Cobra Collective

Participatory video Community

Rights of Wetlands Participatory Videos

These videos show how the worldviews and everyday activities of local communities in Bolivia, Ecuador, Sri Lanka, Kenya and Guyana contribute to the Rights of Nature in Wetlands approach.

Craft Livelihoods

Indigenous crafting stories from Guyana

These videos and clips showcase Indigenous crafting in Guyana, including some of the challenges and solutions.

Conservation Livelihoods

Community wetland management in Colombo, Sri Lanka

These videos showcase the range of solutions being practiced by communities in Colombo, Sri Lanka to conserve and management the urban wetlands.

Storytelling Community

Community food growing

These videos were produced as part of the ‘Grassroots Visual Storytelling about Group Food-Growing’ Project. This project explores the multiple benefits and social connections from community food activities through participatory digital storytelling, and identifies and shares the most effective strategies that have been deployed during the Covid-19 crisis. The project is a collaboration between The Open University, the Cobra Collective, Sustain: The alliance for better food and farming and Reading International Solidarity Centre (RISC).

Participatory video Capacity building

Participatory video tutorials

These short films are a series of tutorials to help facilitators and community researchers to use participatory video.

Documentary Video Impact

Darwin Impact

In these videos, you will see the impact of the Darwin Initiative "Traditional Knowledge in Guyana" project on Indigenous communities, Indigenous organisations, and governmental organisations.

Documentary Video Impact

Darwin Shorts

These video shorts highlight different aspects of the Darwin Initiative "Traditional Knowledge in Guyana" project, and its impact.

Participatory video Dialogue

Video-mediated dialogue in Masakenarî, Guyana

In a process of video-mediated dialogue, participatory videos were made by community researchers in Masakenarî, Guyana about traditional knowledge, its role in biodiversity conservation, and the relationship between the community and the Kanashen Amerindian Protected Area. The video was screened to the Kanashen Amerindian Protected Area Management Team, and a response video made, which was then taken back to the community for further discussion and dialogue.

Participatory video Dialogue

Video-mediated dialogue in the North Rupununi, Guyana

In a process of video-mediated dialogue, participatory videos were made by community researchers in the North Rupununi, Guyana about traditional knowledge, its role in biodiversity conservation, and the relationship between Indigenous communities and the Iwokrama International Centre who manages the Iwokrama Forest protected area. In addition, a video was made with members of the North Rupununi District Development Board (NRDDB) who are an Indigenous organisation representing the communities of the North Rupununi. These videos were screened to the Iwokrama International Centre, and a response video made, which was then taken back to the communities for further discussion and dialogue.

Participatory video Dialogue

Video-mediated dialogue in South-Central Rupununi, Guyana

In a process of video-mediated dialogue, participatory videos were made by community researchers in South-Central Rupununi, Guyana about traditional knowledge, its role in biodiversity conservation, and the relationship between Indigenous communities and the Kanuku Mountains Protected Area. In addition, a video was made with members of the Kanuku Mountains Community Representative Group (KMCRG) who are an Indigenous organisation representing the communities living around the protected area. These videos were screened to the Protected Areas Commission, Guyana to stimulate discussion and dialogue.

Documentary Video Impact

Project Cobra Impact

This videos provides a summary of Project Cobra that took place between 2011 and 2015. It was a partnership between Indigenous associations, academic institutions and civil society organisations to support Indigenous communities in the Guiana Shield of South America to identify, record and share their own solutions, and showcase these to the rest of the world.

Participatory video Culture

Kremkrem

These participatory videos about fire were made by Kremkrem, a team of Indigenous researchers from the Capoto-Jarina Indigenous Territory in Brazil, and supported by the Instituto Raoni,

Documentary Video Community

Food Security India FPIC

The research was funded by the Open University and commissioned by Cobra Collective Community Interest Company in relation to an envisaged project on supporting a community owned approach to food security in Kodagu district, Karnataka state, India

Online course Capacity building

තෙත්බිම් සහ ප්‍රජාවන් සඳහා පාරිසරික සහ සමාජීය අයිතිවාසිකම්

මෙම පාඨමාලාව විවිධ මාතෘකා රාශියක් ඉදිරිපත් කරයි. ඒවා නම්: තෙත්බිම් යනු කුමක්ද, තෙත්බිම් සංරක්ෂණය කිරීමට සහ ආරක්ෂා කිරීමට ප්‍රජාවන්ට භාවිතා කළ හැකි විසඳුම් මොනවාද, වඩා හොඳ තෙත්බිම් කළමනාකරණ සැලසුම්කරණයක් ලබා දෙන්නේ කෙසේද සහ ස්වභාවධර්මයේ අයිතිවාසිකම් සහ තෙත්බිම් අයිතිවාසිකම් ප්‍රවේශයන්, සමාජීය හා පාරිසරික අයිතිවාසිකම් සහ සංරක්ෂණය කිරීමේදී සාම්ප්‍රදායික දැනුමේ වැදගත්කම තේරුම් ගන්නේ කෙසේද යන්නයි. එය ප්‍රජාවන්ට, රාජ්‍ය ආයතනවලට සහ සිවිල් සමාජ සංවිධානවලට වඩා හොඳ කළමනාකරණ ප්‍රවේශයන් වර්ධනය කිරීමට සහ සොබාදහමට සාපේක්ෂව වඩා හොඳ ප්‍රතිපත්ති ලබා දීමට උපකාරී වේ.

Online course Capacity building

Haki za Mazingira na Kijamii kwa Ardhioevu na Jamii

Kozi hii inashughulikia mada mbalimbali ili kukusaidia kuelewa vyema ardhioevu ni nini, suluhisho gani jamii zinaweza kutumia kuhifadhi na kulinda ardhioevu, jinsi ya kutekeleza mipango bora ya usimamizi wa ardhioevu, na kuelewa mbinu za Haki za Asili na Haki za Ardhioevu, haki za kijamii na mazingira, pamoja na umuhimu wa maarifa ya jadi katika uhifadhi. Inaweza kusaidia jamii, mashirika ya serikali na mashirika ya kiraia kuendeleza mbinu bora za usimamizi na kutekeleza sera bora zinazohusiana na asili.

Online course Capacity building

Derechos Ambientales y Sociales para los Humedales y las Comunidades

Este curso abarca una gran variedad de temas para ayudarte a comprender mejor qué son los humedales, qué soluciones pueden utilizar las comunidades para conservarlos y protegerlos, cómo elaborar una mejor planificación para la gestión de humedales y entender los enfoques de los Derechos de la Naturaleza y los Derechos de los Humedales, así como los derechos sociales y ambientales y la importancia del conocimiento tradicional en la conservación. Puede ayudar a comunidades, agencias gubernamentales y organizaciones de la sociedad civil a desarrollar mejores enfoques de gestión y aplicar mejores políticas relacionadas con la naturaleza.

Online course Capacity building

Environmental & Social Rights for Wetlands & Communities

This course covers lots of different topics to help you better understand what wetlands are, what solutions communities can use to conserve and protect wetlands, how to deliver better wetland management planning and to understand Rights of Nature and Rights of Wetlands approaches, social and environmental rights and the importance of traditional knowledge in conservation. It can help communities, government agencies and civil society organisations develop better management approaches and deliver better policies in relation to nature.

Capacity building Conservation

Community Environmental Management

This course introduces the concepts, techniques and participatory approaches you can use to engage your community or a community you are working with in environmental monitoring.

