by de_divya | Aug 20, 2019 | Cultural Practices and Conservation, News
Mobile Pastoralism and the World Heritage Convention is a new report for Roads Less Travelled, a global partnership of DiversEarth, Yolda Initiative and Trashumancia y Naturaleza, which makes the case for mobile pastoralism (transhumance, nomadic and semi-nomadic...
by de_divya | Apr 30, 2019 | Cultural Practices and Conservation, Spirituality And Conservation
“And I am the woman who goes to the foot of a tree and says to herself: ‘Ah, what joy!’ and meditates with joy…” Therigata Bowing down The grasses lie invisible In the field under snow The white heron hides In its own appearance La Demeure Sans...
by de_divya | Jun 20, 2018 | Communications and Outreach, Cultural Practices and Conservation, Events, News, Spirituality And Conservation
The end of May saw Communities, Conservation & Livelihoods – an international conference co-hosted by the Communities Conservation Research Network (CCRN) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Halifax, Canada – which provided...
by de_divya | May 28, 2018 | Cultural Practices and Conservation, News, Press Release
We’re pleased to announce a new global and open initiative for mobile pastoralism called Roads Less Travelled, in collaboration with Trashumancia Y Naturaleza and Yolda Initiative. Launching on Monday 28 May 2018 at CCRN and IUCN’s Communities,...
by de_divya | May 10, 2018 | Biodiversity, Communications and Outreach, Cultural Practices and Conservation, Events, News
The burning embers of the central fire in the traditional Mapuche hut light the experienced yet inquisitive faces of six Mapuche women now embarking on the One Square Meter journey. The hut is filled with smoke and laughter as Marguerita and Amelia wrestle with the...
by de_divya | Apr 13, 2018 | Biodiversity, Communications and Outreach, Cultural Practices and Conservation, Events, News
The repetitive in and out movement of felting needles is mesmerizing and appeasing. Very occasionally there is quiet in the workshop, each one of us fully immersed in this new felting technique we are learning. Mostly though there is a lot of talking, mostly in...
