COD ILK

19/08/2026

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11/08/2026

ᴀᴜɢᴜꜱᴛ 9 | ᴏɴ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴅᴀʏ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ'ꜱ ɪɴᴅɪɢᴇɴᴏᴜꜱ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇꜱ.📜

The day also serves as a reminder that Indigenous Peoples continue to face persistent challenges in asserting their rights, protecting their ancestral lands, and sustaining their ways of life despite their vital role in safeguarding the planet's biological and cultural diversity.

For the Centers of Distinction on Indigenous and Local Knowledge (COD-ILK), this observance marks the organization's continuing mission of strengthening Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK) as an essential foundation for biodiversity conservation, climate resilience, sustainable food systems, and the well-being of communities worldwide. We are committed to revitalizing, and advancing ILK as indispensable solutions to today's interconnected socio-ecological challenges of biodiversity loss, food insecurity, and climate change. Through intergenerational knowledge transmission, participatory research, cultural exchanges, and communication initiatives, the network works alongside Indigenous Peoples to ensure that their knowledge systems remain living, evolving, and influential in shaping local and global decision-making.

Across its programs and partnerships, COD-ILK has consistently demonstrated that Indigenous knowledge is not merely a record of the past but a dynamic system of innovation grounded in centuries of observation, adaptation, and stewardship. Indigenous customary governance systems have sustained forests, rivers, mountains, coastal areas, and agricultural landscapes for generations, hence, our territories host most of the planet's biologically rich ecosystems. The experiences shared through COD-ILK's initiatives reveal a common denominator: Indigenous knowledge flourishes when it is practiced, transmitted, and respected.

The reality on the ground paints a different picture. Many Indigenous communities continue to experience threats to their ancestral lands through resource extraction, land conversion, environmental degradation, and inadequate recognition of their collective rights. Languages, cultural practices, and traditional knowledge systems also face increasing pressures from modernization, migration, and changing socio-economic conditions.

For COD-ILK and its partners, responding to these challenges means continuing to build bridges between Indigenous knowledge holders, researchers, policymakers, and local communities. It means creating spaces where Indigenous knowledge is recognized as a source of innovation rather than merely a subject of documentation. It also means supporting Indigenous Peoples in defining their own pathways for development while protecting the cultural and ecological heritage that benefits all humanity.

As we commemorate the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, we lodge the call for the recognition and respect of Indigenous Peoples as rights holders, knowledge holders, and partners in addressing global challenges. We assert that Indigenous and Local Knowledge must be respected as a pragmatic guide across generations toward a more just, resilient, and sustainable world. #

09/08/2026

𝑻𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒖𝒔.

The gardeners of the Ba-ëng and farmers of the Payew live this every day. In their farmlands, in their gardens, in the biodiversity around them, and in the seeds they save and share, they carry forward valuable knowledge and practices, and a relationship with the land that our elders passed down.

Today, on the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, we honor every community that carries such knowledge and the practices they strive to protect and keep alive.

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𝘉𝘪𝘨𝘢-𝘰 𝘯𝘪 𝘐𝘕𝘈 (𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘵; 𝘐𝘕𝘈 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦) 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 (𝘗𝘐𝘒𝘗), 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘢 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘥.

06/08/2026

Formulation of organic chicken feed workshop with local home gardeners in Baguio City, Philippines

21/07/2026

Attention to all Indigenous artists and illustrators!🤩 Here’s an opportunity you don’t want to miss 😃

Do you want your art featured in the upcoming report on how Indigenous Peoples and local communities are vital actors in biodiversity conservation?

We are looking for artists from Indigenous or local communities who could help us illustrate the third edition of Local Biodiversity Outlooks – a report presenting over 60 case studies from Indigenous Peoples and local communities around the world, highlighting their contributions to biodiversity conservation.

For more information and how to get in touch: https://localbiodiversityoutlooks.net/local-biodiversity-outlooks-call-for-case-studies-for-lbo-3-2/

IIFB COD ILK Indigenous Women Biodiversity Network Indigenous Information Network Partners for Indigenous Knowledge Philippines - PIKP Chepkitale Indigenous People Development Project-CIPDP IMPACT_KENYA Unnayan Onneshan PACOS Trust

21/07/2026

💡CELEBRATING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE💡

A ‘Forest Fellowship’ of over 100 Indigenous leaders and civil society supporters in the University of the Philippines Diliman National Science Complex celebrating indigenous knowledge and governance as sustainable and effective methods in protecting 85% of the Philippines’ Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs).

Through culture-based forest actions such as a traditional community dance, a heritage hapag-kainan, and nature walks throughout the urban forest areas of the campus, the gathering demonstrated the potential of the Indigenous Peoples Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (IPBSAP), a governance blueprint for and by Indigenous Peoples that aims to strengthen customary governance in indigenous conservation areas, address the drivers of biodiversity loss, and assert the inclusive participation and benefit-sharing of Indigenous Peoples as stewards of biodiversity

Read more about the challenges and aspirations of the Fellowship organized by the Indigenous Peoples and Biodiversity Coalition Philippines. The CODILK is a convener of IPBC PH.

17/07/2026

BOOK LAUNCH 🚀📕 Coming at ya!😃

KASIYANA: A glimpse of Indigenous Healing in the Cordillera

See you at the Mt. Cloud Bookshop in Baguio City! 📕📖

11/07/2026