Online course

Grassroots Visual Storytelling

The stories we tell each other are what makes or breaks a community. There are positive, uplifting stories which bring people together and galvanise action. But there are also destructive, demoralising stories which tear communities apart. This free online course will introduce you to grassroots visual storytelling and to the basic skills for producing visual stories using a smartphone or tablet.

Online course

Life and career planning

This video-based course is for women who would like to learn about the world of work from other women and to think through their interests and options in order to advance their own working life.

Online course

Participatory video for facilitators

This course introduces participatory video techniques from a theoretical and practical point of view. It offers basic skills in video-making and the knowledge for facilitating groups and supporting them to tell their stories.

Online course

Designing an online course for women learners

This course gives the basic knowledge needed to produce an effective online course.

Online course Participatory video

Participatory video for facilitators

These videos provide the basics of participatory video, and form part of a free, online course Participatory Video for Facilitators

Online course

Community mental health resilience

This free online course is aimed at individuals working at community level, such as health and social care practitioners, that are keen to promote existing positive community mental health practices and help transform the dominant community mindset from one that is negative to one that appreciates the good that is present in one’s community. It contains elements of understanding mental health especially from a community perspective in the Global South, and gives concrete examples of how community resilience was developed in specific contexts and instructions for how to use a participatory action research approach to achieve this. The course also provides an outline for how to create and share digital stories and finally, how to evaluate the effectiveness of any such community intervention.

Webinar Traditional knowledge

Webinar in developing a Traditional Knowledge National Action Plan

This webinar shows the steps that were taken in developing a Traditional Knowledge National Action Plan (TKNAP) for Guyana.

Handbook

Peer to peer knowledge exchange for promoting traditional knowledge. A facilitator’s guide

The aim of the guide is to help facilitate a process of knowledge exchange between Indigenous and other local communities, to share stories and experiences, and learn from one another on cultural heritage and biodiversity conservation.

Manual

Traditional knowledge and community owned solutions in conservation and development

The aim of the trainer’s guide is to improve the capacity of Indigenous leaders and staff in government agencies and civil society organisations to strengthen and support inclusivity of Indigenous and local peoples in national decision-making and to safeguard their traditional knowledge, innovations and practices.

Presentation

Traditional knowledge and community owned solutions in conservation and development

The aim of the trainer’s guide is to improve the capacity of Indigenous leaders and staff in government agencies and civil society organisations to strengthen and support inclusivity of Indigenous and local peoples in national decision-making and to safeguard their traditional knowledge, innovations and practices.

Manual Knowledge exchange

Peer-to-peer knowledge exchange for promoting traditional knowledge. A facilitator's guide

This manual provides practical steps to promote and use traditional knowledge in biodiversity conservation, using peer-to-peer knowledge exchange as a way to share best practices and to inspire communities to take action to current social-ecological challenges.

Online course

Traditional knowledge, its importance and relevance for conservation and development

The aim of this free e-module is to gain a good understanding what traditional knowledge is and the numerous benefits from ensuring its continued use and wider inclusion; to improve understanding of what good traditional knowledge inclusion looks like and how it can be achieved; to know how to engage with Indigenous and local communities in a respectful way; to explore common challenges for the inclusion of traditional knowledge and ways to overcome these; to highlight international Conventions and resources that support the inclusion of Indigenous and local people’s rights and traditional knowledge.

Presentation

Traditional knowledge, its importance and relevance for conservation and development

The aim of this free e-module is to gain a good understanding what traditional knowledge is and the numerous benefits from ensuring its continued use and wider inclusion; to improve understanding of what good traditional knowledge inclusion looks like and how it can be achieved; to know how to engage with Indigenous and local communities in a respectful way; to explore common challenges for the inclusion of traditional knowledge and ways to overcome these; to highlight international Conventions and resources that support the inclusion of Indigenous and local people’s rights and traditional knowledge.

Handbook

Community mental health resilience handbook

The purpose of this handbook is to guide health and social care practitioners in their work with communities, based on the findings of an exploratory community mental health resilience project undertaken in Guyana with health and social care practitioners using three case study communities.

Manual (EN)

How to find and share community owned solutions

The main aim of this handbook is to promote community owned solutions by proposing approaches that respond to current and future challenges to sustainability, natural resources management and biodiversity conservation. The handbook introduces key concepts and techniques which underpin a participatory and systems approach to community engagement. English version.

Manual (ES)

How to find and share community owned solutions

The main aim of this handbook is to promote community owned solutions by proposing approaches that respond to current and future challenges to sustainability, natural resources management and biodiversity conservation. The handbook introduces key concepts and techniques which underpin a participatory and systems approach to community engagement. Spanish version.

Manual (FR)

How to find and share community owned solutions

The main aim of this handbook is to promote community owned solutions by proposing approaches that respond to current and future challenges to sustainability, natural resources management and biodiversity conservation. The handbook introduces key concepts and techniques which underpin a participatory and systems approach to community engagement. French version.

Manual (PT)

How to find and share community owned solutions

The main aim of this handbook is to promote community owned solutions by proposing approaches that respond to current and future challenges to sustainability, natural resources management and biodiversity conservation. The handbook introduces key concepts and techniques which underpin a participatory and systems approach to community engagement. Portuguese version.

Craft Livelihoods

Indigenous crafters of Guyana: a directory

This directory presents craftswomen and craftsmen from Regions 1, 3 and 9 who were engaged in the project Conserving Nature through Traditional Craft and Culture in Guyana funded by the National Geographic Society.

Craft Livelihoods

Traditional craft materials of Guyana: a directory

This directory provides descriptions, stories and beliefs about the plant resources used to make Indigenous crafts in Guyana today.

Craft Livelihoods

Starting a craft business: practical recommendations

This pamphlet provides practical advice on starting a craft business in Guyana, based on the experiences of Indigenous crafters.

Craft Conservation

Sustaining Indigenous crafting practices

This poster provides crafters advice and outlines recommendations and guidelines that village councils in Guyana can implement to help safeguard Indigenous crafting.

Craft Book

Indigenous crafts of Guyana: a directory

This directory presents craft items that have significant livelihood importance and are currently being made and used in Indigenous communities throughout Guyana.

Craft

Rekindling the Indigenous practice of pottery in Guyana

Mistry, J. (2020). Rekindling the Indigenous practice of pottery in Guyana. A collaborative sketchbook. Cobra Collective, UK.

Storytelling

33 Amerindian Tales from the North Rupununi, Guyana

de Ville de Goyet, G., Albert, G., Buckley, A., Roberts, J., Butler, K. and Haynes, L. (2018). 33 Amerindian Tales from the North Rupununi, Guyana. Pantani Book

Storytelling

Indigenous solutions for global challenges – A Visual Tale

This book is a visual tale of local solutions to global challenges from Indigenous communities who participated in the EU funded Project COBRA. COBRA (Community Owned Best practice for sustainable Resource Adaptive management in the Guiana Shield, South America) aimed to better understand the impacts of new global policies at the local level in a region of the world known as the Guiana Shield. The project investigated how far the priorities of global environmental policies match the aspirations of Indigenous communities to thrive in their traditional homelands in a fast changing global policy climate. COBRA supported Indigenous communities to make recommendations, based on their own understandings and observations, which will be used to facilitate the establishment of strong policies in support of community owned solutions in European international and national funding mechanisms and policies.

Report

Government Rights of Wetlands Toolkit

This toolkit is for individuals and organisations working with local and national government to understand and adopt a Rights of Wetlands approach.

