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Sacred Lands and Wilderness

29th January 2014

The Year in Review – Gaia’s 2013 Highlights

2013 was another exciting year for Gaia and our partners. In particular, we built the momentum of two key areas of work – exposing the true story of seed and… Read More

24th October 2013

News “No Go Areas” for Extractives & Greater Protection for Sacred Natural Sites – the call from WILD10

Gaia was joined by international groups and indigenous leaders at WILD10, the 10th World Wilderness Congress (WWC), in calling for wilderness and conservation areas to be respected as No Go… Read More

22nd August 2013

Can Chiribiquete help protect the Amazon from mining?

Colombia now has the largest protected area in the Amazon, with the expansion of Chiribiquete National Park. Chiribiquete, declared a National Park in 1989, officially increased in size from 1,298 ,954… Read More

22nd June 2013

Maria and the Ukok Princess: Climate change and the fate of the Altai

Weaving photos and narrative, Gleb Raygorodetsky introduces us to the sacred landscape of the Ukok Plateau, its changing climate, and the quest of local kam (shaman) Maria Amanchina for the return of… Read More

7th November 2012

Report – Recognising Sacred Natural Sites and Territories in Kenya

A report – “Recognising Sacred Natural Sites and Territories in Kenya“- released in 2012 by the African Biodiversity Network, the Institute of Culture & Ecology and The Gaia Foundation makes recommendations for securing… Read More

24th October 2012

COLOMBIA: Moratorium on new mining in the Amazon

Mining halted in the Amazon: The Ministry of Environment temporarily blocks the Strategic Mining Areas Project promoted by President Santos Article translated from Gaia Amazonas. See here for original article: Freno… Read More

7th September 2012

New film shares Sacred Voices

A new film released today brings together the voices of eight traditional Sacred Natural Sites Custodians from across Africa. Sacred Voices presents their messages to the world, drawn together through a series… Read More

27th January 2012

Gift A Tree to the Rainmakers!

We reached our target!! Thanks to your generous support we raised £5000 in 50 days to cover the cost of planting 2,500 indigenous trees in Venda’s sacred forests.  The custodians… Read More