Amazonian stingless bees have become the first insects granted legal rights, following ordinances passed in two Peruvian municipalities. The landmark rulings give bees rights to exist, thrive, and receive legal representation. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Languages hold more than words. They carry knowledge of forests, rivers, seasons, medicines, ways of living, and more. International Mother Language Day reminds us that language loss is knowledge loss. What is one word in your language that holds so much meaning?

Big news! 🥳 We’ve made your biocultural diversity research easier! You can now browse stories from around the world all in one place. Visit terralingua.org and start exploring. Thank you to @synchearth.bsky.social for supporting this project.

We are deeply grateful to the Indigenous Youth Storytellers Circle (IYSC) contributors for sharing their stories and critical work, which continue to inspire and strengthen biocultural resurgence across communities. Read their stories at terralingua.org #IndigenousYouthStorytellersCircle

Indigenous communities in Tanzania are often misrepresented in media through stereotypes that undermine their dignity and exclude their voices. Efforts led by UNESCO and local partners promote ethical journalism, Indigenous-language media, and fair representation. www.unesco.org/en/articles/...

Langscape Magazine Volume 14 invites readers to reconsider what abundance truly means. We are grateful to the contributors who shared stories of living well. Get your copy in print or PDF: terralingua.org/shop/langscape-magazine

Catherine Grant joins cultural leaders to explore how music strengthens communities facing displacement, inequality, and cultural loss — and how sustaining cultural practice can be a powerful form of justice. Author royalties are donated to Terralingua. 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

Indigenous Khasi artist, Cana Nongkhlaw, shares her poetry film Haba ka ïap ka Ktien (The Genocide of a Language / When the Language Dies), created in her mother tongue as an act of grief, reclamation, and resistance. 🎥 bit.ly/cananongkhlaw #IndigenousYouthStorytellersCircle

In the Northern Sierra Madre, the Philippine crocodile, once feared and nearly extinct, is returning through a powerful alliance of Indigenous knowledge and science. For the Agta people, these crocodiles are ancestral guardians, not threats. news.mongabay.com/2025/09/indi...

This story is a powerful reminder that Indigenous faces are not stock images, cultures are not costumes, and representation without consent can quietly reproduce the same colonial erasures Indigenous Peoples continue to resist. bit.ly/yangot #IndigenousYouthStorytellersCircle

Young people in Nepal are leading a powerful cultural revival, one script at a time. Nitu Dangol shares how a youth-led movement is reviving endangered Newah language and scripts through workshops, art, and digital tools. 📖 bit.ly/nitudangol #IndigenousYouthStorytellersCircle

In a challenging world, biocultural abundance invites new ways of thinking about wealth, community, and care for the Earth. We invite you to read Terralingua’s Director, Luisa Maffi’s year-end reflections on our website. Wishing you a safe and bioculturally abundant new year!

Lisa Marie Wia and Emily Papa share why more than half of PNG’s 800+ Indigenous languages are at risk, and how losing language means losing connection to land, culture, and ancestry. terralingua.org/stories/keeping-traditional-languages-alive #IndigenousYouthStorytellersCircle

For nearly 30 years, Terralingua has a simple but powerful truth: when nature, culture, and language flourish together, the world flourishes too. Help us shape a future where biocultural diversity is understood, valued, and protected. Donate 👉🏽 www.terralingua.org/donate-for-biocultural-diversity/

We're delighted to share Sounding Good, a new book exploring how music, cultural sustainability, and social justice intertwine across communities worldwide. Use code AUFLY30 for 30% off. Author royalties support Terralingua.