Report

Community Rights of Wetlands Toolkit

This toolkit is for individuals and organisations working with communities to understand and adopt a Rights of Wetlands approach.

Environment Policy brief

Rights of Wetlands Policy Brief - Sri Lanka

This policy brief is designed to assist decision makers in Sri Lanka to understand the Rights of Wetlands and provide guidance on how Rights of Wetlands policies and legislation can be developed at a national and local level.

Environment Policy brief

Rights of Wetlands Policy Brief - Kenya

This policy brief is designed to assist decision makers in Kenya to understand the Rights of Wetlands and provide guidance on how Rights of Wetlands policies and legislation can be developed at a national and local level.

Environment Policy brief

Rights of Wetlands Policy Brief - Guyana

This policy brief is designed to assist decision makers in Guyana to understand the Rights of Wetlands and provide guidance on how Rights of Wetlands policies and legislation can be developed at a national and local level.

Environment Policy brief

Informe sobre los derechos de los humedales - Ecuador

Este informe de politica esta disenado para ayudar a los responsables de la toma de decisiones en Ecuador a entender los Derechos de los Humedales y proporcionar orientacion sobre como se pueden desarrollar politicas y legislacion sobre los Derechos de los Humedales a nivel nacional y local.

Environment Policy brief

Informe sobre los derechos de los humedales - Bolivia

Este informe de politica esta disenado para ayudar a los responsables de la toma de decisiones en Bolivia a entender los Derechos de los Humedales y proporcionar orientacion sobre como se pueden desarrollar politicas y legislacion sobre los Derechos de los Humedales a nivel nacional y local.

Environment Conservation

Rights of Wetlands Quick Guide - Tamil

Quick Guides explaining Rights of Wetlands in Tamil

Environment Conservation

Rights of Wetlands Quick Guide - Swahili

Quick Guides explaining Rights of Wetlands in Swahili

Environment Conservation

Rights of Wetlands Quick Guide - Spanish

Quick Guides explaining Rights of Wetlands in Spanish

Environment Conservation

Rights of Wetlands Quick Guide - Sinhala

Quick Guides explaining Rights of Wetlands in Sinhala

Environment Conservation

Rights of Wetlands Quick Guide - Canadian French

Quick Guides explaining Rights of Wetlands in Canadian French

Environment Conservation

Rights of Wetlands Quick Guide - French

Quick Guides explaining Rights of Wetlands in French

Environment Conservation

Rights of Wetlands Quick Guide - Traditional Chinese

Quick Guides explaining Rights of Wetlands in Traditional Chinese

Environment Conservation

Rights of Wetlands Quick Guide - Simplified Chinese

Quick Guides explaining Rights of Wetlands in Simplified Chinese

Environment Conservation

Rights of Wetlands Quick Guide - Portuguese

Quick Guides explaining Rights of Wetlands in Portuguese

Environment Conservation

Rights of Wetlands Quick Guide - English

Quick Guides explaining Rights of Wetlands in English

Craft Livelihoods

Indigenous crafting in Guyana

This report provides the findings of an 18-month project in Guyana aimed at promoting the role of crafting in maintaining Indigenous culture, sustainable resource management practices and economic livelihoods.

Conservation

Colombo wetland management framework

The Wetland Management Framework for MCWC builds on existing legislation and policies of the key government agencies, and incorporates a set of co-developed principles that have been created to help guide successful wetland management within Colombo.

Conservation

Metro Colombo urban wetland status report

The Metro Colombo urban wetland status report reviews the progress made since the Metro Colombo Wetland Management Strategy (WMS) was developed in 2016 to promote wise use and sustainable management of all wetlands within the Colombo Metropolitan Region.

Environment Conservation

Rights of wetlands review

The Rights of Wetlands Review is a working document that introduces Rights of Wetlands with selected examples of implementation across the world, and reviews the policy, legislation, governance, communication and management contexts of the five project countries - Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Sri Lanka and Kenya.

Report

Visual storytelling about community food growing

This report provides a highly engaging guide to the Participatory Action Research methods and the processes of digital storytelling used to explore the expansion of community food growing initiatives during the Covid-19 crisis in the UK. It showcases the key themes emerging from people’s stories and their wider policy and practical implications.

Report Art

Ocean ArtScience and the Exquisite Corpse process: developing new insights, surfacing values and building community through a participatory art process

This report describes a participatory art-based engagement method and how it can be used to strengthen communities of practice and mediate in divergent stakeholder situations by surfacing values in an open, fun, emotionally engaging and non-confrontational way. It uses the example of the emerging Ocean ArtScience community of practice to highlight the need and potential of such approaches especially within transdisciplinary teams and research projects.

Traditional knowledge Conservation

Integrating traditional knowledge into conservation policy and practice: a good practice review

This review identifies good practice in traditional knowledge integration from around the world and provides recommendations for decision-makers aiming to improve the inclusion of traditional knowledge into policy and practice.

Report Traditional knowledge

Traditional knowledge integration in national policy: a review of experiences in Guyana

This policy review initially assesses what the level of traditional knowledge and Indigenous people’s rights integration was in Guyana up to 2017. It then reviews how the level of integration has improved in the four years (2017-2021). The first review served as the baseline and assessed the level of integration of policies, strategies, plans and, acts (hereafter referred to only as policies) in Guyana from 1999 to 2017. Since then, annual reviews were undertaken between 2018 to 2021 on the new policies published by relevant sectors in Guyana. This report brings together the results from all these reviews to illustrate the trends, patterns, and progress of integration in Guyana over four years.

Report

Developing a baseline for assessing traditional knowledge in Guyana

This report presents work from a Darwin Initiative grant on Traditional Knowledge in Conservation in Guyana which ran from July 2017 to July 2021. The reports outlines the participatory methods used to work with Indigenous communities across Guyana to understand the current perceptions of the status of traditional knowledge from knowledge-holders themselves.

Report

Video-mediated dialogue for traditional knowledge inclusion in Guyana

This report presents work from a Darwin Initiative grant on Traditional Knowledge in Conservation in Guyana which ran from July 2017 to July 2021. The reports outlines the use of participatory video and video-mediated dialogue to build relations between Indigenous communities and protected areas managers in Guyana.

Report

Community owned solutions for biodiversity conservation in Guyana

This report presents work from a Darwin Initiative grant on Traditional Knowledge in Conservation in Guyana which ran from July 2017 to July 2021. The reports outlines community owned solutions from differetn Indigenous communities across Guyana, and how those solutions contribute to biodiversity conservation.

Policy brief (EN)

Safeguarding traditional knowledge: how to better recognise and include traditional knowledge in biodiversity conservation

This policy brief describes a new multimethod approach and how it can be used to support governments, civil society as well as Indigenous peoples and local communities to advance the safeguarding of traditional knowledge and achieve progress on global biodiversity and development goals. English version.

Policy brief (ES)

Safeguarding traditional knowledge: how to better recognise and include traditional knowledge in biodiversity conservation

This policy brief describes a new multimethod approach and how it can be used to support governments, civil society as well as Indigenous peoples and local communities to advance the safeguarding of traditional knowledge and achieve progress on global biodiversity and development goals. Spanish version.

Report

Covid-19 impacts on Indigenous food sovereignty, livelihoods and biodiversity, Guyana, Mistry, J. et al., 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of traditional knowledge and Indigenous farming for food security in the North Rupununi, Guyana. More people turned to farming for survival and there was a resurgence in interest and reliance on traditional knowledge about farming.

