Practice
Experiences, strategies, and lessons from the field
Biocultural conservation is grounded in the practices of Indigenous Peoples and local communities — in territory, culture, and collective governance.
Explore practice →Documenting and advancing biocultural conservation
Indigenous Peoples and local communities are among the primary stewards of many of the world's most biodiverse territories. Their relationships with land, water, and living systems — grounded in cultural, ecological, and spiritual knowledge — are the foundation of biocultural conservation.
This platform brings together knowledge emerging from conservation practice, collaborative research, and long-term partnerships with Indigenous Peoples and local communities. It documents experiences, strategies, and lessons from the field while advancing a shared understanding of how biocultural conservation can be strengthened across different contexts.
Biocultural conservation is grounded in the practices of Indigenous Peoples and local communities — in territory, culture, and collective governance.
Explore practice →Academic work contributes when it is grounded in partnership and shaped by diverse knowledge systems.
Explore academic contribution →This platform is organized around two complementary perspectives: Conservation in Practice, grounded in the experience of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and their partners; and Academic Contribution, which reflects on how universities and researchers can support this work on terms defined by communities themselves. These are connected through a shared conceptual framework that brings together foundational principles, relationships, and pathways for action.
The first IPBES Global Assessment to include a chapter on Indigenous and local knowledge. Gabriel Nemogá sees an opportunity to move beyond the nature–culture divide, inviting the network to contribute a more relational and plural framing to the public review of the draft assessment.
Learn more →Prof. Kawika Winter (Heʻeia National Estuarine Research Reserve, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa) on large-scale biocultural restoration, the revival of traditional resource management, and bridging academia, conservation, and policy.
View details →Dr. Marianne Ignace (Secwepemc Nation, Simon Fraser University) on traditional knowledge about human and multispecies conduct on the land, and what it means for the future of Indigenous languages, knowledges, and restoration.
View details →