In “Who Will Wipe My Tears?” Asnul introduces us to Husna — a young girl navigating loss in a world where the forest, the ocean, and ancestral memory shape the path she must walk. 📖 terralingua.org/stories/who-will-wipe-my-tears/ #IndigenousYouthStorytellersCircle

Joel Meitaya shares what unfolded when his community in Loliondo was forced off its ancestral land. Yet through it all, he shows the strength and determination of a people fighting to protect their home and their future. terralingua.org/stories/traditions-in-the-dust

Genda Bai’s work as a seed keeper revives heirloom crops, strengthens food security, and empowers Bhil women to reclaim their relationship with the land. Read the story on our website: terralingua.org/stories/seed... #IndigenousYouthStorytellersCircle

📣 LAST CALL! Our Langscape Volume 14 launch event—On Biocultural Abundance—is happening this Wednesday. Don’t miss this global conversation on rethinking wealth, poverty, and the intertwined well-being of people and nature. All registrants receive the recording. Register now: luma.com/p3l4n84a

In this story, writer and Indian Army soldier Rakesh Rawte shares his journey as a proud Gowari navigating shattered opportunities, bureaucratic barriers, and a system that continues to question his people’s identity. terralingua.org/stories/zero-mile/ #IndigenousYouthStorytellersCircle

Amid the threat of language extinction, the Skolt Sámi of Finland, Norway, and Russia are working to revive their ancestral tongue and cultural identity. www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/the-bat...

In this feature, Cosette Patterson speaks with Matthew Pace and Ken Walker of the New York Botanical Garden on their mission to rebuild and digitize the Biocultural Collection — preserving centuries of plant knowledge and merging botany and culture. www.nybg.org/planttalk/re...

Our latest issue of Langscape Magazine, "On Biocultural Abundance: Rethinking Poverty and Wealth," has arrived, and print copies are finally in the mail! 🥳 Enjoy a 160-page, ad-free collection of thought-provoking stories and reflections worldwide. 👉🏽 terralingua.org/shop/langscape-magazine/

In Birth of a Red Cedar Canoe, Talon Pascal shares how crafting a traditional dugout canoe became more than just a project, but a reconnection with his Lil’wat roots and the lands that shaped them. Read the full story on our website: bit.ly/talonpascal #IndigenousYouthStorytellersCircle

From the plains of Kenya to the hills of Tanzania, the Maasai people remain one and stand united beyond borders. Maison Ole Nkurrunah shares how the first Maasai Cultural Festival became a homecoming and a revival of ancestral pride. bit.ly/rednaissance #IndigenousYouthStorytellersCircle

🌿 Call for Submissions — MultiCOP at COP30 🌎 Our friends at UCL Anthropology and Flourishing Diversity invite Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and knowledge holders worldwide to share their voices for MultiCOP, an official COP30 Mutirão event (Nov 10–21, 2025). 👉🏽 www.uclmal.com/multicop

Growing up far from her homeland, Tosang Chang felt her cultural roots fading. Through this rediscovery, she reconnected with her ancestry and the deeper meanings carried by these traditional tattoos, not just as art, but as memory and identity reborn. bit.ly/TosangChang

Join us as we gather for a thought-provoking livestream event inspired by the latest issue of Langscape Magazine: “On Biocultural Abundance: Rethinking Poverty and Wealth.” 🕙 10:00 PST | 13:00 EST | 18:00 UTC All registrants will receive a link to the recorded event. Register now: luma.com/p3l4n84a

As a Kamëntšá girl growing up in Colombia’s Sibundoy Valley, Cielo Chindoy learned to weave the ts̈ombiach alongside her grandmothers. Each line and color speaks of identity, protection, and the deep ties between women, land, and memory. 📖 bit.ly/ts̈ombiacheng#IndigenousYouthStorytellersCirclee

A collaborative study involving leading botanical institutions outlines best practices for empowering ethnobotany through digital herbaria. While herbaria hold vast biocultural data, the lack of unified curation limits access. www.gov.br/jbrj/en/subj...

When naturopathic doctor Tanya Kammonen first visited a Shipibo village in the Peruvian Amazon, she was struck not only by the lush beauty of the land but also by what was missing — the men who had left to work in nearby coca fields. Read the story: bit.ly/kammonen

History is not fixed in the past but alive in the stories, songs, and stewardship that continue today. Honoring this day means listening to Indigenous voices, supporting their sovereignty, and recognizing our shared responsibility to live in right relationship with the Earth and with one another.

Today, on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we shift the story. For too long, this day has celebrated conquest. Now, it’s a time to honor the first peoples of these lands — their endurance, knowledge, and leadership in protecting life, language, and land.