Report

Eco-hydrological assessment of the North Rupununi Wetlands: monitoring and assessment

Cobra Collective UK (2020). Eco-hydrological assessment of the North Rupununi Wetlands: monitoring and assessment. Report: Monitoring and Assessment

Policy report

Up-Scaling Support for Community Owned Solutions

A PROJECT COBRA REPORT FOR POLICY MAKERS

Report

Report on the cross-scalar social-ecological scenarios of the Guiana Shield

This report centres on the use of scenarios in a cross-scalar analysis to help build shared understandings of potential futures. Scenarios can be used to compare the current state of a system with a number of prospective futures and provide a way for communities and other stakeholders to see how different interventions or activities may impact on people and the environment. Within the COBRA project, scenarios allow for the comparison of a wide range of international, national and local futures with a range of existing and emerging community- owned solutions.

Journal article

Indigenous economies for post-Covid development: lessons from the North Rupununi, Guyana

Mistry, J., Jafferally, D., Albert, G., Xavier, R., Robertson, B., George, E., Mendonca, S. and Berardi, A. (2022). Indigenous economies for post-Covid development: lessons from the North Rupununi, Guyana. ACME, 22(2): 947–970

Journal article

Video-mediated dialogue for promoting equity in protected areas conservation

Mistry, J., Jafferally, D., Mendonca, S., Xavier, R., Albert, G., Robertson, B., George, E., Benjamin, R. and Ingwall-King, L. (2022). Oryx, 57(3): 325 - 334.

Journal article

An intercultural vision for integrated fire management in Venezuela

Bilbao, B., Millán, A., Matany Luque, M., Mistry, J., Gómez-Martínez, R., Rivera-Lombardi, R., Méndez-Vallejo, C., León, E., Biskis, J., Gutiérrez, G., León, E., & Ancidey, B. (2022). An intercultural vision for integrated fire management in Venezuela. Tropical Forest Issues, 61, 39-46

Journal article Traditional knowledge

Assessing the state of traditional knowledge at national level, Guyana

Mistry, J., Jafferally, D., Xavier, R., Albert, G., Robertson, B., Benjamin, R., Mendonca, S. and Ingwall-King, L. (2021). Assessing the state of traditional knowledge at national level, Guyana. Global Environmental Change, 71: 102409.

Journal article

To burn or not to burn? The history behind the construction of a new paradigm of fire management in Venezuela through interculturality

Bilbao, B., Millán, A., Vessuri, H., Mistry, J., Salazar-Gascón, R., & Gómez, R. (2021). To burn or not to burn? The history behind the construction of a new paradigm of fire management in Venezuela through interculturality. Biodiversidade Brasileira, 11(2), 99-127

Journal article

The lasting impact of peer research with Indigenous communities of Guyana, South America

Mistry, J., Berardi, A., Bignante, E., Jafferally, D., Nuzzo, C., Albert, G., Xavier, R., Robertson, B., Haynes, L., & Benjamin, R. (2021). The lasting impact of peer research with Indigenous communities of Guyana, South America. In: Peer Research in Health and Social Development: International perspectives on participatory research (pp. 246-260). Routledge

Journal article

Community-based management of environmental challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean

Delgado-Serrano, M. D. M., Mistry, J., Matzdorf, B. and Leclerc, G. (2017). Community-based management of environmental challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean. Ecology and Society, 22(1): 4

Journal article

Using visual approaches with Indigenous communities

Berardi, A., Mistry, J., Haynes, L., Jafferally, D., Bignante, E., Albert, G., Xavier, R., Benjamin, R., & de Ville, G. (2017). Using visual approaches with Indigenous communities. In S. Oreszczyn, & A. Lane (Eds.), Mapping environmental sustainability: Reflecting on systemic practices for participatory research (pp. 103-128). The Policy Press

Journal article

Learning from one another: the effectiveness of horizontal knowledge exchange for natural resource management and governance

Tschirhart, C., Mistry, J., Berardi, A., Bignante, E., Simpson, M., Haynes, L., Benjamin, R., Albert, G., Xavier, R., Robertson, B., Davis, O., Verwer, C., de Ville, G. and Jafferally, D. (2016). Learning from one another: the effectiveness of horizontal knowledge exchange for natural resource management and governance. Ecology and Society, 21(2): 41

Journal article

Community owned solutions: identifying local best practices for social-ecological sustainability

Mistry, J., Berardi, A., Tschirhart, C., Bignante, E., Haynes, L., Benjamin, R., Albert, G., Xavier, R., Robertson, B., Davis, O., Jafferally, D. and de Ville, G. (2016). Community owned solutions: identifying local best practices for social-ecological sustainability. Ecology and Society, 21(2): 42

Journal article

Feeling and acting ‘different’ emotions and shifting self-perceptions whilst facilitating a participatory video process

Bignante, E., Mistry, J., Berardi, A. and Tschirhart, C. (2016). Feeling and acting ‘different’: emotions and shifting self-perceptions whilst facilitating a participatory video process. Emotion, Space and Society, 21: 5-12

Journal article

Policies and practices: identifying synergies and conflict for Indigenous community sustainability in the Guiana Shield, South America

Mistry, J., Tschirhart, C., Berardi, A., Davis, O., Bignante, E., Haynes, L., Benjamin, R., Albert, G., Xavier, R., Robertson, B., Jafferally, D., Verwer, C., Glastra, R. & de Ville, G. (2016). Policies and practices: identifying synergies and conflict for Indigenous community sustainability in the Guiana Shield, South America. In: Global Change and the Caribbean: Adaptation and Resilience. Barker, D., McGregor, D., Rhiney, K. & Edwards, T. (eds.). Kingston, Jamaica: University of West Indies Press, p. 205-221

Journal article

Between a rock and a hard place: ethical dilemmas of local community facilitators doing participatory projects

Mistry, J., Berardi, A., Bignante, E. and Tschirhart, C. (2015). Between a rock and a hard place: ethical dilemmas of local community facilitators doing participatory projects. Geoforum, 61: 27-35

Journal article

Applying the system viability framework for cross-scalar governance of nested social-ecological systems in the Guiana Shield, South America

Berardi, A., Mistry, J., C. Tschirhart, E. Bignante, O. Davis, L. Haynes, R. Benjamin, G. Albert, R. Xavier, D. Jafferally and G. De Ville. (2015). Applying the system viability framework for cross-scalar governance of nested social-ecological systems in the Guiana Shield, South America. Ecology and Society 20(3): 42

Journal article

Participatory scenario-planning in place-based social-ecological research: insights and experiences from 23 case studies

Oteros-Rozas, E., Martín-López, B., Daw, T., Bohensky, E., Butler, J., Hill, R., Martin-Ortega, J., Quinlan, A., Ravera, F., Ruiz-Mallén, I., Thyresson, M., Mistry, J., Palomo, I., Peterson, G., Plieninger, T., Waylen, K., Beach, D., Bohnet, I., Hamann, M., Hanspach, J., Hubacek, K., Lavorel, S. and Vilardy, S. (2015). Participatory scenario-planning in place-based social-ecological research: insights and experiences from 23 case studies. Ecology and Society 20(4): 32

Journal article

Why are we doing it? Exploring participant motivations within a participatory video project

Mistry, J., Bignante, E. and Berardi, A. (2014). Why are we doing it? Exploring participant motivations within a participatory video project. Area, 48(4): 412-418

