Posts Tagged ‘One Health’
A Lifesaving Health Campaign for the Matsés
Along the remote Peru-Brazil border, the Matsés Indigenous people continue to uphold a traditional way of life deeply connected to the Amazon rainforest. Their territories — the Matsés Indigenous Territory and the Matsés National Reserve — span approximately 852,000 hectares (2.1 million acres) of pristine forest. The future of this remarkable landscape is inseparable…
Read MoreFrom Territory to Global Dialogue: “One Health” Connects Indigenous Knowledge and Public Policy
Global discussions on climate, health, and development have increasingly pointed to the need to recognize knowledge systems that already exist within territories and communities. International spaces such as the Skoll World Forum, held from April 21–24, 2026, in England, brought together leaders, organizations, and initiatives from around the world to share solutions to complex social and environmental challenges. Today, the…
Read MoreBetween Body and Territory: Indigenous Women Facing the Climate Crisis
The impacts of the climate crisis on the health and ancestral knowledge of Indigenous women By Rudja Santos from Carta AmazôniaEdited by Méle Dornelas As COP30 brought the Amazon to the center of global discussions on the climate crisis at the end of 2025, the daily lives of Indigenous women reveal a dimension still largely absent from official…
Read MoreOne Health, Indigenous Knowledge, and Climate Action at COP30
What is One Health The term One Health, translated as “One Single Health” or “Unified Health,” was formally adopted globally after the “One World, One Health” symposium held in 2004 in New York. Since then, international organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and…
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