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Why are Canadian moose declining? Interviews with Indigenous communities offer new clues

We need an Indigenous conservation state of mind (commentary)

As climate change upends Ethiopia’s pastoral wisdom, adaptations can help

Rappahannock Tribe first in US to enshrine rights of nature into constitution

Help farmers adopt agroecology to protect biodiversity and climate (commentary)

Borneo’s ‘omen birds’ find a staunch guardian in Indigenous Dayak Iban elders

In Bhutan, a smoked fish tradition helps sustain a vanishing ethnic group

If all life mattered, what would decision-making look like? (Analysis)

The Panamanian shamans working to save their ancestral medicinal plants

In Mexico, Totonac spiritual guides work with scientists to revive ecosystems

Indigenous knowledge proves key in a study of plants gorillas use to self-medicate

How the Zai farming technique is transforming soil fertility in North Cameroon

Bats & bees help ni-Vanuatu predict storms — but will climate change interfere?

In Nepal, a humble edible fern is at heart of human-tiger conflict

In Bali, water temple priests guide a sustainable rice production system

As southern African freshwater fish & fisheries struggle, collaboration is key (commentary)

Brazil’s ‘Mothers of the Mangroves’ protect an ecological and cultural heritage

Sumatra community school hands down ancient knowledge to modern generation

Time for a copal comeback? The natural resin could boost Amazon’s economy

A tribe once declared ‘extinct’ helps reintroduce salmon to the Columbia River

It’s not the end, we have several possible futures: Interview with Indigenous author Ailton Krenak

Indigenous midwives in Panama strive to preserve traditional medicine for maternal health

PHOTOS: For Kenya’s Maasai, a new faith may undo age-old conservation traditions

Shaping the next generation of Indigenous rangers: Interview with Manni Edwards

How Europe’s only Indigenous group is inspiring a greener Christianity

Traditional foods have the potential to help Kashmir communities adapt to climate change: study

Is ‘legal personhood’ a tool or a distraction for Māori relationships with nature?

French Polynesians revive traditional rāhui to protect fish — and livelihoods

Guardians of the sacred: Ethiopian Orthodox monks on spiritual forest conservation

Borneo’s Dayak adapt Indigenous forestry to modern peat management

Photos: Exploring Mexico City’s Aztec-era farms, the chinampas

Caught in the net: Unchecked shrimp farming transforms India’s Sundarbans

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