RIO DE JANEIRO, June 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From the Arctic to the Amazon, the traditional food gathering techniques of indigenous communities are under threat from accelerating climate ...

Summary: The AFN sent a delegation to the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP 30) for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Belem, Brazil, from November 10-21, 2025. COP 30 was an ...

While the steamy rainforests of Brazil are far from Alaska’s arctic, the challenges of climate change discussed at the U.N. climate conference brought the two closer together.

Nina Lansbury is a Friend of The Conversation. Associate Professor in Public Health, The University of Queensland Nina Lansbury has received research funding from the Australian government, Health ...

Gyatso Bista remembers the sacks of kutki. As a child learning to become a healer in Nepal’s kingdom of Lo Manthang, Bista ...

Guest Opinion. American Indians and other Indigenous societies have lived off the land since time immemorial. However, climate change and lack of political recognition continue to present undue ...

Long before wildfire season became a national crisis, Indigenous communities were already working with fire as a tool for sustainable land management. For generations, the Karuk, Yurok and Hoopa ...

The desert region’s communities have relied on water reservoirs and wells built on a deep, practical knowledge of how soils ...

A fire expert on the difference between prescribed burns and cultural burns, and why we should incorporate both into modern forest management.