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Nutrition programs work better when they include #Indigenous food knowledge
Researchers found nutrition programs work better when they include Indigenous food knowledge, local languages, and traditional practices.
By Raquel Brandao, July 24, 2026
Excerpt: "Cameras, cooking and conversation
"Some things worked. #Storytelling, #workshops, and #CookingDemonstrations turned up again and again across the 39 studies, alongside #TalkingCircles, #ShortFilms and #SmartphoneApps.
"The common thread is direction. Each of these methods lets people speak in their own words rather than sit and receive instruction.
"In #NewZealand ( #Aotearoa ), researchers built a mobile health app together with #Māori and #Pasifika partners. The language, the stories, and the pictures all came from the communities the app was meant for.
"Speaking with Earth.com, Rao described a project she led. 'In my own work, and one of the papers reviewed, I have used cameras and #DigitalTools with young women and men in an Indigenous community in #India to document their traditional food knowledges by speaking to the elders, visiting the forests and local markets, talking to women engaged in #foraging and #FoodPreparation.'
"That project is one of the 39 studies in the review. An earlier paper followed ten Santhal young people in eastern India who were trained to make films.
"They made nearly 50 films and screened them in their own villages. Older relatives supplied much of what went into them.
Elders as teachers
"Who holds the knowledge matters as much as what the knowledge is. #Elders, #healers, #farmers, and #women each carry different parts of it.
"None of it arrives as a curriculum. It moves between generations through cooking, gathering and long conversation, which is exactly what a nutrition leaflet cannot carry.
" 'Reclaiming and recognising #IndigenousKnowledge , values and practices to address the different elements of nutrition and health involves recognising intergenerational and wider social relations, and engaging everyone from the elders, healers, educators and farmers to service providers, policymakers and academics, to together raise issues and find solutions,' said Rao.
"Traditional foods carry knowledge of the local landscape in a way nothing else does. The review treats them as practical resources rather than heritage."
#SolarPunkSunday #Technology #IndigenousCommunities #TraditionalKnowledge #TraditionalDiets #FoodForests #Foraging #SharingKnowledge #PreservingCulture #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge #FoodKnowledge #TraditionalFoods
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Nutrition programs work better when they include #Indigenous food knowledge
Researchers found nutrition programs work better when they include Indigenous food knowledge, local languages, and traditional practices.
By Raquel Brandao, July 24, 2026
Excerpt: "Cameras, cooking and conversation
"Some things worked. #Storytelling, #workshops, and #CookingDemonstrations turned up again and again across the 39 studies, alongside #TalkingCircles, #ShortFilms and #SmartphoneApps.
"The common thread is direction. Each of these methods lets people speak in their own words rather than sit and receive instruction.
"In #NewZealand ( #Aotearoa ), researchers built a mobile health app together with #Māori and #Pasifika partners. The language, the stories, and the pictures all came from the communities the app was meant for.
"Speaking with Earth.com, Rao described a project she led. 'In my own work, and one of the papers reviewed, I have used cameras and #DigitalTools with young women and men in an Indigenous community in #India to document their traditional food knowledges by speaking to the elders, visiting the forests and local markets, talking to women engaged in #foraging and #FoodPreparation.'
"That project is one of the 39 studies in the review. An earlier paper followed ten Santhal young people in eastern India who were trained to make films.
"They made nearly 50 films and screened them in their own villages. Older relatives supplied much of what went into them.
Elders as teachers
"Who holds the knowledge matters as much as what the knowledge is. #Elders, #healers, #farmers, and #women each carry different parts of it.
"None of it arrives as a curriculum. It moves between generations through cooking, gathering and long conversation, which is exactly what a nutrition leaflet cannot carry.
" 'Reclaiming and recognising #IndigenousKnowledge , values and practices to address the different elements of nutrition and health involves recognising intergenerational and wider social relations, and engaging everyone from the elders, healers, educators and farmers to service providers, policymakers and academics, to together raise issues and find solutions,' said Rao.
"Traditional foods carry knowledge of the local landscape in a way nothing else does. The review treats them as practical resources rather than heritage."
#SolarPunkSunday #Technology #IndigenousCommunities #TraditionalKnowledge #TraditionalDiets #FoodForests #Foraging #SharingKnowledge #PreservingCulture #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge #FoodKnowledge #TraditionalFoods
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Six ways advocates and organizations can practice solidarity for environmental justice
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The rush for critical minerals is repeating an ongoing history Indigenous communities know well
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Finding a lever for civilizational transformation
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Finding a lever for civilizational transformation
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Making ‘Land Back’ a reality through an Indigenous community land trust
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#Desertification and #Drought Day 2026
June 17, 2026
#Rangelands: Recognize. Respect. #Restore.
