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OUR WORK
Africa
Village view during Africa Advisors Meeting | Africa | Kendi Borana
Throughout 2024, Nia Tero took its first steps to design an
approach to supporting Indigenous Peoples’ guardianship
in Africa.
Our approach and initial selection of biocultural landscapes for research and
outreach were informed by insights from 36 Indigenous leaders and advisors
across the continent, including conversations with dozens of select regional
Indigenous Peoples and local community sector leaders.
Highlights
In October 2024 in Samburu, Kenya, our Africa draft approach was presented to a group
of Indigenous leaders in the region for input and validation before proceeding with planning
to formalize it, and begin implementation in 2025.
Guided by criteria encompassing elements of customary land, thriving ecosystems, legal
frameworks, and intersection with conservation initiatives, Africa’s Indigenous leaders
and other advisors recommended that Nia Tero should begin its initial engagement in
Greater Eastern Africa. This region is home to many pastoralist communities and hunters
and gatherers/forest-dwelling communities, and fisherfolk who occupy vast lands and
waters with highly biodiverse ecosystems.
Africa Advisors Maanda Ngotiko, Dr. Kenneth Wilson,
Hannah Longole, Dr. Tadesse Wolde, Dominique Bikaba
and Kendi Borona| Africa | Kendi Borana
Dominique Bikaba | Africa | Kendi Borana
WE ARE EXCITED
TO ADVANCE THIS
WORK IN 2025.
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Nia Tero
Dominique
Bikaba,
Kendi
Borona, Dr. Tadesse Wolde, Dr. Kenneth Wilson, Mali OleKaunga,
Annual
Report
2024
David Rothschild, Hannah Longole, Maanda Ngotiko, Dr. Hussein Isaac | Africa | Kendi Borana
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