Journal article

Our common future? Cross-scalar scenario analysis for social-ecological sustainability of the Guiana Shield, South America

Mistry, J., Tschirhart, C., Verwer, C., Glastra, R., Davis, O., Jafferally, D., Haynes, L., Benjamin, R., Albert, G., Xavier, R., Bovolo, I. and Berardi, A. (2014). Our common future? Cross-scalar scenario analysis for social-ecological sustainability of the Guiana Shield, South America. Environmental Science & Policy 44: 126-148

Journal article

Indigenous identity and environmental governance in Guyana, South America

Mistry, J., Berardi, A., Tschirhart, C., Bignante, E., Haynes, L., Benjamin, R., Albert, G., Xavier, Jafferally, D. and de Ville, G. (2014). Indigenous identity and environmental governance in Guyana, South America. Cultural Geographies, 22(4): 689-712

Journal article

From resilience to viability: a case study of indigenous communities of the North Rupununi, Guyana

Berardi, A., Tschirhart, C., Mistry, J., Bignante, E., Haynes, L., Albert, G., Benjamin, R., Xavier, R. and Jafferally, D. (2013). EchoGéo, 24: http://echogeo.revues.org/13411

Video Storytelling

Los Derechos de los Humedales: una animación

Esta animación da voz a los humedales y anima a las personas, las comunidades y los gobiernos a actuar en defensa de sus derechos. ...

Video Storytelling

The Rights of Wetlands - an animation

This animation gives voice to wetlands and encourages individuals, communities and governments to take action for their rights. ...

Craft Livelihoods

Conserving Indigenous crafting in Guyana

This video formed part of impact evaluation of the National Geographic Society project on Indigenous crafting in Guyana. It highlights the importance, concerns and aspirations of crafters today. ...

Documentary Video Community

Spelthorne's Community-Led Climate Initiative

Local Authorities require a radical rethink in how communities are empowered to tackle the climate emergency. With support from the Local Government Association, Spelthorne Borough Council, in partnership with the Talking Tree Climate Emergency Centr ...

Documentary Video Craft

Indigenous crafting in Guyana

A short video explaining the aims of the Indigenous crafting in Guyana project led by the Cobra Collective Guyana/UK and funded by the National Geographic Society. ...

Participatory video Craft

Making traditional dress in Santa Rosa

Village members of Santa Rosa in Moruca, North-West Guyana, show us how they make a traditional dress. ...

Participatory video Culture

Revitalising language in Santa Rosa

Village members of Santa Rosa in Moruca, North-West Guyana, tell us why it’s important to revitalise their Indigenous langage of Lokono. ...

Participatory video Culture

Waramuri language and culture

Village members of Waramuri in Moruca, North-West Guyana, tell us why it’s important to keep their Indigenous langage of Warrau alive. ...

Participatory video Livelihoods

Agro-processing in Nappi Village

This video shows how agroprocessing, particularly of casssva, supports community members in Nappi Village in the Rupununi. ...

Participatory video Community

Catering in Nappi

This video shows how the BITS Catering programme supports community members in Nappi Village in the Rupununi. ...

Participatory video Craft

Crafting in Nappi Village

This video hightlights the importance of craft in the everyday livelihoods of Indigenous peoples in Guyana, with a focus on Nappi Village in the Rupununi. ...

Documentary Video Impact

UN Women Participatory Video impact

In 2021, UN Women's Second Chance programme partnered with The Open University and Cobra Collective to produce video-based courses using a participatory video approach. This video presents the experiences of those who did the filming and describes ho ...

Documentary Video Impact

Darwin Impact: Governmental Organisations

In this video, you will see how the Darwin Initiative "Traditional Knowledge in Guyana" project has impacted governmental organisations in their views on the importance of traditional knowledge. ...

Documentary Video Impact

Darwin Impact: Indigenous Organisations

In this video, you will see how the Darwin Initiative "Traditional Knowledge in Guyana" project has impacted Indigenous organisations in their views on the importance of traditional knowledge. ...

Documentary Video Impact

Darwin Impact: Indigenous Communities

In this video, you will see how the Darwin Initiative "Traditional Knowledge in Guyana" project has impacted communities in their views on the importance of traditional knowledge. ...

Documentary Video Impact

Darwin Impact: Peer-to-Peer Knowledge Exchange

In this video, you will see how the peer-to-peer knowledge exchange facilitated by the Darwin Initiative "Traditional Knowledge in Guyana" project has impacted communiy members in their views on the importance of traditional knowledge. ...

Documentary Video Impact

Darwin Shorts: Video-mediated dialogue

In this video, you will see the important role of video-mediated dialogue in the Darwin Initiative "Traditional Knowledge in Guyana" project. ...

Documentary Video Impact

Darwin Shorts: Traditional Knowledge National Action Plan (TKNAP)

In this video, you will see the importance of the Traditional Knowledge National Action Plan (TKNAP) as the major output of the Darwin Initiative "Traditional Knowledge in Guyana" project. ...

Documentary Video Impact

Darwin Shorts: Biodiversity, protected areas and traditional knowledge

In this video, you will see how the Darwin Initiative "Traditional Knowledge in Guyana" project has contributed to biodiversity, protected areas and traditional knowledge. ...

Documentary Video Impact

Darwin Shorts: Peer-to-peer knowledge exchange

In this video, you will see peoples' experiences of peer-to-peer knowledge exchange as part of the Darwin Initiative "Traditional Knowledge in Guyana" project. ...

Documentary Video Impact

Darwin Shorts: Youth voices

In this video, you will see the the impact on youths of the Darwin Initiative "Traditional Knowledge in Guyana" project. ...

Documentary Video Impact

Darwin Shorts: Participatory video

In this video, you will see the important role of participatory video in the Darwin Initiative "Traditional Knowledge in Guyana" project. ...

Documentary Video Impact

Darwin Shorts: Traditional Knowledge

In this video, you will see the Darwin Initiative "Traditional Knowledge in Guyana" project impacted peoples traditional knowledge. ...

Documentary Video Traditional knowledge

Traditional knowledge for global biodiversity and development goals

This is a recording of an online event presenting the findings and methodologies from a Darwin Initiative project on the inclusion of traditional knowledge in policy and practice in Guyana. ...

Participatory video Livelihoods

The impacts of Covid-19 on Indigenous farming

This video highlights how Indigenous farming in the North Rupununi, Guyana was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

Participatory video Community

Leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic

This video shows what the Indigenous communities of the North Rupununi, Guyana thought about leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

Participatory video Community

Impact of Covid-19 on community life

This video shows the impact of Covid-19 on the lives and livelihoods of Indigenous communities of the North Rupununi, Guyana. ...

Documentary Video Traditional knowledge

Traditional Knowledge National Action Plan (TKNAP) Guyana

This video provides a glimpse into the Traditional Knowledge National Action Plan (TKNAP) for Guyana and its consultation process. ...

Participatory video Traditional knowledge

Indigenous women: keepers of our sacred knowledge

This video presents the view of women from the North Rupununi, Guyana about their traditional knowledge. ...

Participatory video Conservation

Impacts of change to traditional knowledge on conserving Kanashen Amerindian Protected Area

This video outlines how changes in traditional knowledge can affect conservation of the Kanashen Amerindian Protected Area, Guyana. ...

Participatory video Conservation

Future challenges to managing Kanashen Amerindian Protected Area

This video outlines some of the challenges of managing Kanashen Amerindian Protected Area, Guyana. ...

