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Forest Health, Human Health: Increasing recognition of traditional medicine in Kenya for people and planet

Over centuries, Indigenous Peoples and local communities have benefitted from herbal plants as medicines. Traditional medicine is an integral aspect of the health care system of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in many parts of Kenya, where its use remains more widespread than modern medicine. For centuries, ancestral knowledge and lifeways around traditional medicine has been orally passed down from generation to generation to address health and well-being needs. Nature Speaks, Knowledge Unheard The loss of ancestral knowledge...

From Hunters to Guardians: How local communities in Colombia are using ecotourism and education to transform human–jaguar conflict into a story of balance with nature

As foothills and savannahs give way to lush jungle in Colombia’s Guaviare departmen...

United by Wetlands: In the Bahamas, Mexico, and Zambia, local communities are working to protect these life-sustaining ecosystems

Wetlands are critical to people and the planet. Yet they are among the ecosystems currently suffering the highest rates of loss and degradation. They are a vital powerhouse in terms of value and serv...

Established in 1992, the year of the Rio Earth Summit, the GEF Small Grants Programme embodies the very essence of sustainable development by "thinking globally acting locally". By providing financial and technical support to projects that conserve and restore the environment while enhancing people's well-being and livelihoods, SGP demonstrates that community action can maintain the fine balance between human needs and environmental imperatives.