An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. For most of ...
On October 6, 1769, a sailor on Captain James Cook’s research vessel, the Endeavour, serendipitously earned himself a gallon ...
The Whanganui River is officially a living being and legal person. Māori leaders explain how Indigenous knowledge and ...
The Department of the Interior announced it’s taking steps to increase Tribal co-stewardship of lands and waters, incorporate Indigenous knowledge into the Department’s work, and preserve and protect ...
In Amanda Subish’s family, they have a story about her Uncle Maurice that shows the power of Indigenous culture, heritage, and traditional ecological knowledge. Maurice Magante, of the Pauma Band of ...
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Joseph Lee, an author and freelance journalist, is a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe from Martha’s Vineyard in ...
With the warmest summer ever recorded in 2023, Arctic communities and ecosystems are continuing to see dramatic changes. Spikes and declines in salmon populations, stronger and more frequent storms ...
Allan Rarai receives funding from the Association of the Commonwealth Universities through the Ocean Country Partnership Programme research grant. Meg Parsons does not work for, consult, own shares in ...
The narratives detailed in Pearce’s maps center the knowledge, experiences and histories of Indigenous people in North ...
Government support helps communities limit carbon emissions and promote biodiversity while maintaining cultural heritage and ...