"This year, #Kenya hosts the global observance of Desertification and Drought Day in partnership with #UNCCD under the theme 'Rangelands: Recognize. Respect. Restore.'
"The global observance will highlight the central role of the world’s rangelands in #ClimateResilience, food and water security, #biodiversity conservation and the cultural identity of #pastoralist and #IndigenousCommunities. Kenya’s leadership reflects its ongoing efforts to address #LandDegradation, strengthen drought resilience and support communities living in #dryland and rangeland areas.
"UNCCD Executive Secretary Yasmine Fouad said: 'We thank the Government of Kenya for hosting Desertification and Drought Day 2026 and for shining a spotlight on the world’s rangelands. These landscapes are vital for food, water, biodiversity and climate resilience. Kenya’s leadership comes at a crucial moment, as rangelands face increasing pressure worldwide. By recognising their value, respecting their traditional stewards and restoring rangelands back to health, we can strengthen the livelihoods of two billion people.'
"Rangelands cover more than half of the world’s land surface yet remain among the most undervalued ecosystems. They face increasing pressures from climate change, land degradation and competing land uses. Up to half of all rangelands are already degraded or at risk, jeopardizing food and water security, climate resilience and rural livelihoods.
"Coinciding with the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, the 2026 global observance will draw attention to the need to recognize and value rangelands for the critical functions they provide, respect the traditional stewards who have cared for them for generations and restore degraded landscapes to secure livelihoods and ecosystem services.
"Through Desertification and Drought Day 2026, countries and communities are invited to:
- Recognize rangelands’ economic contribution to national and regional economies, their role in sustaining biodiversity and wildlife and the multiple benefits they provide, from regulating water cycles to storing carbon
- Respect pastoralists, #IndigenousPeoples and local communities, whose mobility, customary governance systems and ecological knowledge are essential to maintaining the health and productivity of these landscapes
- Restore rangelands by investing in sustainable land and water management, strengthening governance, improving drought preparedness and supporting community-led restoration efforts
Marked every year on 17 June, Desertification and Drought Day is the United Nations’ global moment to raise awareness of land degradation and drought and to mobilize action to protect and restore healthy land. Desertification and Drought Day 2026 in Kenya will be the first time in nearly a decade that the African continent hosts the global observance. Previous observances took place in Colombia (2025), Germany (2024), USA (2023), Spain (2022), Costa Rica (2021), Republic of Korea (2020), Türkiye (2019), Ecuador (2018), Burkina Faso (2017) and China (2016)."
Source:
https://www.unccd.int/events/desertification-drought-day/2026#SolarPunkSunday #FoodSecurity #WaterSecurity #LandRestoration #Sustainability #TraditionalStewards #CulturalPreservation #DesertificationAndDroughtDay
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#Desertification and #Drought Day 2026
June 17, 2026
#Rangelands: Recognize. Respect. #Restore.
"This year, #Kenya hosts the global observance of Desertification and Drought Day in partnership with #UNCCD under the theme 'Rangelands: Recognize. Respect. Restore.'
"The global observance will highlight the central role of the world’s rangelands in #ClimateResilience, food and water security, #biodiversity conservation and the cultural identity of #pastoralist and #IndigenousCommunities. Kenya’s leadership reflects its ongoing efforts to address #LandDegradation, strengthen drought resilience and support communities living in #dryland and rangeland areas.
"UNCCD Executive Secretary Yasmine Fouad said: 'We thank the Government of Kenya for hosting Desertification and Drought Day 2026 and for shining a spotlight on the world’s rangelands. These landscapes are vital for food, water, biodiversity and climate resilience. Kenya’s leadership comes at a crucial moment, as rangelands face increasing pressure worldwide. By recognising their value, respecting their traditional stewards and restoring rangelands back to health, we can strengthen the livelihoods of two billion people.'
"Rangelands cover more than half of the world’s land surface yet remain among the most undervalued ecosystems. They face increasing pressures from climate change, land degradation and competing land uses. Up to half of all rangelands are already degraded or at risk, jeopardizing food and water security, climate resilience and rural livelihoods.
"Coinciding with the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, the 2026 global observance will draw attention to the need to recognize and value rangelands for the critical functions they provide, respect the traditional stewards who have cared for them for generations and restore degraded landscapes to secure livelihoods and ecosystem services.