Participatory video Conservation

Traditional knowledge and Kanashen Amerindian Protected Area

This video outlines how traditional knowledge contributes to conservation of the Kanashen Amerindian Protected Area, Guyana. ...

Documentary Video Conservation

Kanashen response video to Masakenarî community

As part of a process of video-mediated dialogue between protected areas managers and Indigenous communities in Guyana, participatory videos made on traditional knowledge and current relationships between the parties, were screened to the management t ...

Participatory video Traditional knowledge

Fair View management plan

This video documents the community owned solutions of a sustainable management plan by the community of Fair View in the North Rupununi, Guyana. ...

Participatory video Livelihoods

Traditional farming for Parikwarinau's youth

This video documents the community owned solutions of farming by the community of Parikwarinau in the South Rupununi, Guyana. ...

Participatory video Livelihoods

Timber harvesting in Aranaputa

This video shows how community members of Aranaputa in the North Rupununi, Guyana maintain their best practice of timber harvesting. ...

Participatory video Livelihoods

Gathering of non-timber products in Katoka

This video documents the community owned solutions of gathering non-timber products by the community of Katoka in South Central Rupununi, Guyana ...

Participatory video Livelihoods

Traditional gathering in Kanashen Amerindian Protected Area

This video shows the community owned solution of gathering reources by Masakenarî village in Kanashen, Guyana. ...

Documentary Video Conservation

Building sustainability together

In this video, members of the Kanuku Mountains Community Representative Group (KMCRG), an Indigenous organisation representing the communities of the South-Central Rupununi and who work closely with the Protected Areas Commission (PAC), give their vi ...

Participatory video Livelihoods

Traditional farming in Rewa

This video documents the community owned solutions of gathering non-timber products by the community of Rewa in the North Rupununi, Guyana. ...

Participatory video Culture

Language and farming in Maruranau

This video documents the community owned solutions of farming and speaking Indigenous languages by the community of Maruranau in the South Rupununi, Guyana. ...

Participatory video Conservation

Traditional practices supporting the Kanuku Mountains Protected Area

This video outlines how traditional knowledge and associated practices help to manage biodiversity and conservation of theKanuku Mountains Protected Area, Guyana. ...

Participatory video Conservation

Challenges to managing the Kanuku Mountains Protected Area

This video provides a community perspective on some of the challenges of managing the Kanuku Mountains Protected Area, Guyana. ...

Participatory video Conservation

Changes In traditional knowledge in the Kanuku Mountains Protected Area

This video outlines how changes in traditional knowledge can affect conservation of the Kanuku Mountains Protected Area, Guyana. ...

Documentary Video Culture

Our community benab

In this video, the Wai Wai community of Masakenari village in Kanashen show us their community spirit in building their meeting place, the village benab. ...

Participatory video Livelihoods

DETECT Community Video

This video gives a community perspective on using integrated space technologies for vector control in Guyana. ...

Participatory video Traditional knowledge

Coconut - Tree of Life

This short video was made as part of a training course for government agencies, NGOs and Indigenous leaders on traditional knowledge and methods of participatory video in Georgetown, Guyana in February 2020. ...

Participatory video Traditional knowledge

Radio Indigenous

This short video was made as part of a training course for government agencies, NGOs and Indigenous leaders on traditional knowledge and methods of participatory video in Georgetown, Guyana in February 2020. ...

Participatory video Conservation

Traditional practices supporting management of the Iwokrama Forest

This video outlines how traditional knowledge and associated practices help to manage biodiversity and conservation of the Iwokrama Forest, Guyana. ...

Participatory video Conservation

Changes in traditional knowledge and conservation of the Iwokrama Forest

This video outlines how changes in traditional knowledge can affect conservation of the Iwokrama Forest, Guyana. ...

Participatory video Conservation

Challenges to managing the Iwokrama Forest

This video provides a community perspective on some of the challenges of managing the Iwokrama Forest, Guyana. ...

Participatory video Conservation

Strength in partnership: the NRDDB and Iwokrama

In this video, members of the North Rupununi District Development Board (NRDDB), an Indigenous organisation representing the communities of the North Rupununi and who work closely with the Iwokrama International Centre, give their views on the relati ...

Documentary Video Conservation

Iwokrama response video to North Rupununi communities

As part of a process of video-mediated dialogue between protected areas managers and Indigenous communities in Guyana, participatory videos made on traditional knowledge and current relationships between the parties, were screened to staff of the Iwo ...

Participatory video Traditional knowledge

Talking about traditional knowledge by Campbell James

This short video was made by participants of Apoteri village in the North Rupununi, Guyana, as part of field training in participatory video and traditional knowledge. ...

Participatory video Traditional knowledge

Talking about traditional knowledge by Edghill Bowen and Hubert George

This short video was made by participants of Apoteri village in the North Rupununi, Guyana, as part of field training in participatory video and traditional knowledge. ...

Participatory video Traditional knowledge

Talking about traditional knowledge by Zackary Xavier

This short video was made by participants of Apoteri village in the North Rupununi, Guyana, as part of field training in participatory video and traditional knowledge. ...

Participatory video Traditional knowledge

Talking about traditional knowledge by Arlene Moses and Nigel John

This short video was made by participants of Apoteri village in the North Rupununi, Guyana, as part of field training in participatory video and traditional knowledge. ...

Participatory video Traditional knowledge

Heritage celebrations in Fair View

This short video was made by participants of Fair View village in the North Rupununi, Guyana, as part of field training in participatory video and traditional knowledge. ...

Participatory video Culture

Black potatoes in action

This short video was made by participants of Fair View village in the North Rupununi, Guyana, as part of field training in participatory video and traditional knowledge. ...

Participatory video Livelihoods

Peanut butter production

This short video was made by participants of Aranaputa village in the North Rupununi, Guyana, as part of field training in participatory video and traditional knowledge. ...

Participatory video Culture

Jamoon wine

This short video was made by participants of Aranaputa village in the North Rupununi, Guyana, as part of field training in participatory video and traditional knowledge ...

Participatory video Craft

Cotton spinning and weaving

This short video was made by participants of Rewa village in the North Rupununi, Guyana, as part of field training in participatory video and traditional knowledge. ...

Participatory video Livelihoods

Tourism in Rewa

This short video was made by participants of Rewa village in the North Rupununi, Guyana, as part of field training in participatory video and traditional knowledge. ...

Participatory video Livelihoods

Traditional fishing in Katoka

This short video was made by participants of Katoka village in South Central Rupununi, Guyana, as part of field training in participatory video and traditional knowledge. ...

Participatory video Community

Hotmeal programme in Katoka

This short video was made by participants of Katoka village in South Central Rupununi, Guyana, as part of field training in participatory video and traditional knowledge. ...

Participatory video Culture

The story of Horse Pond

This short video was made by participants of Katoka village in South Central Rupununi, Guyana, as part of field training in participatory video and traditional knowledge. ...

Participatory video Culture

Uses of the lime tree

This short video was made by participants of Maruranau village in the South Rupununi, Guyana, as part of field training in participatory video and traditional knowledge. ...

Participatory video Culture

Traditional uses of cotton

This short video was made by participants of Maruranau village in the South Rupununi, Guyana, as part of field training in participatory video and traditional knowledge. ...

Participatory video Culture

Traditional tools

This short video was made by participants of Maruranau village in the South Rupununi, Guyana, as part of field training in participatory video and traditional knowledge. ...

