Explore how local communities are maintaining and celebrating their cultures and traditions
See the wide-ranging discussion of the theme within a full-length film and book, and within many community stories, videos, webinars, presentations and publications…
KEY MESSAGES People who practice traditional ceremonies of evocation of ancestral spirits inhabit rural communities in the Limpopo district in Mozambique Places where the residences of the founders of the communities were once located, currently host traditional ceremonies – i.e., these are sacred natural sites......
Innu of all ages are concerned with preserving their culture and language - inseparable from Innu identity. However many Innu youth are less immersed in their culture and language as they face pressures to seek “…work opportunities, often outside of their communities.”...
Severe land degradation and environmental disasters can act as triggers to new community conservation and development initiatives and as stimulus to existing ones. ...
Sasi laut is a local knowledge and culture-based practice of coastal resource conservation. Through cooperation of multiple stakeholders, the sasi laut system has strengthened, helping locals to consider global issues related to conservation practices....
Les Village's marine environment was devastated by a traditional local use of cyanide for catching marine ornamental fish; however, local conservation began when eco-friendly, community-based approaches were introduced to restore local marine resources...
The Ysyk-Köl Biosphere Reserve (YKBR), the largest protected area in Kyrgyzstan, gained international UNESCO designation in 2001. Lake Ysyk-Köl, which is considered as a sacred lake by local people, is a keystone element within the YKBR....
The story of the coastal communities of the Tsitsikamma and their relationship with the National Park and Marine Protected Area....
The film tells the story of how this ecologically and culturally important seamount came to be protected by the CHN and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans...
This video from one of our study sites in South Africa focuses on local communities that demonstrate the importance of indigenous knowledge and river management practices in a community that depends on fisheries for its livelihoods....
Lennox Island is a small but culturally rich coastal community in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that is seeing the negative impact of climate change and sea-level rise. ...
Fishing rights and traditional livelihoods among the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations....
The film celebrates the resilience of the Mi’kmaq, and Indigenous people in general....
The above video is part of a six-episode film series produced by the Council of the Haida Nation (CHN) Marine Planning Program. It features interviews with Haida matriarchs, chiefs, and politicians speaking about the ocean and marine planning on Haida Gwaii. The series focuses on......
Inuit art reflects a cultural response to shifting sea ice and climate change. The Inuit people are tightly linked to ecological systems that include both land and sea. Vital as they are to community well-being, both land and sea ice are changing rapidly due to global climate......
What are the fundamental principles of engagement of First Nations governments, organizations and peoples in community conservation, land use and resource management issues? How can these principles, such as respect, guide process and action? This talk will cover these questions, as well as what reconciliation......
In this webinar, Dawn Foxcroft and Michelle Colyn discuss the power of intergenerational knowledge transmission between youth and elders and its connection to stewardship in Indigenous communities. As members of the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation, along Canada’s West Coast, and working for Uu-a-thluk, Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council......
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Rathwell, K.J., and Armitage, D. 2016. Art and artistic processes bridge knowledge systems about social-ecological change: An empirical examination with Inuit artists from Nunavut, Canada. Ecology and Society, 21(2):21.
Infante-Ramirez, K.D., and Arce-Ibarra, A.M. 2015. Local perception of the ecological services and well-being of the Maya Zone´s rainforest from Quintana Roo, Mexico. Investigaciones Geográficas, Boletín del Instituto de Geografía, UNAM ISSN 0188-4611, núm. 86, pp. 67-81.
Nasuchon, N., and A. Charles. Community involvement in fisheries management: Experiences in the Gulf of Thailand countries. Marine Policy 34:163-169. (2010)