Conservation International 10d ago

Indigenous Peoples steward more than a quarter of Earth’s land, protecting some of the world’s most important biodiversity strongholds and carbon stores. That stewardship is rooted in generations of observation, adaptation, and deep relationships between people and place. In a new global study, researchers worked with Indigenous experts across 43 communities to further explore how Indigenous knowledge is practiced and passed down, treating community members not as subjects or informants, but as experts. From sacred forests in Cambodia to protected river systems in the Amazon, communities shared systems of knowledge built through centuries of lived experience, showing how cultural survival and ecological survival are inseparable. “The knowledge only exists because the people and the land are still bound together,” lead author Sushma Shrestha said. “Lose one, and you lose both.” LEARN MORE: https://www.conservation.org/news/inside-the-ancient-traditions-saving-natures-last-strongholds