Virginia Gewin is a freelance writer in Portland, Oregon. Although racial-justice initiatives around the world have sparked a renewed focus on the need to recruit and retain more people from minority ...

This story is part of Fix’s Mentorship Issue exploring the unique ways climate leaders found their calling, and how new approaches to mentorship are upending old power structures. Check out the full ...

All around the world natural disasters continue to wreak havoc as emergency managers strive for new ways to reduce the damage through sound mitigation practices. At the same time, several indigenous ...

A number of WWF projects worldwide, including WWF-Thailand’s past project in the Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary (part of the Western Forest Complex), are the focus of a new WWF document ...

Forests could also be potential bulwarks against climate change. But, increasingly severe droughts and wildfires, invasive species, and large insect outbreaks -- all intensified by climate change -- ...

As the world gathers this week in Addis Ababa for the second stocktake of the U.N. Food Systems Summit (UNFSS+4), the urgency of transforming food systems into more resilient, sustainable and ...

ABSTRACT. Increased interest in indigenous ecological knowledge (IEK) has led to concern that it is vulnerable amidst social and ecological change. In response, multiple authors have recommended the ...

As climate change accelerates and cultural landscapes transform, the wisdom of Indigenous communities offers pathways to resilience and sustainability. UNESCO’s recent publication, Indigenous ...

As a weed choked a New Zealand lake, a tribe found a surprising solution in a centuries-old tool, adding to a pitched debate over how Indigenous knowledge can complement conventional science. By Pete ...

Alaska has a “linguistic emergency,” according to the Alaskan Gov. Bill Walker. A report warned earlier this year that all of the state’s 20 Native American languages might cease to exist by the end ...

November is Native American Heritage Month, and traditional Indigenous knowledge is essential to shaping a just transition for Alaska’s economy. The problems we face are interconnected–climate change, ...