Baram Peace Park
In the lush rainforests of Borneo, indigenous communities are working to create a new protected area, the Baram Peace Park, to protect biodiversity and traditional cultures and resist the ravages of palm oil and mega dams.
The Sámi
A long history of living on the land has granted the Sámi people a rich bank of traditional ecological knowledge enabling them to maintain, protect, and restore the environment’s inherent biodiversity. There are multiple cases where the Sámi have protected the biodiversity of their homeland, both through active preservation and through legal protections that have resulted in maintenance of biodiversity and the cultural traditions that protect and support the land.
Jachie and Jaagbo Groves of Ghana
Ghana’s sacred groves are rich pockets of biodiverse forest found amidst increasingly developed lands. The Groves have been and continue to be maintained by the local indigenous peoples who vigilantly protect and monitor the groves through complex traditional institutions.
Blackfeet Nation
The Amskapi Piikani or the Blackfeet Nation in Montana have cared for the lands in northwestern Montana since time immemorial. Their relationship to these lands has maintained the high levels of biodiversity found on their reservation and on lands to the west in Glacier National Park and the Badger Two Medicine Area.