Appalachian Rekindling Project collaborates with CSU students
During the final week of Colorado State University’s spring semester, students filed into Dr. Julia Klein’s Ecosystem Science and Sustainability 440: Practicing Sustainability class.
Sacred Groves as living social ecological systems
“Jal Jangal Jamin”–translates as water forest land– rhetoric, quipped by one of the interviewees, is closely tied to the local communities’ understanding of the sacred groves in the Eastern Himalayan region.
Confronting colonial history toward equitable futures
Although decolonial resources are growing, they remain scattered across various bodies of work and disciplines, often failing to be incorporated into conventional conservation understanding.
Co-creating Ethical Space for Convergence Science Research & Indigenous Data Governance
By Tamara Layden “Our stories belong in the community. They do not belong to the university or the government. They are ours–our data–and they belong to the Aboriginal community where the research is being carried out.” Pamela Croft-Warcon (Yuwaalaraay) in Lori Lambert’s book, Research for Indigenous Survival Convergence science research aims to bring together diverse [...]
Guardianes Andinos de los Sistemas Indígenas: Celebración del Hatun Tinkuy en Perú
Por: Abriti Moktan, becario de Mountain Sentinels Me embarqué en un viaje improvisado, corto y lleno de energía a Perú para asistir a la Cumbre de Centinelas de la Montaña en Huaraz, en medio del caos de la semana de los exámenes finales en diciembre. El valor central de la cumbre giraba en torno a [...]
Andean Keepers of the Indigenous Systems: Celebrating the Ethos of Hatun Tinkuy in Peru
By: Abriti Moktan, Mountain Sentinels Fellow Traducir al español I embarked on a short, power-packed, impromptu trip to Peru to attend the Mountain Sentinels Summit at Huaraz amidst the chaos of finals week in December. The summit’s core value revolved around Hatun Tinkuy, meaning “large encounter, getting together for a common interest towards sustainable future [...]
Looking Back but also Forward: The UN Year for Sustainable Mountain Development Comes to a Close
“Mountains are our origins and mountains are our solutions,” declared Wu Zhimin, Director of the Forestry Division for FAO, at the beginning of the closing ceremonies of the UN International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development in his role as moderator. This idea carried on throughout the entire conversation from forestry, to conservation, to genetics. Dongyu [...]
University of Turin ‘Science and Technology for Mountains (MONTES)’ Degree Program
Photo by Claudio Carrozzo on Unsplash The University of Turin is set to launch a new three-year degree course in Mountain Sciences and Technologies (MONTES) for the 2023-2024 academic year, subject to final approval by ministerial bodies by the end of spring. MONTES is being spearheaded by the Department of Agricultural, Forestry and [...]
#SaveMasungi from Quarrying and Remove Land Grabbers
On February 26, 2020, a quarry company started to encroach on Masungi’s assigned reforestation site. They put up barbed wires that will cut off reforestation work in some 500 hectares of degraded land around the georeserve (the equivalent of 11,450 basketball courts). It is apparent that the quarry company’s intention is to drive the project team [...]
AfriMont: Everyday adaptation practices by coffee farmers in three mountain regions in Africa
Are you interested in adaptations by coffee farmers in the mountains? Curious about the extremities of climate change impacting mountain communities' ways of life? Are you invested in the intersections of climate change and everyday farmer adaptations? Mountain Sentinel network partners AfriMont authored a paper that sparks exciting discourse on the subjects above! If you [...]