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InsightShare works with indigenous peoples in various countries all around the globe. The subjects they have chosen to document through video include efforts for self-determination, the local effects of climate change, cultural heritage documentation and other issues for which they have harnessed video as a powerful advocacy tool. Here are some examples.
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Kisoro District Regional Commissioner Speaks about the Batwa

Uganda

This short clip shows the Kisoro District Regional Commissioner make concrete commitments to help improve the situation for the Batwa people of South West Uganda, in particular helping them with land claims and rights to education.

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Themes: Bio-Cultural Diversity, Indigenous Issues, Natural Resource Management
Category: Advocacy, Human Rights Based Approach
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Peoples Planet

South Africa

InsightShare participated in a course on community-based conservation and ethnoecology in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, that was held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology.
 

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Themes: Bio-Cultural Diversity, Indigenous Issues, Natural Resource Management
Category: Capacity Building, Participatory Research

Kamayoqs

Peru

'Kamayoqs' was created during a pilot initiative with potato and alpaca Kamayoqs, in the high Andes of Peru, exploring the potential of Participatory Video for pro-poor market development and farmer-to farmer technology transfer.

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Themes: Indigenous Issues, Natural Resource Management
Category: Capacity Building, Participatory Research

Empowering Communities Through PV

Article published by IFIP (International Funders for Indigenous Peoples) as part of the Sharing Circle newsletter (Volume 7, Issue 1) in the summer of 2006.  Features an interview with Nick Lunch (Co-Founder & Co-Director) of InsightShare during the IFIP Annual Conference and the 5th UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.  Article by Catherine Setchell

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Themes: Indigenous Issues, Bio-Cultural Diversity
Category: Human Rights Based Approach, Advocacy