In Lima, Mexican and Peruvian embroiderers met through a UNESCO project, sharing stitches, heritage, and resilience. They proved that embroidery is more than a craft, but a thread that binds cultures and empowers women. www.unesco.org/en/articles/...

Along Tanzania’s coast, centuries-old maritime traditions reflect deep connections between people and the ocean. Today, communities are reviving this heritage through ocean literacy cafés, seaweed farming, and intergenerational knowledge-sharing. oceanographicmagazine.com/features/tra...

Through her work in ethnobotany, Sonia Peter uncovers more than the chemistry of plants. She rediscovers the intertwined story of people, land, and resilience in Barbados. bit.ly/soniapeter

In the Bugun village of Wangho in the Eastern Himalayas, abundance is found in sharing. Vanessa Cholez takes us into the winter festival of Chayat Sowai, where clans honor mountain deities, exchange food, and renew bonds of kinship. 📖 bit.ly/LScholez

In the Maasai Mara, conservancies are protecting wildlife while creating new livelihoods for local people. Sonkoyian Nabaala reflects on how Maasai and Agikuyu traditions, animal totems, and ancestral ties to territory shape conservation today. bit.ly/nabaala #IndigenousYouthStorytellersCircle

In our latest blog, 5 Lessons We Can Learn from Traditional Knowledge (And Why This Matters to All Life on Earth), we share five powerful stories. Each story reveals how Indigenous knowledge systems carry resilience, insight, and guidance for navigating today’s crises. bit.ly/indigenousle...

In our latest blog, 5 Lessons We Can Learn from Traditional Knowledge (And Why This Matters to All Life on Earth), we share five powerful stories. Each story reveals how Indigenous knowledge systems carry resilience, insight, and guidance for navigating today’s crises. bit.ly/indigenouslessons

What does it mean to live well? Through her words and art, Shriya Malhotra uncovers how Kumaon’s folk medicine, cultural traditions, and ecological wisdom reveal a richer vision of wealth and health. Read the full story on our website: bit.ly/hisalu

We invite contributions that imagine unity in biocultural diversity in North America and other regions. We are especially keen to hear from Indigenous and minority communities. 📝 Deadline: Sept 29, 2025 🔗 bit.ly/CfSLS15

Only two days left! Pre-order your print copy of Langscape Magazine Vol. 14 before the sale closes and the print run goes to press. Inside, you’ll find stories of communities living by the principles of reciprocity and care. Order your copy now: bit.ly/LS14print

“Biocultural diversity is not just a sign of a thriving world; it is a fundamental requirement for one.” — Jerome Lewis, Ameyali Ramos, and Jessica Sweidan, from the story: Flourishing Diversity for an Abundance of Life

🚨 Final Call for Submission! 🚨 Langscape Magazine Volume 15 invites contributions on the theme “Unity in Biocultural Diversity: A Different World is Possible.” ⏳ Submit your Expression of Interest by SEPTEMBER 29, 2025 🔗 bit.ly/CfSLS15

Through the simple act of dollmaking, Coreen discovers an unexpected bridge between her ancestral lineage and the living cultural history of the land she inhabits. Her story raises timeless questions of belonging. bit.ly/feltingabundance

Indigenous languages in Ecuador carry generations of cultural memory, environmental knowledge, and ancestral traditions, but face rapid and alarming decline. Dr. Kati Álvarez warns they face extinction from poverty, exclusion, and environmental threats. www.unesco.org/en/articles/...

Life is often compared to a glass of water — half empty or half full — but what if that choice is only part of the story? Darryl Whetung invites us to look beyond the metaphor and consider the deeper lessons that Mother Earth and our cultures continue to offer. bit.ly/whetung

The gifts of nature and culture remind us what true abundance looks like. 🌱✨ Langscape Magazine Vol. 14 celebrates these treasures through powerful stories from around the world. Pre-order sale closes on September 14th. Secure your copy today: bit.ly/LS14print

🌿 Langscape Magazine Vol. 14 explores what true wealth means through stories of biocultural abundance. 🚨 Pre-order sale closes in ONE WEEK! Make sure your copy is included in the first print run. Order now: bit.ly/LS14print #bioculturaldiversity #langscapemagazine