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Simon Mitambo and his childhood community of Tharaka, Kenya, are working together to revive and enhance their Earth-centred culture and traditions. Theirs is a story of going ‘back to roots’… Read More

In an exciting new precedent, Nature’s fundamental rights to be, to habitat, to evolve and regenerate are now formally recognised in Uganda’s new National Environmental Act (2019)! This huge achievement… Read More

This new article from Eye on the Arctic explores how a Skolt Saami-led project in Arctic Finland, supported by out partners the Snowchange Cooperative, is bringing together science and indigenous… Read More

22/01/2019. Written by Gaia’s Fiona Wilton. Published by Intercontinental Cry An investigation conducted by The Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN), has exposed repeated violations of the Rights… Read More

After three years of intensive intergenerational dialogues, this November indigenous communities living along the shores of Uganda’s Lake Albert came together to map their future; a future of abundant food,… Read More

Simon Mitambo is Executive Secretary of SALT-Kenya, a Thematic Coordinator of the African Biodiversity Network (ABN), a partner of Gaia and a graduate of Gaia’s first Earth Jurisprudence (EJ) course…. Read More

Gaia is a partner with OCC (Organisation for Cetacean Conservation) in Uruguay, who are leading a campaign for healthy oceans (Oceanosanos), marine conservation, and putting a halt to the devastating… Read More

Within sight of the snow-capped Cotopaxi volcano, in Ecuador’s capital city of Quito, Gaia joined activists, academics, indigenous leaders and students, for an historic International Rights of Nature Symposium, 27th-28th… Read More

Across the world, human societies are being disconnected from their ecosystems and cultures at an alarming rate. Customary laws, indigenous rights, and Earth-centred values and practices are being undermined by… Read More

As a follow-up to the news we shared back in April of the groundbreaking decree that has brought recognition to indigenous governance in the Colombian Amazon, we share with you… Read More