"Through Desertification and Drought Day 2026, countries and communities are invited to:
- Recognize rangelands’ economic contribution to national and regional economies, their role in sustaining biodiversity and wildlife and the multiple benefits they provide, from regulating water cycles to storing carbon
- Respect pastoralists, #IndigenousPeoples and local communities, whose mobility, customary governance systems and ecological knowledge are essential to maintaining the health and productivity of these landscapes
- Restore rangelands by investing in sustainable land and water management, strengthening governance, improving drought preparedness and supporting community-led restoration efforts
Marked every year on 17 June, Desertification and Drought Day is the United Nations’ global moment to raise awareness of land degradation and drought and to mobilize action to protect and restore healthy land. Desertification and Drought Day 2026 in Kenya will be the first time in nearly a decade that the African continent hosts the global observance. Previous observances took place in Colombia (2025), Germany (2024), USA (2023), Spain (2022), Costa Rica (2021), Republic of Korea (2020), Türkiye (2019), Ecuador (2018), Burkina Faso (2017) and China (2016)."
Source:
https://www.unccd.int/events/desertification-drought-day/2026#SolarPunkSunday #FoodSecurity #WaterSecurity #LandRestoration #Sustainability #TraditionalStewards #CulturalPreservation #DesertificationAndDroughtDay
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A vote to mine near the Boundary Waters puts a vital freshwater wilderness at risk
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A vote to mine near the Boundary Waters puts a vital freshwater wilderness at risk
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‘The forest needs the bees’: Indigenous beekeepers on the front line of Brazil’s vanishing rainforest
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‘The forest needs the bees’: Indigenous beekeepers on the front line of Brazil’s vanishing rainforest
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Amnesty International sounds alarm on state of housing in Manawan, Que.
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Amnesty International sounds alarm on state of housing in Manawan, Que.
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Between land and water: Tribal relocation and resistance
By Celia Llopis-Jepsen
Published April 6, 2026"#ClimateChange is altering the land, and #Indigenous communities are on the frontline. This episode takes you to #Alaska, where rapid permafrost thaw is threatening the Native village of #Nunapitchuk. Then, we head to #Louisiana, where the #PointeAuChien Indian Tribe is losing its land to rising #SeaLevels. These tribes are forced to make a difficult decision between staying and adapting or leaving their ancestral homes. (This episode comes to us from the environmental podcast #SeaChange.)"
Listen:
https://www.kcur.org/2026-04-06/between-land-and-water-tribal-relocation-and-resistance#SolarPunkSunday #IndigenousCommunities #ClimateChangeAdaptation #SeaLevelRise #AncestralLands #ClimateCrisis #KCUR
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Between land and water: Tribal relocation and resistance
By Celia Llopis-Jepsen
Published April 6, 2026"#ClimateChange is altering the land, and #Indigenous communities are on the frontline. This episode takes you to #Alaska, where rapid permafrost thaw is threatening the Native village of #Nunapitchuk. Then, we head to #Louisiana, where the #PointeAuChien Indian Tribe is losing its land to rising #SeaLevels. These tribes are forced to make a difficult decision between staying and adapting or leaving their ancestral homes. (This episode comes to us from the environmental podcast #SeaChange.)"
Listen:
https://www.kcur.org/2026-04-06/between-land-and-water-tribal-relocation-and-resistance#SolarPunkSunday #IndigenousCommunities #ClimateChangeAdaptation #SeaLevelRise #AncestralLands #ClimateCrisis #KCUR
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Nepal has become the first country in Asia to sign a potential $55M LEAF Coalition deal to cut deforestation across three provinces.
Experts say success depends on community access, transparency and strong safeguards. Local groups want 80% of funds to reach forest communities, but bureaucracy and capacity gaps could limit benefits.
by Sonam Lama Hyolmo
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/nepal-signs-major-carbon-deal-but-community-access-remains-challenging/ -
Nepal has become the first country in Asia to sign a potential $55M LEAF Coalition deal to cut deforestation across three provinces.
Experts say success depends on community access, transparency and strong safeguards. Local groups want 80% of funds to reach forest communities, but bureaucracy and capacity gaps could limit benefits.
by Sonam Lama Hyolmo
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/nepal-signs-major-carbon-deal-but-community-access-remains-challenging/ -
In Nepal’s Sagarmatha region, seasonal migration and low voter presence push election campaigns to prioritize infrastructure over climate resilience.
As Sherpa communities face retreating glaciers and erratic weather, limited reinvestment from Everest tourism is putting both ecosystems and the local economy at risk.
by Shashwat Pant
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/as-nepal-votes-climate-change-is-an-elephant-in-the-room-for-sherpa-community/#climatechange #conservation #environment #indigenouscommunities #indigenousrights
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In Nepal’s Sagarmatha region, seasonal migration and low voter presence push election campaigns to prioritize infrastructure over climate resilience.
