NEW WEBTOOL: Bridging knowledge systems with the MEB Approach

News The Multiple Evidence Base (MEB) approach has evolved in collaboration between Indigenous Peoples and local communities’ organizations deeply engaged in protecting and maintaining their Indigenous and local knowledge, and researchers and practitioners. The aim of the MEB approach is to...  Read more »

2023-08-25

Getting serious about adopting a human rights-based approach in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)

Brief The global aim of ‘living in harmony with nature’ – being agreed by governments from around the world this week, at the UN in Geneva1 – can only be achieved by including strong human rights protections for the guardians of...  Read more »

2022-03-13

Indigenous futures thinking – changing the narrative and re-building based on re-rooting: A process of joint exploration with communities

News UPDATE: Now available in English and French ‘Futures thinking’ is a powerful tool to better understand and deal with an uncertain future. It includes visioning, building scenarios and storytelling, among other things. However, Indigenous peoples and local communities’ futures thinking...  Read more »

2021-10-01

How to Integrate Human Rights into Biodiversity Conservation in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

News A human rights-based approach (HRBA) in the context of biodiversity conservation, means that biodiversity policies, governance and management do not violate human rights. This can be achieved if those implementing such policies actively seek ways to support and promote human...  Read more »

2021-08-23

Looking for ways to realise human rights and secure nature at the same time

News The year 2020 was deemed the super year for biodiversity; not least because the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) would adopt a new strategy to move towards the vision of a world living in harmony with nature by 2050. But...  Read more »

2021-04-22

Including human rights in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Report In October 2020, the Convention on Biological Diversity will adopt a strategy — the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework — to replace the Aichi Targets. The Framework is intended as a step towards meeting the vision of a world ‘living in...  Read more »

2020-02-24

Human right to a healthy environment for a thriving Earth

Report Handbook for weaving human rights, SDGs, and the post-2020 global biodiversity framework This handbook, edited by programme officer Claudia Ituarte-Lima and former SwedBio directorvMaria Schultz, discusses strategies on how to incorporate the human right to a clean and healthy environment...  Read more »

2019-06-11

Pollinators dialogue report

Report This report is available in English, Spanish, and Thai. This report, Dialogue across Indigenous, local and scientific knowledge systems reflecting on the IPBES Assessment on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production, is a summary of the Dialogue across Indigenous, local and...  Read more »

2019-04-17

Co-chairs summary report – The Human Right to a Healthy Environment and Sustainable Development Goals Peer-to-peer Dialogue

Report The Peer-to-peer Dialogue on Human Right to a Healthy Environment and Sustainable Development Goals was organised as part of the on-going partnership between SwedBio/Stockholm Resilience Centre, the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), Natural Justice, UN Environment and the Office of...  Read more »

2018-11-14

Mobilisation of indigenous and local knowledge for community and ecosystem wellbeing

Report Local communities and elders from all over the world, practitioners, scientists from different disciplines and advocacy leaders met in March 2017 in Tharaka, Kenya, to share knowledge on biodiversity governance and to learn from one another during an interactive walking...  Read more »

2018-11-01

Human Rights, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development Goals in the mining sector

Report New policy report examines how operationalizing human rights principles in mining decision making processes helps to achieve SDG 16 as well as safeguarding biodiversity and healthy ecosystems. Mining concessions are often granted without sufficient information about their impact on ecosystem services, thus...  Read more »

2018-05-15

Global Dialogue on Human Rights and Biodiversity Conservation

Report The Global Dialogue on Human Rights and Biodiversity Conservation was held on 20–23 November 2017 in Eldoret, Kenya. It was co-convened by SwedBio, Forest Peoples Programme and Natural Justice and hosted by the Chepkitale Indigenous Peoples’ Development Project (CIPDP), founded...  Read more »

2018-04-10

International exchange meeting for mobilisation of indigenous and local knowledge for community and ecosystem wellbeing

Report This report is a summary of the walking workshop “International exchange meeting for mobilisation of indigenous and local knowledge for community and ecosystem wellbeing”, held in Hin Lad Nai, Chiang Rai, Thailand, February 13–15, 2016. The workshop was kindly hosted...  Read more »

2017-03-04

The 2030 Agenda and Ecosystems

Report This Discussion Paper outlines the links between the Aichi Biodiversity Targets under the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Sustainable Development Goals and Targets under the 2030 Agenda. The Aichi Biodiversity Targets contribute to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda...  Read more »

2016-11-25

Reviving Indigenous and local knowledge for restoration of degraded ecosystems in Kenya

Report This report presents the outcomes of a collaborative partnership between African Biodiversity Network with Institute for Cultural Ecology (ICE), Kenya and SwedBio for piloting a Multiple Evidence Base approach to co-generate knowledge and methods for mutual learning across knowledge systems....  Read more »

2016-11-23

Participatory mapping as a tool for mobilisation of indigenous and local knowledge and enhanced ecosystem governance in Ginderberet, Oroma region, Ethiopia

Report This report presents the outcomes of a collaborative partnership between MELCA, Ethiopia and SwedBio for piloting a Multiple Evidence Base approach to co-generate knowledge and methods for mutual learning across knowledge systems. A process based on participatory mapping supported the...  Read more »

2016-11-23

Mobilizing indigenous knowledge, innovations and practices of the Kalanguyas farming systems in Tinoc, Ifugao, the Philippines

Report This report presents the outcomes of a collaborative partnership between Tebtebba Foundation, Philippines and SwedBio for piloting a Multiple Evidence Base approach to co-generate knowledge and methods for mutual learning across knowledge systems. As a response to exploitation and degradation...  Read more »

2016-11-22