Indigenous communities' traditional ecological knowledge is key to conservation: National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yüyan
Top National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yüyan speaks with the Mongabay Newscast about traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and why Indigenous communities are the world’s most effective conservationists.
Yüyan spoke about this with us in March 2023 and we're sharing the episode again after it recently won a prize from the Indigenous Media Awards for 'Best coverage of Indigenous communities'; in the audio category.
While the National Geographic version of "Guardians of Life" is now published, the collaboration between Gleb Raygorodetsky and Yüyan will be published in book form in 2025. Sign up at Raygorodetsky's website here to be notified when it’s out.
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Image Credit: Larry Lucas Kaleak listens to the sounds of passing whales and bearded seals through a skinboat paddle in the water. The sounds of bearded seals and bowhead whales are unique and distinctive, and can be easily heard in the vibrations of the wooden paddle. Image (c) Kiliii Yuyan.
Time Codes
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(00:00) Indigenous peoples: the world's best conservationists
(02:31) Who are the Guardians of Life?
(07:30) Some of Kiliii's favorite memories
(10:39) 'People are not separate from nature'
(18:04) 'Two-eyed seeing': combining Western and Indigenous science
(23:30) Advice from an Indigenous storyteller
(27:26) The Impact of storytelling
(30:52) A kayak is not a ship
(34:02) The Guardians of Life book
(39:50) Credits
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