Participatory video Livelihoods

Traditional fishing in Parikwarinawa

This short video was made by participants of Parikwarinawa village in the South Rupununi, Guyana, as part of field training in participatory video and traditional knowledge. ...

Participatory video Culture

History of Parikwarinawa

This short video was made by participants of Parikwarinawa village in the South Rupununi, Guyana, as part of field training in participatory video and traditional knowledge. ...

Participatory video Culture

Importance of Parakari

This short video was made by participants of Parikwarinawa village in the South Rupununi, Guyana, as part of field training in participatory video and traditional knowledge. ...

Participatory video Culture

Cassava bread making

This short video was made by participants of Masakenarî village in Kanashen, Guyana, as part of field training in participatory video and traditional knowledge. ...

Participatory video Culture

The story of Elka and Christianity

This short video was made by participants of Masakenarî village in Kanashen, Guyana, as part of field training in participatory video and traditional knowledge. ...

Participatory video Livelihoods

Traditional hunting in Masakenarî

This short video was made by participants of Masakenarî village in the Kanashen, Guyana, as part of field training in participatory video and traditional knowledge. ...

Participatory video Livelihoods

Traditional hunting in Apoteri

This video shows how community members of Apoteri in the North Rupununi, Guyana maintain their best practice of traditional hunting. ...

Participatory video Community

Digital storytelling for building community mental health resilience

This video describes the importance of sharing stories for community mental health. ...

Documentary Video

Kena the Fortunate

This video tells the story of Kena and how she flourished. ...

Documentary Video Participatory video

Video tutorial No. 1 - What is participatory video?

These short films are a series of tutorials to help facilitators and community researchers to use participatory video. ...

Documentary Video Participatory video

Video tutorial No. 2 - Capturing videos using a tablet or smartphone

These short films are a series of tutorials to help facilitators and community researchers to use participatory video. ...

Documentary Video Participatory video

Video tutorial No. 3 - Importance of sound in your video

These short films are a series of tutorials to help facilitators and community researchers to use participatory video. ...

Documentary Video Participatory video

Video tutorial No. 4 - Lighting your videos

These short films are a series of tutorials to help facilitators and community researchers to use participatory video. ...

Documentary Video Participatory video

Video tutorial No. 5 - Framing your videos

These short films are a series of tutorials to help facilitators and community researchers to use participatory video. ...

Documentary Video Participatory video

Video tutorial No. 6 - Shooting a video on a tripod or by hand

These short films are a series of tutorials to help facilitators and community researchers to use participatory video. ...

Documentary Video Participatory video

Video tutorial No. 7 - Conducting a good interview

These short films are a series of tutorials to help facilitators and community researchers to use participatory video. ...

Documentary Video Participatory video

Video tutorial No. 8 - Planning your video using text

These short films are a series of tutorials to help facilitators and community researchers to use participatory video. ...

Documentary Video Participatory video

Video tutorial No. 9 - Scripting your video

These short films are a series of tutorials to help facilitators and community researchers to use participatory video. ...

Documentary Video Participatory video

Video tutorial No.10 - Planning your video using a storyboard

These short films are a series of tutorials to help facilitators and community researchers to use participatory video. ...

Documentary Video Participatory video

Video tutorial No.11 - Editing your video

These short films are a series of tutorials to help facilitators and community researchers to use participatory video. ...

Documentary Video Participatory video

Video tutorial No. 12 - Sharing your video

These short films are a series of tutorials to help facilitators and community researchers to use participatory video. ...

Documentary Video Participatory video

Outdoor and indoor lighting for video

These short films are a series of tutorials to help facilitators and community researchers to use participatory video. ...

Documentary Video Participatory video

Ethical considerations in participatory video

These short films are a series of tutorials to help facilitators and community researchers to use participatory video. ...

Documentary Video Participatory video

The role of the facilitator in participatory video

These short films are a series of tutorials to help facilitators and community researchers to use participatory video. ...

Documentary Video Participatory video

Basic equipment Kit for participatory video projects

These short films are a series of tutorials to help facilitators and community researchers to use participatory video. ...

Documentary Video Environment

The Rupununi Wetlands

This short animation demonstrates the importance of the North Rupununi Wetlands in Guyana and how vital the link between the Amazon and the Essequibo rivers is for people and wildlife. ...

Documentary Video Environment

Clifton Laurindo in Yupukari

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Documentary Video Environment

Maisie Dorrick in Quatata

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Documentary Video Traditional knowledge

Integrating traditional knowledge into conservation - part 2

This video provides an overview of the second phase of the project "Integrating traditional knowledge into conservation" that aims to enhance respect, use and preservation of Indigenous knowledge in Guyana. ...

Participatory video Dialogue

Traditional and scientific knowledge about fire management

This video was made during a workshop in Brasilia, Brazil in which Indigenous leaders, practitioners and policymakers came together to discuss how different forms of knowledge about fire could contribute to better management and policies. Organised b ...

Documentary Video Traditional knowledge

Integrating traditional knowledge into conservation - part 1

This video provides an overview of the first phase of the project "Integrating traditional knowledge into conservation" that aims to enhance respect, use and preservation of Indigenous knowledge in Guyana. ...

Documentary Video Impact

Project Cobra

This video provides a summary of Project Cobra that took place between 2011 and 2015. It was a partnership between Indigenous associations, academic institutions and civil society organisations to support Indigenous communities in the Guiana Shield o ...

Documentary Video Impact

What are the challenges for sustaining the impact of Project Cobra?

In 2011, a partnership between Indigenous associations, academic institutions and civil society organisations launched Project COBRA. Its mission was to support Indigenous communities in the Guiana Shield of South America to identify, record and shar ...

Documentary Video Impact

What is the lasting impact of Project COBRA?

In 2011, a partnership between Indigenous associations, academic institutions and civil society organisations launched Project COBRA. Its mission was to support Indigenous communities in the Guiana Shield of South America to identify, record and shar ...

Documentary Video Impact

How were community best practices identified and shared in Project COBRA?

In 2011, a partnership between Indigenous associations, academic institutions and civil society organisations launched Project COBRA. Its mission was to support Indigenous communities in the Guiana Shield of South America to identify, record and shar ...

Documentary Video Impact

What was the most significant change in capacity as a result of Project COBRA?

In 2011, a partnership between Indigenous associations, academic institutions and civil society organisations launched Project COBRA. Its mission was to support Indigenous communities in the Guiana Shield of South America to identify, record and shar ...

Documentary Video Impact

Why was it important to build capacity in Project Cobra?

In 2011, a partnership between Indigenous associations, academic institutions and civil society organisations launched Project COBRA. Its mission was to support Indigenous communities in the Guiana Shield of South America to identify, record and shar ...

Documentary Video Impact

Why use visual communications to promote community owned solutions?

In 2011, a partnership between Indigenous associations, academic institutions and civil society organisations launched Project COBRA. Its mission was to support Indigenous communities in the Guiana Shield of South America to identify, record and shar ...

Documentary Video Impact

What are the benefits of community owned solutions?

In 2011, a partnership between Indigenous associations, academic institutions and civil society organisations launched Project COBRA. Its mission was to support Indigenous communities in the Guiana Shield of South America to identify, record and shar ...

Documentary Video Impact

Community participation in Project Cobra

In 2011, a partnership between Indigenous associations, academic institutions and civil society organisations launched Project COBRA. Its mission was to support Indigenous communities in the Guiana Shield of South America to identify, record and shar ...

