Here you can find a collection of case studies exploring how different cultural practices and traditions protect and enhance ecosystems around the world. They offer examples of how human behaviour can actively benefit rainforests and weather systems, the health of soil and water, and the flourishing of all other species.
Lake Natron, conserved by the Maasai of Engaresero in northern Tanzania
Learn about a territory of life in northern Tanzania. ... ReadConserving territories of life in Iran
Discover this powerful example of an interconnected social-ecological system in desert and semi-desert landscapes. ... ReadCommunity mobilisation in Senegal
Community mobilisation for the environment brings the good life back to the village in Senegal. ... ReadCulture centred stewardship in Tsum Valley, Nepal
Learn about the nature-culture stewardship of the Tsumba people in the Western Himalaya, Nepal. ... ReadScientist and Indigenous communities collaborate in Finland & Norway
Indigenous communities and scientists rewild an ancient river system. ... ReadProtecting the heart of the planet in Brazil
The internationally acclaimed protection work of the Apiwtxa community. ... Read“Nature gives you what you need as long as you look after it with love and harmony, like we have for centuries.”
–Jachuka Rete, National Institute of Indigenous Affairs Argentina