Beyond Linear Thinking: Indigenous Knowledge & Counter-Narratives For The Future

Indigenous peoples make up just 5% of the global population – but safeguard 80% of remaining biodiversity.?

And they are often first to suffer from the climate crisis. In one case, melting ice-sheets in Canada and Greenland have seen the Inuit lose hunting stocks and ancient routes that are now too dangerous. ?

But from the Amazon Basin to the far north of Europe, indigenous groups are on the frontline in the fight for climate justice. In one case in Brazil, after the Deni people regained control of their traditional waters, fish-stocks increased by 425%.?

This is a battle fought in the field and the courtroom, perhaps most famously in Brazil, where the Supreme Court recognised the land rights of the Xokleng people in 2023.?

Synchronicity Earth strives to bring greater attention and funding to overlooked and neglected species, regions, and ecosystems, and to support the people and communities protecting them.

On Tuesday, 12 March, The Conduit London will host a far-reaching inter-cultural exchange that will explore diverse ways of knowing and how we relate to our world?

Dr Shawn Wilson of the Opaskawayak Cree Nation of northern Canada helps establish guidelines for the protection of indigenous traditions.??

Lucia Pietroiusti is head of ecologies at Serpentine , London. ?

Ella Saltmarshe is the award-winning co-founder of Inter-Narratives, which uses the power of storytelling to help bring about change.?

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Sources:?

Indigenous Peoples: Defending an Environment for All | International Institute for Sustainable Development (iisd.org)?

'Sea, ice, snow ... it’s all changing': Inuit struggle with warming world | Canada | The Guardian?

10 facts about biodiversity, nature protection, and Indigenous Peoples’ rights - Greenpeace International?

Amazon indigenous community restores giant freshwater fish and thrives (climatechangenews.com)?

Climate experts sound alarm over thriving plant life at Greenland ice sheet | Greenland | The Guardian?

‘We defended our right to the land’: Brazil’s Indigenous people hail supreme court victory | Global development | The Guardian?

Indigenous people and climate justice groups say Cop28 was ‘business as usual’ | Cop28 | The Guardian?

Indigenous environmental defenders among favorites for Nobel Peace Prize (mongabay.com)?