The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2022 the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA 2022). FAO is the agency leading the advocacy activities for the Year, in collaboration with other entities of the United Nations. Celebrating IYAFA 2022 gives important recognition to the millions of small-scale fishers, fish farmers and fish workers who provide healthy and nutritious food to billions of people and contribute to achieving Zero Hunger.

This article aims at analyzing the situation of women’s rights enshrined in the indigenous Gada system of the Guji Oromo of Southern Ethiopia. The paper recommends that the women’s right enshrined in the Guji Oromo Gada system is viable and needs to be recognized and encouraged.

This study was mainly conducted to study and to document the intangible cultural heritages of the Oromo in the Jidda district of North Shewa Zone. The study result revealed that Oromo society is rich in intangible cultural heritages, namely, oral traditions, performed arts, social practice, global and natural knowledge and traditional crafts that contribute in shaping and reflection of Oromo identity.

The objective of the study was to assess existing practices of acquiring and sharing indigenous knowledge (IK) related to wild mushroom species among local communities and examine how local communities harvested, processed, preserved and marketed wild mushroom species using existing IK related to such activities.

This review entitled “Labelling and certification schemes for Indigenous Peoples’ foods: Generating income while protecting and promoting Indigenous Peoples’ values” provides an important building block in a much larger vision, which is to enable Indigenous Peoples to continue to be innovators of sustainable markets in favour of biodiversity and nutritional security.

This study aims to document the fodder plants and foraging behaviour of elephants in the Srivilliputhur Elephant Reserve. Elephants in the Srivilliputhur Elephant Reserve consumed 61 plant species from 25 different families.

The present study is to analyse the dye yielding potential and antibacterial properties of lichen species Heterodermia boryi, Hypotrachyna cirrhata, and Cladonia fruticulosa collected from different parts of Kerala.

This article addresses the role of traditional medicine in the corona virus (COVID‐19) battle. The paper discusses the increased gravitation towards using traditional medicine but also identifies the existence of skepticism towards its use.

Human rights lawyer Ms Nonette Royo describes how her team at the Tenure Facility, an organization that provides legal assistance to Indigenous people by taking their land rights battles to court, will help these communities secure and defend 50 million hectares of forests over the next five years. 

In the Rupununi, the SWM Programme is being implemented by the Guyana Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission in coordination with CIFOR. Guyana is one of twelve African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries participating in the initiative. The SWM Programme is co-funded by the European Union and the French Facility for Global Environment.