As Sherpa communities face retreating glaciers and erratic weather, limited reinvestment from Everest tourism is putting both ecosystems and the local economy at risk.
by Shashwat Pant
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/as-nepal-votes-climate-change-is-an-elephant-in-the-room-for-sherpa-community/#climatechange #conservation #environment #indigenouscommunities #indigenousrights
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Women’s rights groups in Indonesia’s Dairi regency helped defeat a zinc mine in court in May 2025, setting a national legal precedent after 20 years of resistance.
Despite the developer seeking a new permit, local activists say they’ll continue opposing the project.
by Tonggo Simangunsong
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/the-long-struggle-of-women-farmers-to-halt-a-zinc-mine-in-north-sumatra/#news #agriculture #conservation #environment #indigenouscommunities #indigenousrights #pollution
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Women’s rights groups in Indonesia’s Dairi regency helped defeat a zinc mine in court in May 2025, setting a national legal precedent after 20 years of resistance.
Despite the developer seeking a new permit, local activists say they’ll continue opposing the project.
by Tonggo Simangunsong
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/the-long-struggle-of-women-farmers-to-halt-a-zinc-mine-in-north-sumatra/#news #agriculture #conservation #environment #indigenouscommunities #indigenousrights #pollution
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Nepal’s Indigenous Yakthung (Limbu) people have filed a complaint over IFC advisory involvement in the Pathibhara cable car, planned on sacred land near the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area.
The World Bank Group’s CAO is now assessing the case, amid claims of inadequate disclosure, risks to forests and wildlife, and alleged violations of Indigenous rights. A 90-day review will decide next steps.
by Sonam Lama Hyolmo
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/world-bank-watchdog-looks-into-nepal-cable-car-project-amid-indigenous-outcry/ -
Nepal’s Indigenous Yakthung (Limbu) people have filed a complaint over IFC advisory involvement in the Pathibhara cable car, planned on sacred land near the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area.
The World Bank Group’s CAO is now assessing the case, amid claims of inadequate disclosure, risks to forests and wildlife, and alleged violations of Indigenous rights. A 90-day review will decide next steps.
by Sonam Lama Hyolmo
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/world-bank-watchdog-looks-into-nepal-cable-car-project-amid-indigenous-outcry/ -
Climate Protesters Face Greater Risk of Crackdown Amid Rising Authoritarianism
A new study found that vilifying protestors in public and through the media has been key to state repression tactics. -
Brazil will collaborate with the Colombian and Dutch delegations to develop the road map outside the formal U.N. process, with the goal of bringing it back for discussion at COP31.
Experts say the Belém summit showed disappointing deals after ambitious promises, failing to address the environmental and economic needs of climate change.
by Carla Ruas
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/brazil-aims-for-alternative-route-to-fossil-fuel-road-map-after-cop30-failure/#news #agribusiness #amazon #climatechange #deforestation #indigenouscommunities #brazil
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Indigenous activists storm COP30 climate summit in Brazil, demanding action. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11... #COP30 #IndigenousCommunities vía @aljazeera.com
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#TruthBeforeReconcilliation #ColonizersLieAndSteal
#Bill14 & #Bill15 are #undemocratic bills that #BCNDP is shoving through. This #BCgovernment, under greasy #JohnHorgan groomed super sellout, former civil liberties lawyer guy, #DavidEby - is breaking its own law under the Declaration of the Rights of #IndigenousPeoples.
This type of #neoliberalism is right in line with #BillC5 from #GovernmentOfCanada under #MarkCarney federal Liberals(Conservatives, basically). They take actions which are against the publics' interests. They serve corporations over people & environment. They are always greenwashing & whitewashing, while helping with ecocidal corporate plundering & endangering our liveable futures.
These corrupted, corporate lobbyist pandering governments don't really give a damn about #IndigenousCommunities - they still want to exploit lands & steal resources without prior consultation or consent.
#BCpoli #CDNpoli #Decolonization #StopTheWhitewash #StopTheGreenwash #BCNewDeathParty #FascistAdjacent #BanCorporateLobbyists #StopCorporateWelfare #CorporateGreed #GreedKills #CapitalismKills #EcocideDeathCult #PublicTransparency #PublicAccountability #PublicScrutiny #Landback #StolenLands #IndianTrustFund #Canada #ColonialCriminals #EcoJustice #HumanRights #Ecocide #ProtectTheWild #environmental #ecological #ExtinctionRebellion #Canadian #UNDRIP
