Accomplished Tajik scientist and botanist, Tillo Boboev — founder of the Kulob Botanical Garden of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan — passed away on March 4th, 2018, at the age of 77. A central tenet of his life’s work was reconnecting youth and rural communities in Central Asia to their rich biocultural heritage in […]
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Transitions for the Central Asia Program
After a decade of service to the stewards of biocultural diversity in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkey, Erjen Khamaganova has completed her term as our Program Officer for Central Asia. She will be retiring from The Christensen Fund as of December 31, 2017.
Erjen’s tenure at the helm of the Central Asia Program coincided with a post-Soviet […]
Melanesia Program Update
Today marks a transition for the Christensen Fund as Catherine Sparks, our Program Officer for Melanesia, completes her tenure with the foundation.
Catherine has been a Christensen colleague and friend for more than nine years. Her departure has been long planned, in line with our policy of term limits for Program Officers. Catherine is transitioning from […]
Acerca de la violencia en contra de los defensores de los Territorios Indígenas
Iniciamos el Año Nuevo celebrando el reconocimiento de los derechos ancestrales de nueve comunidades indígenas de Indonesia sobre sus territorios forestales. Hoy, estamos devastados por el asesinato de Isidro Baldenegro López, la segunda chispa brillante y galardonado con el Premio Goldman extinta por fuerzas oscuras, después de Berta Cáceres.
De la manera más firme, El Fondo […]
On Violence to Defenders of Indigenous Territories
We began the New Year by celebrating Indonesia’s landmark recognition of the rights of nine Indigenous communities to their ancestral forests. Today, we are devastated by the assassination of Isidro Baldenegro López, the second Goldman Prize winner and bright spark — after Berta Cáceres — to be extinguished by dark forces.
In the strongest terms, […]
Watch: Nice video about the work of the Intertribal Friendship House in Oakland, CA. https://t.co/MQAWIPswok
“Underneath your feet lies enormous wealth. Guard it. Do not fall sleep, for if you do, it will be pulled out." -from Hopi ancestors
Spotlight on good work: The Vaka Taumako Project celebrates and perpetuates ancient Polynesian voyaging knowledge. https://t.co/eD2Pca6yQq