Sunday, September 18, 2011

A Participatory Video made by Chivoko Village, Solomon Islands



Conservation Story Blong Chivoko" was made by the men and women of the remote coastal village of Chivoko, accessible only by sea on the north-west tip of Choiseul Island, one of the Solomon Islands. Chivoko's tribal land is one of the last remaining intact and unlogged forests in the Solomon islands. Their reefs are important spawning sites for the grouper fish which come to lay their eggs every year for 2 months around May. Their story is an insight into the problems they are facing with increased pressure from logging companies, increasing population, declining forest and marine resources, and ensuing climate change. They provide solutions which may help other Solomon Island and other communities around the world, to also safeguard the abundance of resources for future generations to come... (

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Fighting for Survival: Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change in Kenya

“Fighting For Survival” is a passionate short video expressing the views of indigenous communities in Kenya on the radical impact of climate change on their lives.
Drought, deforestation and environmental degradation threaten the economic and cultural survival of forest-dwelling and nomadic indigenous peoples in Kenya, posing a life-and-death challenge to these fragile cultures.
Featured indigenous communities include the Ogiek of the Mau Forest, The Yiaku of the Mukogodo Forest, the Ilchamus pastoralists of Lake Baringo and the Samburu nomadic pastoralists of northern Kenya.

Produced by the Indigenous Peoples of Africa Co-ordinating Committee (IPACC) and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA)