Together, Indigenous knowledge and Western science offer a fuller understanding of the Earth. When they work side by side, ...

Indigenous knowledge systems are bodies of knowledge that were developed and used by local communities for centuries. They shape how people understand their environment, solve problems, and live ...

Lara A. Jacobs, editor; Oregon State University Press, 2025; 440 pages; $39.95. In recent years, in Alaska and elsewhere, Indigenous knowledge has found respect and inclusion in scientific research ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. As the world gathers this week in Addis Ababa for the second stocktake of the U.N. Food Systems Summit (UNFSS+4), the urgency of transforming food ...

On Dec. 16, IPBES, the U.N.’s biodiversity policy panel, released a report on transformative change to address the biodiversity crisis, which centers the role of Indigenous and local knowledge and ...

Traditional Indigenous knowledge, also called traditional ecological knowledge or traditional knowledge, is compiled by tribes according to their distinct culture and generally is transmitted orally ...

This indigenous water conservation method for farming, pictured here in 1975, is in use today as a climate smart agricultural technique. Volkmar Wentzel/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Indigenous ...