May 19th 2022 at 9:00AM-10:30AM EST (15:00 PM– 16:30 PM CEST)
In 2022 we remain in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic, increasingly violent weather events connected to the changing climate, and global security tensions due to war and conflict. Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs) are among the most vulnerable and are both directly and indirectly hard-hit by these events.
Thursday, 4th November 4-6pm @ Theatre CCA
Connecting Scotland to indigenous community-based solutions to land protection and transformation. Exploring individual local people’s connection to the land and why that matters. How does their advocacy for and stewardship of the land engage with the climate crisis?
Wednesday Novemeber 10th @ 9.00H - 10.30H GMT
Location
The Pan Africa Youth Land Governance Conference is has been organized by the Youth Initiative for Land in Africa (YILAA), in collaboration with Oxfam International, African Union Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment of the African , International Land Coalition, Cadasta, Prindex, Global Land Alliance, Cicod
Location
The 49th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) will be held virtually from 11 to 14 October 2021.
Local and indigenous knowledge refers to the understandings, skills and philosophies developed by societies with long histories of interaction with their natural surroundings. For rural and Indigenous Peoples, local knowledge informs decision-making about fundamental aspects of day-to-day life.
Location
This webinar begins at 2:30 pm GMT (4:30 pm Western Europe time, 11:30 am Brazilian time, 8:00 pm IST) on zoom, with live translations in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
Indigenous Peoples globally have high exposure to environmental change and are often considered an ‘‘at-risk’’ population, although there is growing evidence of their resilience. Ample research illustrates that Indigenous Peoples are actively observing and adapting to change in a diversity of ways.
The Ford Foundation, the Land Portal Foundation, the Tenure Facility and the Thomson Reuters Foundation launched a webinar on May 20th on the the link between “environmental imbalances” and “emerging infectious diseases".