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We support local custodians of biodiversity, such as indigenous peoples to continue protecting the vital ecosystems they live in. Participatory Video can help document and promote traditional knowledge, local culture and languages; and build bridges with scientists, conservationists and decision-makers. Here are some examples.
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Canada Participatory Video Project

The Participatory Video project in Fort Chipawayen worked with young Cree, Dene and Metis peoples around the changes in climate, culture and society they are facing.

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Themes: Indigenous Issues, Community Action, Bio-Cultural Diversity
Category: Network Development, Capacity Building, Advocacy

Ethiopia Participatory Media Hub Development Stage 1

Summary of a training that is the first stage in establishing a Participatory Video hub in Ethiopia.

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Themes: Indigenous Issues, Climate Change, Bio-Cultural Diversity
Category: Network Development, Capacity Building, Advocacy

Conversations With The Earth - website & exhibition info

A short PDF including information about the forthcoming exhibition for CWE at the National Museum for the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington DC and the latest incarnation of the website, due to be launched in June 2011.

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Themes: Indigenous Issues, Climate Change, Bio-Cultural Diversity

A window to the Green Agenda in the Western Balkans

Working in 6 Balkan countries MilieuKontakt and Kocka implemented a participatory process of local sustainable development called 'The Green Agenda'. Between November 2009 and October 2010 InsightShare facilitators visited the Green Agenda working groups in Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia to introduce participatory video as a way to tell their stories. This is the story of the workshops...

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Themes: Bio-Cultural Diversity, Community Action, Natural Resource Management
Category: Training

Participatory Video for Monitoring & Evaluation CASE STUDY: Community-Based Adaptation in Africa

In 2009 InsightShare was invited by IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development) to develop ways to use participatory video to monitor and evaluate climate change adaptation. Over 18 months, we held workshops in South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Malawi under the Community-Based Adaptation in Africa (CBAA) initiative.

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Themes: Bio-Cultural Diversity, Climate Change, Natural Resource Management
Category: Capacity Building, Community Consultation, Monitoring & Evaluation, Participatory Research

International Indigenous youth produce participatory video vs REDD

The Asia Pacific Indigenous Youth Network (APIYN) and InsightShare in partnership with Ifugao Research and Development Center (IRDC) produced “Lives in the Forest”, a participatory video (PV) on indigenous perspective on Reduce Emission through Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) mechanism and traditional forest management.

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Themes: Bio-Cultural Diversity, Climate Change, Indigenous Issues
Category: Capacity Building, Network Development

Lives of the Forest

Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand

'Lives of the Forest' was created by indigenous activists from across the Asia Pacific region exploring the likely impacts of the UN's REDD programme on indigenous resources and lifestyles. It was created during a participatory video facilitator training in Ifugao (Philippines) by representatives of 15 distinct indigenous communities from 8 different countries.

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Themes: Bio-Cultural Diversity, Climate Change, Indigenous Issues
Category: Advocacy, Training

Los Derechos de la Pachamama (The Rights of Mother Earth)

Peru

'Los Derechos de la Pachamama' is an emotional and inspiring video that was created as a joint project between five indigenous communities in Peru with the message: 'We wish from out hearts that these rights we are proposing will be added to and that people across the world recover their harmony with our Mother Earth.'

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Themes: Bio-Cultural Diversity, Climate Change, Indigenous Issues
Category: Cultural Exchanges, Network Development

Conversations with the Earth UPDATE October 2010

Conversations with the Earth (CWE) is an indigenous-led media network that documents indigenous perspectives on climate change. This newsletter summarizes the latest news about the travels of the CWE multi-media exhibition, the local action plans of the community-owned video hubs and other developments within the growing network.

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Themes: Indigenous Issues, Climate Change, Bio-Cultural Diversity
Category: Network Development, Cultural Exchanges

Community Based Adaptation in Africa

Some of the poorest people in the world are already coping with a changing climate. InsightShare travelled to Kenya, Zimbabwe and Malawi to facilitate three Participatory Video for Monitoring and Evaluation workshops. The workshops were to help the local partner organisation and community members keep track of ("Monitor") their ability to cope with changes in the climate and decide together (evaluate) what type of adaptation strategy they thought best for them.

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Themes: Bio-Cultural Diversity, Climate Change, Community Action, Natural Resource Management
Category: Capacity Building, Community Consultation, Monitoring & Evaluation, Participatory Research