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Local Biodiversity Outlooks: call for art and illustrations for LBO-3News

Local Biodiversity Outlooks: call for art and illustrations for LBO-3

Art and illustration proposals are being accepted for the third edition of Local Biodiversity Outlooks until June 19th, 2026.
4 June 2026
Local Biodiversity Outlooks: call for case studies for LBO-3News

Local Biodiversity Outlooks: call for case studies for LBO-3

Case study proposals are being accepted for the third edition of Local Biodiversity Outlooks until October 24th 2025.
5 October 2025
water fountain
Film: Ruma’mus Ung Gio: Honouring the sacred ancestral ties to waterNews

Film: Ruma’mus Ung Gio: Honouring the sacred ancestral ties to water

This short film shows how water is a vital element for the Warembungan people in Indonesia.
4 April 2023
woman working with her hands
Film: Tarimat Pujut: Living in Harmony with Nature in PeruNews

Film: Tarimat Pujut: Living in Harmony with Nature in Peru

In Peru, the Wampis Nation are demanding recognition for conserving and protecting their territory and fighting climate change.
7 December 2022
Film: How the Ogiek of Kenya are using mapping to advocate for their land rightsNews

Film: How the Ogiek of Kenya are using mapping to advocate for their land rights

This short film explores how the Ogiek of Mount Elgon, Kenya are using mapping technology to protect their lands.
6 December 2022
Film: A Pgaz K’Nyau community in northern Thailand supports biodiversity and their local economy by producing honeyNews

Film: A Pgaz K’Nyau community in northern Thailand supports biodiversity and their local economy by producing honey

This short film shows how a Pgaz K’Nyau community in northern Thailand have created a thriving social enterprise that supports biodiversity.
6 December 2022
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Film: Minta Ari – Constant rain in a Dayak community in IndonesiaNews

Film: Minta Ari – Constant rain in a Dayak community in Indonesia

Watch this short film about a Dayak community in Indonesia, who carry out a ritual after enduring months of constant rain.
5 December 2022
Local Biodiversity Outlooks at the CBD COP15News

Local Biodiversity Outlooks at the CBD COP15

LBO has produced a series of short documentaries, briefings and in-depth case studies that explore some of the key issues that will be negotiated at COP15.
2 December 2022
man with canoes on lake
Film: Li Kiampka (Our descendants)News

Film: Li Kiampka (Our descendants)

This film explores the close connection the Miskitu indigenous peoples of Nicaragua have with the lakes, rivers and waterways in their territories.
31 October 2022
oak tree shoot growing
Film: Froxán Commons – A community-restoration project in Galicia, Spain brings native species back to their forestsNews

Film: Froxán Commons – A community-restoration project in Galicia, Spain brings native species back to their forests

This film documents the efforts of a community nature restoration project in Galicia, Spain, that is working to replace industrially-planted trees with native species.
31 August 2022
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Film: Zenu Indigenous Women – Protectors and Growers of Mother EarthNews

Film: Zenu Indigenous Women – Protectors and Growers of Mother Earth

Indigenous Zenu women in Colombia use their traditional knowledge to grow crops without using any pesticides or chemicals.
9 August 2022
Briefing: Indigenous Peoples, local communities and area-based conservation targetsNews

Briefing: Indigenous Peoples, local communities and area-based conservation targets

This briefing seeks to bring greater clarity to the intersection between the post-2020 global biodiversity framework and the land and resource rights, collective governance and self-determination of Indigenous Peoples and…
5 July 2022
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Film: Nana Yala (Mother Earth)News

Film: Nana Yala (Mother Earth)

Nana Yala (Mother Earth) follows a collective of Indigenous women from the Digir Community in Panama as they work together on their fields to produce crops
19 May 2022
Film: Traditional knowledge provides resilience to a changing climateNews

Film: Traditional knowledge provides resilience to a changing climate

Traditional knowledge provides resilience to a changing climate highlights how important cultural diversity is to the protection of biological diversity, by explaining the signs that members of the Maya Kaqchikel use to predict changes in…
8 September 2021
An Ifugao woman on her way to collect young rice plants for transplanting into one of her family’s paddy fields in the Philippines. Credit: Chris Stowers
Biodiversity and finance: building on common ground with customary rights-holdersNews

Biodiversity and finance: building on common ground with customary rights-holders

Global finance for biodiversity has grown significantly over the past 10 years and is now estimated at between US$78 billion and $147 billion per year. However, it is greatly outweighed…
23 June 2021
Biodiversity Day 2021: We are part of the solutionNews

