Indigenous Peoples

Addressing the gap in the UN’s SDG indicators: towards a socially equitable and environmentally responsible energy transition in the Argentine Altiplano

SEI brief / This policy brief discusses the importance of involving Indigenous Peoples in lithium mining decisions in the Argentine Altiplano.

Finding the cracks: How do frontline officials maneuver state institutions to advance Indigenous rights to land and environment?

Journal article / This study examines four cases across continents, showing how officials navigate colonial institutions to support Indigenous rights.

Rice, resilience and relationships: unpacking the intangible sources of resilience in Southeast Asian heritage ricescapes

Journal article / This paper examines the crucial role of intangible resources in promoting resilience among Indigenous rice farmers in Indonesia and the Philippines.

Agroecology can’t grow on broken ground: farmers leading the degrowth transition

Feature / Jonai Farms shows how agroecology and degrowth can work hand in hand to build just, resilient food systems rooted in care, community and ecological balance.

Roots of resilience: revealing social networks for enhancing social resilience in Indigenous Indonesian and Philippine ricescapes

Journal article / This study analyses how affective relationships support social networks among Indigenous farmers within the ricescapes of Indonesia and the Philippines.

Affective relationships as non-material capital assets in building resilience within the rice-terraced cultural landscapes of the Philippine Cordillera

Journal article / This paper analyses how an essential intangible asset can foster resilience among Indigenous rice farmers in Mayoyao and Hungduan in the northern Philippines.

Land, culture, and the cost of progress: Indigenous rights in the age of green extraction

SEI podcast / How can Indigenous land rights survive the pressures of the green transition? A conversation on land, culture, storytelling and resistance.

Powering inequity: lithium mining’s impacts on Indigenous communities and ecosystems in the Andes

SEI podcast / In this podcast episode SEI’s Laura Forni explores how lithium mining in the Andean mountains is impacting Indigenous communities.

Rights of rivers in practice

Project / Does granting rivers legal rights help people and nature? This study analyzes the Atrato, Whanganui, and Turag rivers to find fair, effective governance.