ...

UC Santa Barbara is offering courses that incorporate Native American 'Traditional Ecological Knowledge' into environmental science. One class has students create a 'land acknowledgement' and develop ...

A section of indigenous women drawn from 23 Asal counties during their annual assembly at Archers Post, Samburu County on May 14, 2024. As climate change accelerates across the African continent, ...

Indigenous peoples’ knowledge of the natural environment holds value for climate-change monitoring, adaptation, science and policy. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports — often ...

Marking the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (9 August), President Mugwena Maluleke reaffirmed Education International’s commitment to Indigenous Peoples’ right to free, quality, ...

As the world gathers this week in Addis Ababa for the second stocktake of the U.N. Food Systems Summit (UNFSS+4), the urgency of transforming food systems into more resilient, sustainable and ...

ABSTRACT: Many institutions of higher learning have been, and in some cases continue to be, profoundly shaped by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The University of Namibia (UNAM) was not exempt ...

Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs) are often depicted as highly vulnerable to the environmental and human impacts of anthropogenic climate change. At the same time, they are increasingly ...