Forest Health, Human Health: Increasing recognition of traditional medicine in Kenya for people and planet
Over centuries, Indigenous Peoples and local communities have benefitted from herbal plants as medicines. Traditional medicine is an integral aspect of the health care system of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in many parts of Kenya, where its use remains more widespread than modern medicine. For centuries, ancestral knowledge and lifeways around traditional medicine has been orally passed down from generation to generation to address health and well-being needs. Nature Speaks, Knowledge Unheard The loss of ancestral knowledge...
 
From Hunters to Guardians: How local communities in Colombia are using ecotourism and education to transform human–jaguar conflict into a story of balance with nature
As foothills and savannahs give way to lush jungle in Colombia’s Guaviare departmen...
 
United by Wetlands: In the Bahamas, Mexico, and Zambia, local communities are working to protect these life-sustaining ecosystems
Wetlands are critical to people and the planet. Yet they are among the ecosystems currently suffering the highest rates of loss and degradation. They are a vital powerhouse in terms of value and serv...

Established in 1992, the year of the Rio Earth Summit, the GEF Small Grants Programme embodies the very essence of sustainable development by "thinking globally acting locally". By providing financial and technical support to projects that conserve and restore the environment while enhancing people's well-being and livelihoods, SGP demonstrates that community action can maintain the fine balance between human needs and environmental imperatives.

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Forest Health, Human Health: Increasing recognitio...
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Guardians of the Wild: How Local Roots Protect Our...
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From Hunters to Guardians: How local communities i...
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United by Wetlands: In the Bahamas, Mexico, and Za...
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Falconer and Farmer: One farmer’s story in rural...
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SGP Launches Annual Monitoring Report 2024-2025...
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Melting Mountains: How Indigenous Communities in N...
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Tanzania’s Kolo Hills: Where Nature, Culture, an...
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Resilience Reimagined: Communities in Kyrgyzstanâ€...
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Lower Tamor, Nepal: A Blueprint for Sustainable La...

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ICCA-GSI supports recognition of Georgia's protected and conserved areas through a national legal analysis
Natural Justice has been engaged by ICCA-GSI as the global technical partner to provide legal, policy and other technical support for the recognition
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Fellows shape new pathways around Indigenous traditional knowledge at U.N.
  After an Indigenous woman was raped by Indian military officers leading to her death by suicide, a new design was created to honor her
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Indigenous representatives discussed progress in using community grants to promote grassroots inclusion in REDD+ with UN-REDD and the SGP and FAO held exchanges with indigenous youth at this annual meeting for indigenous leaders from around the world.
The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) has been a valued partner since the UN-REDD Programme’s inception. In addition to the Chair of
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