The lávvu served for centuries as portable housing for SAMI reindeer herders. Its practical, efficient design and cultural heritage are attracting new users across Scandinavia. https://worksthatwork.com/4/an-ancient-design-in-a-modern-a… [Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.]
Tribal / Indigenous Rights
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“Tribal peoples were expert conservationists long before the conservation industry existed. Mounting evidence continues to show that properly enforced land rights for indigenous peoples are the best way to protect…
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There are currently about 7,000 languages spoken worldwide, and at least half are projected to disappear in this century. But in Australia, a new initiative is working to keep Aboriginal…
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“Our ancestors taught us only one thing: Love and respect the forest and it will take care of you. Here we don’t need money to eat and to live. This forest is our breath and our life.”
by adminCheck out this photo essay about how the indigenous Chenchu are being threatened with illegal eviction from their ancestral homelands: https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/…/if-a-tiger-kills-our…/ Take a stand for indigenous rights with our foundation, the…
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We’re celebrating with our grantee Survival International: “More than one hundred and fifty million men, women and children in over sixty countries live in tribal societies. Far from being ‘primitive’…
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Indigenous peoples have been documented before, but the results have often been ‘patronising’, says Jimmy Nelson. So he traveled the world to photograph 35 threatened tribes in an unashamedly glamorous…
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“No culture has a monopoly on human genius, and we never know where the next brilliant idea may come from… We lose ancient knowledge if we lose languages.”
by admin90% of the world’s remaining languages could be gone by the end of this century. How can we protect them? Read more here: http://www.bbc.com/…/20140606-why-we-must-save-dying-langua… Join the fight to save endangered languages…
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I believe we need to accomplish both, without having to exclude indigenous people from their land. Our next support for SURVIVAL INTL will go to SURVIVAL BRASIL to ensure that…
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Congrats to our ally Amazon Watch on its successful campaign to get the license for the Belo Sun Mine revoked! If completed, the project would gouge a mega-mine in the…