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How Indigenous Practices Can Help Forests Thrive


How the Indigenous practice of 'good fire' can help our forests thrive

Indigenous people native to Yosemite and other parts of the world for millennia have used fire to promote healthy forests.

How Indigenous Practices Can Help Forests Thrive - UC Davis

Indigenous cultural burns focus on what needs to be burned to revitalize the land with the intent of returning to make use of it again.

Forests thrive when Indigenous people have legal stewardship of ...

Having Indigenous communities be stewards of our forests is integral to combating the climate crisis. According to scientists, intact forests ...

The World's Best Forest Guardians: Indigenous Peoples

Even with their often-limited access to financial resources or legal support, Indigenous peoples have proven themselves to be the best guardians ...

How the Indigenous Practice of 'Good Fire' Can Help Our Forests ...

This article discusses how indigenous practices of controlled burning can benefit forest ecosystems. It emphasizes the role of indigenous knowledge in promoting ...

Empowering Indigenous Peoples to Protect Forests - World Bank

... helping Indigenous Peoples boost their participation in forest discussions ... flourish while providing nutrition, medicine, and materials to ...

The role of indigenous knowledge and land management practices ...

Indigenous and local communities contribute in many significant ways to biodiversity by creating habitats that are much more diverse and species ...

Indigenous Ecological Knowledge Is Essential in the Management ...

They store large amounts of carbon, which helps to mitigate climate change. The forests are home to indigenous plants that maintain the ...

The world's healthiest forests are on Indigenous land. Here's why.

“The combined positive effects of state legislation and Indigenous presence in protected-Indigenous areas may contribute to maintaining tropical ...

USA: Indigenous and Western knowledge for forest adaptation ...

A report by a team of 40 experts outlines a new approach to forest stewardship that “braids together” Indigenous knowledge and Western ...

'Fire is medicine': How Indigenous practices could help curb wildfires

By setting relatively small, contained fires, Indigenous tribes like the Yurok traditionally would create breaks in the sprawling forests and ...

Lessons from Indigenous leaders to protect the Amazon rainforest

Research indicates that at least 25% of the carbon stored by the world's tropical and subtropical forests is under the stewardship of Indigenous ...

Strengthening Indigenous communities | fsc.org

The wisdom of Indigenous communities in protecting their forests is an invaluable source of inspiration for us all. Their deep connection to ...

Forever Forests: The Indigenous Peoples Burning Network in Action

Reviving traditional burning practices for the benefit of U.S. forests and Indigenous ... can help forests survive and thrive,” Mary says. In the ...

Indigenous Knowledge, western science braided into ...

... can take now to promote resiliency and help forests thrive.” The document recommends different forest management approaches depending on the ...

Why indigenous communities must be involved in protecting forests

How to make forest conservation inclusive · Implement flexible laws and regulations that consider the specific needs and aspirations of ...

Why Indigenous Hunting Is Essential to Forest Sustainability

Empowering and investing in local hunter groups, providing forest and Indigenous communities with legal and practical tools to manage and ...

New report 'braids' Indigenous and Western knowledge for forest ...

A report by a team of 40 experts outlines a new approach to forest stewardship that “braids together” Indigenous knowledge and Western science.

Indigenous Land and Historical Wildfire Management | News

Although some forest management techniques today can help ... can be learned from the Native American practices of land management in these ...

International Day of Forests: How Indigenous Peoples Protect the ...

When we think of 'saving the rainforest', we might think of tree-planting, buying less and recycling more. But these important actions are just part of the ...