The journal's intent is to be a platform for the exchange of information and research results that describe significant advances in relation to the nexus of indigenous knowledge and development studies. It is committed to publishing quality works and serves as a communication medium among professionals, researchers, practitioners, and other interested scholars. Furthermore, it encourages researchers and publishers to focus on community-oriented issues that contributes to link development and indigenous knowledge.

To tackle a problem as large as climate change, we need both science and Indigenous wisdom, says environmental activist Ms Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim.

Environmental activist Ms Jupta Itoewaki explains why Indigenous peoples are best positioned to lead the world's efforts to preserve nature and maintain a habitable planet and reminds us of their outsized importance in charting a sustainable future.

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 this passionate talk, Albert Wiggan calls for better recognition from the scientific community arguing that Indigenous knowledge is science and that's what we should call it.

However, small differences were observed between cookies  produced  from all bulla in  terms  of  minerals.The studied results showed that produced cookies had high amounts of protein in 30% and 20% fortified cookies.

Traditional production system, weak colony management and weak marketing were the other factors results for low productivity of honey in the area. To improve beekeeping productivity, provision of improved hive equipment, improved marketing system and awareness creation for beekeepers should be considered.

The finding of this study showed qumbii is a secret in general and it is linked with supernatural power. The representation of symbolism of qumbii in the Gadaa system; the implication of qumbii fudhachisuuin the Gadaa system and the linkage of the Gadaa system and Qaalluu institution are addressed in the study.

The purpose of the study was to describe how the best interest of the child is realized in the context of customary law of guddifachaa. The study findings revealed that guddifachaa is a customary adoption, whereupon the best interests of the child were entertained.

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.