Local and indigenous knowledge systems and environmental management practices provide valuable insight and tools for tackling ecological challenges.

UNESCO: Indigenous Media, Empowering Indigenous Voices

UNESCO, through its Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS) Programme, is working to bring recognition to this issue, and to demonstrate the link between cultural and biological diversity.

UNESCO: Indigenous Peoples

This is part of the problem, according to the Medical Research Council, which recently established the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Unit to help write policies that would benefit those in this sector.

BBC: Witnessing a South African healer at work

The Natural Sciences Sector contributed expertise and priorities from its Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS) programme, which focuses on the diverse ways that humans know and interact with the natural world.

UNESCO: CULTURE