¡Los derechos Indígenas son una solución climática!

Os direitos Indígenas são uma solução climática!

De 10 a 21 de novembro de 2025, será realizada em Belém, capital do estado do Pará, na região do baixo Amazonas, no Brasil, a Conferência das Nações Unidas sobre Mudanças Climáticas 2025, também conhecida como Conferência das Partes (COP30) da Convenção-Quadro das Nações Unidas sobre Mudanças Climáticas (UNFCCC).

By Morne Pietersen, Radio Station Manager

A local community radio station, Eden FM, is playing a pivotal role in preserving the cultural heritage and history of the Klein Karoo region through two distinct but interconnected research projects. The initiatives, undertaken with support from Cultural Survival’s Community Media Grant Fund, documented Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and the personal stories of forced removals under the apartheid-era Group Areas Act.

Por Sandra Peláez (Pasante de CS)

By Georges Theodore Dougnon (Dogon, CS Staff)

Across the globe, Indigenous youth are rising as powerful leaders in the fight against climate change, combining ancestral knowledge with innovative action to protect their lands, cultures, and futures. Through the Cultural Survival Indigenous Youth Fellowship, young leaders from Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Bangladesh have designed and led projects that not only address urgent environmental challenges but also strengthen community resilience and intergenerational connections.

By Bijo Thomas, Radio Mattoli Station Director

By Lucas Kasosi (Maasai, CS Fellow)
 

Cultural Survival welcomes the newest member of our Board of Directors, Dr. Lyla June Johnston. Lyla June is an Indigenous musician, author, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne), and European lineages. Her multi-genre presentation style has engaged audiences around the globe towards personal, collective, and ecological healing. She blends her academic work in Human Ecology and Indigenous Pedagogy with the traditional worldview she grew up with to inform her music, perspectives, and solutions.

By Galina Angarova (Buryat), Reposted from SIRGE Coalition 

Por: Wayna Tambo – Red de la Diversidad

Wayna Tambo – Red de la Diversidad está situada en la ciudad de El Alto, en el departamento de La Paz. Es una ciudad intermedia, habitada mayoritariamente por población migrante, que aún conserva un fuerte vínculo de continuidad entre el campo y la ciudad. Por ello, gran parte de su población se identifica con el Pueblo o Nación Aymara.

By Ellen Moore, Earthworks

From June 10 to 13, 2025, heavy rainfall hit Obi Island in Indonesia. As a result, muddy floods submerged three villages in the Island where one of largest nickel mining companies in Indonesia, Harita Group, has been operating. 

By Bryan Bixcul (Maya-Tz’utujil), SIRGE Coalition Global Coordinator