Documentary Video Impact

What was Project Cobra about?

In 2011, a partnership between Indigenous associations, academic institutions and civil society organisations launched Project COBRA. Its mission was to support Indigenous communities in the Guiana Shield of South America to identify, record and shar ...

Participatory video Livelihoods

Mulheres Kayapós na colheita de babaçu (female Kayapo collecting babaçu)

This film is made by a team of Indigenous researchers calling themselves 'Kremkrem' who were investigating fire knowledge and management in their Indigenous territory of Capoto-Jarina, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. The majority of people in Capoto-Jarin ...

Participatory video Livelihoods

A Caçada (the hunt)

This film is made by a team of Indigenous researchers calling themselves 'Kremkrem' who were investigating fire knowledge and management in their Indigenous territory of Capoto-Jarina, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. The majority of people in Capoto-Jarin ...

Participatory video Community

Fiscalização (looking after our territory)

This film is made by a team of Indigenous researchers calling themselves 'Kremkrem' who were investigating fire knowledge and management in their Indigenous territory of Capoto-Jarina, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. The majority of people in Capoto-Jarin ...

Participatory video Culture

Cultura Tradicional Fogo Mebengôkré (Kayapó culture of fire)

This film is made by a team of Indigenous researchers calling themselves 'Kremkrem' who were investigating fire knowledge and management in their Indigenous territory of Capoto-Jarina, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. The majority of people in Capoto-Jarin ...

Participatory video Culture

A mistura da cultura (diversity of culture)

This film is made by a team of Indigenous researchers calling themselves 'Kremkrem' who were investigating fire knowledge and management in their Indigenous territory of Capoto-Jarina, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. The majority of people in Capoto-Jarin ...

Documentary Video Traditional knowledge

Integrating traditional knowledge into conservation - free, prior and informed consent

This video provides an overview of the project "Integrating traditional knowledge into conservation" that aims to enhance respect, use and preservation of Indigenous knowledge in Guyana. This video is used as part of the Free, Prior and Informed Cons ...

Documentary Video Livelihoods

Main crops - Food security issues - Possible solutions

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Documentary Video Livelihoods

Main crops - Food security issues - Possible solutions

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Documentary Video Livelihoods

Main crops - Food security issues - Possible solutions

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Documentary Video Livelihoods

Main crops - Food security issues - Possible solutions

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Documentary Video Livelihoods

Main crops - Food security issues - Possible solutions

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Documentary Video Culture

Kodava community tradition and Sacred forest

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Documentary Video Culture

Kodava community tradition and Sacred forest

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Documentary Video Culture

Kodava community tradition and Sacred forest

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Documentary Video Culture

Kodava community tradition and Sacred forest

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Documentary Video Technology

Gaming Platform - VR technologies - Internet connection

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Documentary Video Livelihoods

Begur Village, a possible case study

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Documentary Video Conservation

Rainforest people of Guyana

This video highlights the importance of forests for Indigenous communities in Guyana, and its relevance to the national and international community. ...

Documentary Video Knowledge exchange

Indigenous video declaration of the Guiana Shield

In September 2014, several Indigenous leaders and community members from across different countries of the Guiana Shield, South America, came together in a film festival to share experiences, challenges and lessons on biocultural heritage. This video ...

Participatory video Culture

Culture transmission in Kavanayén

Traditional knowledge and culture is fundamental for the basis of social and ecological sustainability. In this video, the Pemón Arekuna of Kavanayén in the Gran Sabana, Venezuela show how they maintain their culture and transmit it to the younger ...

Participatory video Livelihoods

Kavanayén tourism cooperative

In this video, the Pemón Arekuna of Kavanayén in the Gran Sabana, Venezuela explain how they established and maintain their community owned tourism cooperative. ...

Participatory video Livelihoods

Elaboración de casabe (making cassava bread)

Growing, processing and cooking cassava is a fundamental part of Indigenous life for the Pemón Arekuna. In this video, community researchers from the village of Kavanayén in the Gran Sabana, Venezuela show us how people make cassava bread, from the ...

Participatory video Livelihoods

Auto construcción de casas (self-help to build homes)

This video shows how the Pemón system of mayú or self-help is the basis of constructing homes in the village of Kavanayén in the Gran Sabana, Venezuela. ...

Participatory video Community

Self-help to build a bridge

Inspired by stories of self-help from Indigenous communities in Guyana, in this video the Trio of Kwamalasamutu, Suriname show how they restored a broken bridge in their village through the participation of the whole community. ...

Participatory video Livelihoods

The Trio two farm system

In this video, the Trio community of Kwamalasamutu in Suriname show the importance of their two farm system for food security. ...

Participatory video Culture

Transmitting our culture

There is an increasingly loss of Indigenous knowledge as children and youth attend formal schooling, and communities respond to new technologies and practices. In this video, the community of Katoonarib show how intergenerational transfer of culture ...

Participatory video Conservation

Maintaining and managing forest (bush) islands

Forest or bush islands are an important source of many resources for the Wapishana of the South Rupununi, Guyana who live predominantly in a savanna landscape. In this video, the community of Katoonarib explain how they maintain and manage the bush i ...

Participatory video Community

Pasina

This video is made by Wayana community researchers from Atecume Pata in French Guyana who were inspired by the self-help and good governance principles of the Indigenous communities of the North Rupununi, Guyana. Since they didn’t feel there was su ...

Participatory video Livelihoods

The fishing practices of the Wayana

In this video, community researchers from the Wayana community of Antecume Pata in French Guiana explain their fishing techniques and how this maintains their fish populations. ...

Participatory video Technology

Radio Turuka Mountain FM

In this video, the Makushi of Maturuca in Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous Territory, Brazil, look at the potential of developing a community radio station inspired by their exchange with their relatives running Radio Paiwomak in the North Rupununi, Gu ...

Participatory video Community

Cattle project in Raposa Serra do Sol

This film tells the story of how a cattle project in Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous Territory, Brazil helped the Makushi in the fight for land demarcation and land rights. ...

Participatory video Livelihoods

Traditional Indigenous fishing

This film shows how methods of traditional Indigenous fishing in the Rupununi, Guyana promote the integrity of wetland and savanna ecosystems and contribute to food security for local communities ...

Participatory video Dialogue

Developing partnerships through local civil society organisations

This film about the relationship between the North Rupununi District Development Board, an Indigenous association representing the communities of the North Rupununi, Guyana, and their members, highlights the need to promote governance models where lo ...

Participatory video Livelihoods

Farming with choices

In the North Rupununi, Guyana, sustainable rotational farming is the basis of Indigenous life and culture. The methods of farming guarantee crop and farm diversity which in turn ensure forest conservation and food sovereignty for local communities. ...

Participatory video Community

Self help for community cohesion

Self help is an important part of community life in the North Rupununi, Guyana. Through collective actions such as clearing and weeding the village, building and maintaining infrastructure, and helping with community and household projects, self help ...

Participatory video Culture

Transmission of culture to the younger generation

There needs to be greater focus on maintaining youth inclusion in social and ecological community activities to ensure stewardship in the future. In this film, communities of the North Rupununi, Guyana show how they are trying to transmit culture to ...

Participatory video Technology

Community radio in Guyana

Radio Paiwomak is the first and only Indigenous-run radio station in Guyana. It provides representation and voice to the local North Rupununi communities, local, national and international news, as well helping to promote Indigenous culture and langu ...

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