Confronting colonial history: toward healing, just, and equitable Indigenous conservation futures

  "Overall, developing an understanding of the intersections between settler colonialism and conventional conservation generates pathways toward healing Indigenous landscapes and lifeways." Pursuing strategies for support social and ecological resilience and recovery requires cultivating a shared understanding of the full scope of settler colonial legacies, which continue to impede justice efforts in conservation and environmentalism [...]

By |2026-04-07T20:59:20-06:00April 7th, 2026|Categories: Hot off the Press, Mountain Sentinels Blog, Mountain Sustainability|Tags: |

Changing Patterns of Indigenous Knowledge Systems Used for Water Conservation and Adaptation to Climate Change in Mount Kenya Region (2012–2022)

  "Very little attention has been paid to this indigenous ecological, cultural, social, political, and spiritual knowledge systems for solving water issues in the course of climate change, particularly in Kenyan ASALs [arid and semi-arid lands]." Climate change exacerbates three categories of water shocks: too little, too much, and/or too dirty water. The resulting water [...]

By |2026-02-25T11:50:36-07:00February 25th, 2026|Categories: Hot off the Press, Mountain Sentinels Blog, Mountain Sustainability|Tags: |

Gender vulnerability and climate adaptation in high mountain regions: evidence from remote valleys in Gilgit-Baltistan

  "In the remote mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan, women’s disproportionate exposure to climate change impacts, compounded by socio-cultural barriers to empowerment, necessitates an inclusive and gender-sensitive approach to resilience planning." This study focuses on communities in the the Darkut and Sosat valleys in the Ghizer district of Gilgit-Baltistan, and highlights how climate events disproportionately impact the [...]

By |2026-01-29T14:46:33-07:00January 29th, 2026|Categories: Mountain Sustainability|Tags: |

Reflections on the UNFCCC and COP30

 By Julia A. Klein The entrance to COP30 in Belem, Brazil. Inside COP30: A Mix of Progress and Deep Disappointment At the heart of the Amazon, the world gathered to decide the future of the climate, and fell short. Even in the chaos of 60,000 people and nearly 200 nations, one thing was [...]

Tools for Climate Action: Hope and Celebration of Nature

  "Climate communication is an important pathway to action that we don’t speak about enough. Many academic scientists, who are also teachers, are already deeply invested in it. But we haven’t paid enough attention to communication beyond the classroom." For years, scientific data has shown alarming indicators of a changing climate and looming environmental crisis-- [...]

By |2025-12-17T12:44:41-07:00December 17th, 2025|Categories: Mountain Sustainability|Tags: |

International Mountain Day 2025: Reflections from Hatun Tinkuy to Honor Glaciers, Water, and Ancestral Knowledge

On International Mountain Day and in the spirit of this UN International Year of Glaciers' Preservation, we are excited to share a short video from our latest Moving Mountains Summit.

Día Internacional de las Montañas 2025: Reflexiones desde Hatun Tinkuy para honrar los glaciares, el agua y el conocimiento ancestral

Hoy, en el Día Internacional de las Montañas y en el espíritu del Año Internacional de las Naciones Unidas para la Preservación de los Glaciares, nos complace compartir un breve vídeo de nuestra última Cumbre Moving Mountains.

Vivir con fuego en las montañas: Agricultores quechuas y manejo adaptativo del fuego en los Andes peruanos

Por Vanessa Luna En la conferencia 2025 de la International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC), realizada en Amherst, tuve la oportunidad de presentar mi cortometraje documental titulado “Campesinos y fuego: esfuerzos locales frente a los incendios forestales en Perú”. Este cortometraje está basado en mi investigación doctoral y narra cómo los agricultores [...]

By |2025-10-29T14:22:06-06:00September 30th, 2025|Categories: Conferences, Fellows, Mountain Sentinels Blog, Mountain Sustainability|

Living with Fire in the Mountains: Quechua Farmers and Adaptive Fire Management in the Peruvian Andes

By Vanessa Luna, Mountain Sentinels Fellow At the 2025 International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) conference in Amherst, I had the opportunity to present a short documentary titled “Farmers and Fire: Local efforts in dealing with wildfires in Peru.” The film is rooted in my doctoral research and tells the story of [...]

A Mountain of Change in the Andes

On May 28, the Higher Regional Court of Hamm released a verdict establishing a powerful legal precedent. It opens the door to holding companies that emit greenhouse gasses liable for their contribution to climate change impacts – even with thousands of miles between the release site and the affected area.Saúl Luciano Lliuya is a small-scale [...]

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