Can the #Martu help to save the #quoll

“There are elders in the Martu community who speak English as a second or even a third language. Having the summary in Martu allowed them to fully grasp what was trying to be achieved..., if there is the opportunity to include Indigenous languages into a study like this,.. it should always be taken

#Indigenousknowledge #conservation

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/indigenous-knowledge-helps-guide-conservation-of-australias-endangered-northern-quoll/

Indigenous scholar Tyson Yunkaporta says the stories societies tell shape how people treat land and each other.

On the #Mongabay Newscast, he explains how “wrong stories” fuel exploitation, and how Indigenous knowledge and “right story” thinking could guide a more sustainable future.

https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2026/03/how-the-wrong-story-ends-up-harming-nature-and-how-we-can-change-it/

#Podcast #News #IndigenousKnowledge

Indigenous peoples are critical to protecting nature, yet their voices remain underrepresented.

Mongabay is launching an Indigenous Desk to center these perspectives in global journalism.

"Bringing forward Indigenous voices helps drive underreported stories and improve transparency," says Senior Editor Latoya Abulu.

Learn more about #Mongabay Indigenous Desk!

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/mongabay-launches-new-desk-reporting-on-with-and-for-indigenous-communities/

#Indigenousrights #IndigenousKnowledge #News

Arizona State University: New architecture program teaches students how to design with Indigenous principles in mind. “Imagine a Tempe Town Lake free of concrete, its banks lush with native creosote and wildflowers, with winding dirt paths. That visualization was created by a student who applied Indigenous principles to a design problem. Noor Alzuhairi is in the first cohort of the Indigenous […]

The cost of dirt and the soil beneath our feet

" Land prices do not reflect the cost of dirt. They reflect the cost of making land ready for housing." The Australian 'dirt' has grown by more than 500 per cent since 2000. >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-18/land-prices-blocking-new-housing-report-finds/106349190

" What listening to the soil can tell us about our relationship with the land. Before European colonization, Indigenous communities had long histories of stewarding the land and living reciprocally with the soil...The next time you are walking on a sidewalk, a well-used trail in an urban park or your backyard, take a moment to think about the land and soil." >>
https://theconversation.com/what-listening-to-the-soil-can-tell-us-about-our-relationship-with-the-land-205457
#soil #land #biodiversity #settlersociety #EuropeanColonisation #dirt #housing #sprawl #regulation #IndigenousKnowledge

Image: Great Piece of Turf, Albrecht Dürer, 1503

How do Indigenous traditions fit into a Just Transition? Join our webinar tomorrow at 10 AM PT, the second in our From Extraction to Regeneration: Lessons and Next Steps after the People’s Summit Towards COP30 series.

We will look at how Indigenous Mesoamerican knowledge can inform our work for a radical transition, which is urgently needed and must move beyond colonial paradigms of land and production.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1017711299541/WN_r8OqVzkXR9uwORRpZU-Aag

#JustTransition #IndigenousKnowledge #ClimateAction #Decolonize

Evolving Web: Designing a digital archive in partnership with an Indigenous community. “At Evolving Web, we recently collaborated with the University of Denver on the Our Stories, Our Medicine Archive (OSOMA), a community-owned digital archive that centres traditional Indigenous knowledge related to health, wellness, culture, and identity. Built in close collaboration with community partners, […]

Native Knowledge: What Ecologists Are Learning from Indigenous People

From Alaska to Australia, scientists are turning to the knowledge of traditional people for a deeper understanding of the natural world. What they are learning is helping them discover more about everything from melting Arctic ice, to protecting fish stocks, to controlling wildfires.

By Jim Robbins • April 26, 2018

Excerpt: "The #Skolt #Sami people of #Finland, for example, participated in a study that was published in the journal Science last year, which adopted indicators of #EnvironmentalChanges based on #TEK. The Sami have seen and documented a decline in salmon in the #NäätämöRiver, for instance. Now, based on their knowledge, they are adapting – reducing the number of seine nets they use to catch fish, restoring spawning sites, and also taking more pike, which prey on young salmon, as part of their catch. The project is part of a co-management process between the Sami and the government of Finland.

"The project has also gathered information from the Sami about insects, which are temperature dependent and provide an important indicator of a changing Arctic. The Sami have witnessed dramatic changes in the range of insects that are making their way north. The scarbaeid beetle, for example, was documented by Sami people as the invader arrived in the forests of Finland and Norway, far north of its customary range. It has also become part of the Sami oral history.

"It’s not only in the Arctic. Around the world there are efforts to make use of traditional wisdom to gain a better and deeper understanding of the planet – and there is sometimes a lot at stake."

Read more:
https://e360.yale.edu/features/native-knowledge-what-ecologists-are-learning-from-indigenous-people

#SolarPunkSunday #Science #TraditionalKnowledge #Biodiversity #ForestGardeners #Australia #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousKnowledge #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge #TEK