Biodiversity Day 2021: We are part of the solution

This year's theme for Biodiversity Day, we are part of the solution, recognises the important role that Indigenous peoples and local communities play in protecting and enhancing the world's biological…
22 May 2021
Baiga women collecting leaves. Credit - ephotocorp
Briefing: Re-thinking nature-based solutionsNews

Briefing: Re-thinking nature-based solutions

The term ‘nature-based solutions’ is both widely used and controversial. It remains ill-defined, despite some high-profile efforts to clarify it, and some of its most enthusiastic supporters include industries and…
19 April 2021
Baiga women collecting leaves. Credit - ephotocorp
World Wildlife Day 2021: Learning from indigenous peoples and local communities to restore our relationship with natureNews

World Wildlife Day 2021: Learning from indigenous peoples and local communities to restore our relationship with nature

Today, the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity, the Indigenous Women’s Biodiversity Network, the Centres of Distinction on Indigenous and Local Knowledge, Forest Peoples Programme and the Secretariat of the Convention…
3 March 2021
Restoring the woodland. Credit: Verdegaia
Event: The ways forward – indigenous and local perspectives on our biodiversity crisisEvents

Event: The ways forward – indigenous and local perspectives on our biodiversity crisis

This event explored the vital contributions made by indigenous peoples and local communities to the protection of biodiversity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCIhisVaYo8   Ahead of the UN Summit on Biodiversity - aimed at…
21 September 2020
Press release: Islands of nature – the contributions of indigenous and local communities to conserving the world’s biodiversityNews

Press release: Islands of nature – the contributions of indigenous and local communities to conserving the world’s biodiversity

The world is facing unprecedented challenges from biodiversity loss and climate change, and one million species are at risk of extinction. Some of the world’s most biodiverse areas are found…
15 September 2020
Event: Launch of the 2nd edition of Local Biodiversity OutlooksEvents

Event: Launch of the 2nd edition of Local Biodiversity Outlooks

The 2nd edition of Local Biodiversity Outlooks, a landmark collaborative piece of research and analysis which acts as a companion publication to the Global Biodiversity Outlook, was launched on September…
3 September 2020
World Environment Day 2020: three lessons from indigenous peoples and local communities on restoring our relationship with natureNews

World Environment Day 2020: three lessons from indigenous peoples and local communities on restoring our relationship with nature

World Environment Day is an opportunity to not only celebrate nature, but the peoples and communities who protect and steward it worldwide. Here, three lessons from indigenous and local communities…
5 June 2020
Local Biodiversity Outlooks: Call for case studies from indigenous peoples and local community organisationsNews

Local Biodiversity Outlooks: Call for case studies from indigenous peoples and local community organisations

Local Biodiversity Outlooks are an opportunity for all organisations and networks of indigenous peoples’ and local communities (IPLCs) working on biodiversity issues to showcase their work. Who should contribute? This…
5 June 2020
Local Biodiversity Outlooks 2 – peer review now closedNews

Local Biodiversity Outlooks 2 – peer review now closed

Sorry, peer review is now closed.   We welcome your thoughts, comments and review of LBO2. How to provide feedback: Download the Local Biodiversity Outlooks 2 (Draft 1): Download and…
21 November 2019
Local Biodiversity Outlooks: Call for case studies from indigenous peoples and local community organisationsNews

Local Biodiversity Outlooks: Call for case studies from indigenous peoples and local community organisations

Local Biodiversity Outlooks are an opportunity for all organisations and networks of indigenous peoples’ and local communities (IPLCs) working on biodiversity issues to showcase their work. Who should contribute? This…
8 July 2019
Indigenous & local collective action key to addressing biodiversity crisis – Local Biodiversity Outlooks online goes live todayNews

Indigenous & local collective action key to addressing biodiversity crisis – Local Biodiversity Outlooks online goes live today

From the Arctic North, to the Pacific Island South, to the Tropical Forests of Latin America, Local Biodiversity Outlooks online highlights how indigenous peoples and local communities are rising to…
16 November 2018
Opening remarks from CBD Executive Secretary, Cristiana Pașca Palmer, highlight the crucial connection of nature and cultureNews

Opening remarks from CBD Executive Secretary, Cristiana Pașca Palmer, highlight the crucial connection of nature and culture

"Nature is not something apart from ourselves. We are a part of nature. As a unique species we have the ability to imagine the future and then create it: the…
16 November 2018
Nature study outlines global importance of Indigenous lands in conservationNews

Nature study outlines global importance of Indigenous lands in conservation

A study in the prominent journal, Nature Sustainability, said recently 'understanding the scale, location and nature conservation values of the lands over which Indigenous Peoples exercise traditional rights is central…
15 November 2018
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