An Ancestral Legacy: How the Kira tribe secured a landmark victory for Indigenous Peoples in a Solomon Islands biodiversity hotspot
Sitting on a rock in the middle of an unspoiled stream, Andrew Taraha scoops a handful of crystal-clear water and warns, as it drips from his fingers:
“Some will not be able to see this in the future.”
Andrew is surrounded by lush rainforest, where beams of sunlight dapple the dense green canopy and light up the stream in striking shades of turquoise. The steady flow of a nearby waterfall underscores his words: “Generations that have not been born yet will not see this kind of clean, natural water. They will only see water that is not...
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 People...
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