This report provides a collection and analysis of six case studies which introduce trailblazing shared label initiatives by smallholder organisations across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Each case ...

Traditional mountain landscapes governed by Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs) conserve unique wildlife and agrobiodiversity, and strongly support climate change adaptation and ...

The International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP) is a network of Indigenous communities and their partner organisations in 14 countries.

Products developed by indigenous peoples and traditional societies, such as food crops and medicines, can protect biodiversity and provide an important source of income. This review explores the ...

Mountain communities will be the first affected by climate change, and experience the most severe changes as, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the magnitude of ...

Representatives of small-scale farmers belonging to Indigenous Peoples and local communities, global indigenous networks, national and international civil society and research organisations, and ...

Alejandro Argumedo, coordinator of the International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP), an Indigenous Peoples’ organisation working to protect biological and cultural diversity, said: ...

This workshop brought together around 50 community participants from 10 villages for the third annual workshop for the project, ‘Establishing a biocultural heritage territory to protect Kenya’s Kaya ...

The updated biocultural heritage website explores the concept of biocultural heritage and its role in achieving multiple ...

A legally binding protocol on access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing is to be adopted by the 193 governments that are party to the Convention on Biological Diversity in October 2010 in Nagoya ...

Smallholder farmers living in harsh environments have developed strategies and technologies for resilience and adaptation to climatic changes that have enabled survival over millennia. These provide ...

Any new regulation is likely to impact Indigenous and small-scale farmers, who are often overlooked and have little or no ...