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RESPOND: Case Studies on Cultural Practices for Enhancing Ecosystems

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Indigenous Peoples and local earth-based communities form 5% of the global population, yet take care of 80% of the planet’s remaining biodiversity. If we are to successfully conserve and restore Earth, we must learn from these ancestral systems.
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Indigenous Peoples and local earth-based communities form 5% of the global population, yet take care of 80% of the planet’s remaining biodiversity. If we are to successfully conserve and restore Earth, we must learn from these ancestral systems, which respect all life; taking only what is needed and ensuring the landscape remains abundant in the long term. These top-line case studies, evidence how different cultural practices and traditions protect and enhance the ecosystems they form a part of. They offer examples of how human behavior can actively benefit rainforests and weather systems, the health of soil and water, and the flourishing of all other species.

Session agenda

Moderator

Dr Jerome LEWIS

Advisor,
Synchronicity Earth
United Kingdom


11:00 - 12:30

Speaker

Dr Grace Iara SOUZA

Researcher | Consultant ,
United Kingdom


11:00 - 12:30

Ms Ruth SPENCER

Deputy Chair-Marine Ecosystems Protected Areas (MEPA) Trust,
Forest Peoples Programme
Antigua and Barbuda


11:00 - 12:30

Dr Sahil NIJHAWAN

Research Fellow,
Synchronicity Earth, ZSL, NCF
India

Maintaining Ecological Balance through Sophisticated Cultural Practices; Idu Mishmi, India
11:00 - 12:30

Facilitator

Mrs Jessica SWEIDAN

Founder & Trustee,
Synchronicity Earth
United Kingdom


11:00 - 12:30

  • Synchronicity Earth [United Kingdom]
  • Flourishing Diversity

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