Strength from perpetual grief: How Aboriginal people experience the bushfire crisis

Any bushfire recovery policy must be culturally sensitive to the aboriginal people

Will insects become an integral part of our diet again?

Tribal communities in 10 Indian states consume 303 insect species

Japan’s new policy on the Ainu is misleading

Though Japan recognised them as an indigenous people in 2008, the New Ainu Policy Bill represents a continuation of the nation’s …

Indigenous peoples’ health needs special attention: UN

A report blames political marginalisation and loss of autonomy for the deteriorating health condition of indigenous people

Indigenous leaders flags Bolsonaro's team for UN talks

Its an attempt to provide legitimacy to the controversial policies of the government that caused much harm to the environment, especially the Amazon

Canada apologises to First Nations band after 154 years

Premier Justin Trudeau delivered an apology in the Canadian Lower House of Parliament to chiefs of the Tsilhqot’in Nation for atrocities …

Apologies for yesterday’s crimes: Spain and its Conquistadors

Mexico recently asked Spain to apologise for Hernan Cortes’ Conquista. Are apologies to the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere overdue?

The deshi cow milk jinx

Our wealth of indigenous cattle breeds have failed to benefit those who are conserving them – the poor farmers, herders and nomadic …

“तटीय भाषाएं चुका रही हैं परिवर्तन की कीमत”

भाषाविद गणेश देवी ने ऐसे अनूठे भाषा सर्वेक्षण का नया खंड प्रकाशित किया है, जो भूगोल और लोगों के स्थानीय दावों पर आधारित है। 

'Most countries don’t want to recognise indigenous people as people'

Mohammed Taghi Farvar, former director of Avicenna University in Iran, is a well-known ecologist and social scientist. At present, he is the …

Nature better off with indigenous people, indicates global report

The findings of the first-ever Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services are important in the light of the ongoing Supreme …

Agroforestry boosts rice and biodiversity in India

In West Bengal, the adoption of useful trees into paddy fields has boosted crop yields and crop diversity, and has also sparked a movement that …

'Belgium does owe reparations to the Congo'

Down To Earth talks to American historian, Adam Hochschild about his book on King Leopold of Belgium whose reign is responsible for the deaths of …

Why the WWF’s ‘Fortress Conservation’ model is ethically wrong

As India gets ready for the July 24 Supreme Court verdict on possible eviction of its forest-dwelling communities in response to conservationists&…

We lose an indigenous plant variety every 24 minutes

Lack of market pushes farmers away from local crops, say experts at Bhubaneswar food sovereignty meet

Why farmers in Uttarakhand prefer indigenous seeds over hybrids

In Uttarakhand, farmers are slowly shifting away from hybrid seeds to traditional varieties.  They find the traditional seeds better …

Holy cow! So many patents

ICAR and CSIR laboratories are helping a Nagpur cow research institute to patent therapies based on cow excreta

Debate over domiciles

The announcement of a domicile policy by the Jharkhand government has triggered protests, and a debate on how to define natives of the land

These miniature brinjals can be cooked in myriad ways

Khamen akhaba is grown extensively across the northeast and used in indigenous medicines to treat asthma, allergic rhinitis, nasal catarrh, skin …

Sahiwal cattle, the pride of the Subcontinent, is going places in rural Kenya

With its high milk and meat yield, its resistance to drought and diseases, the breed has brought great changes in Kenya’s villages

Anxiety, angst and anger in the High Arctic

As world powers race to extract the wealth of the melting Far North, the devastating impact on its ecology and indigenous peoples requires a …

Water in forests: Finding the blue in the greens

It is time we rediscover forests as a ‘water commons’ to aid India’s fight against climate change

‘Las Casas’ defence of indigenous rights has left a deep mark on Pope Francis’

Down To Earth speaks to Carmody Grey, assistant professor of Catholic theology in the department of theology and religion, Durham University, UK, …

Davi Kopenawa wins Alternate Nobel Prize for protecting the Amazon rainforest

Davi has frequently been threatened by the gold miners and politicians who target the resources inside the Yanomami territory

क्या नरवा, गरवा, घुरवा से सुधरेगी छत्तीसगढ़ की ग्रामीण अर्थव्यवस्था

नीति आयोग की बैठक में जब छत्तीसगढ़ के मुख्यमंत्री ने अपनी इस योजना का जिक्र किया तो पूरे देश का ध्यान इस ओर गया ...