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Deceleration coverage from WILD12, the 12th World Wilderness Congress, convened in Hé Sapa (Black Hills) in August 2024. Hosted by the Sicangu Lakota Treaty Council of the Rosebud Sioux Reservation and on behalf of the Oceti Sakowin, the Seven Lakota Council Fires, it was the first such congress convened by a tribal authority.

WILD12: How the Hé Sapa Resolution Could Help ‘Indigenize’ Global Wilderness Conservation

By Greg Harman ● Biodiversity ● September 19, 2024

“All relevant institutions [must] actively promote wilderness policy that acknowledges that nature is multi-dimensional, transcending the material and physical realms; and use language that honors the rights and roles of Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Knowledge and Wisdom Systems, natural and customary law.” —Hé Sapa Resolution, 2024

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VIDEO: ‘Moana’s Grandmother’ on Relying on Ancestors, Power of Youth, and Banning Deep Sea Mining

By Ceiba Ili ● Deceleration Video ● September 13, 2024

‘The elders are still there. Don’t think that they are gone. They’re still there around you. And you have this message that you have to carry in your heart, in your mind, in your blood, in nature, in every living species.’ — Hinano Murphy

VIDEO: Yup’ik Educator on Migratory Birds as Global Citizens

By Ceiba Ili ● Deceleration Video ● September 11, 2024

‘These birds don’t care about the laws you make or the borders you draw. They need to migrate, procreate, and raise their young.’ —Angutekaraq Estelle Thomson

VIDEO: Rights of Nature Organizer Says the City of San Antonio Owes the Bird Protectors an Apology

By Greg Harman ● Deceleration Video ● September 6, 2024

‘Who is the crazy one? The person defending the ecosystem or the one justifying ecocide?’

VIDEO: Healing Is the Primary Challenge of Our Time, Indigenous Elder Tells Delegates at World Wilderness Congress

By Greg Harman ● Deceleration Video ● September 5, 2024

‘Mother Earth, she doesn’t need humans to help save her. … It’s a question about whether or not if we humans are going to survive and be here,’ Ilarion Merculieff, Unangax̂ (Aleut), told delegates at the World Wilderness Congress last weekend.

WILD12: It’s Time to Step Up to Protect the Legal Rights of Nature, Panelists Say

By Greg Harman ● Biodiversity ● August 30, 2024

Attendees encouraged to advance legal claims in defense of all life on Earth. “There is no time to equivocate,” says Ponca Nation environmental justice leader.

WILD12: Buffalo are Center of Restoration Efforts from the Black Hills to the Texas Plains

By James Courtney ● Solutions ● August 29, 2024

“If you see this animal like your grandma, how would you treat it versus just something in the wild?” asked Tatewin Means, executive director of the Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation.

WILD12: ‘Land Back’ at the Center of Debates Over How to Preserve the Biosphere

By Greg Harman ● Solutions ● August 27, 2024

Indigenous peoples face promise—and potential perils—in the struggle for wilderness conservation.

WILD12: Humanity Must Choose a New Path to Avoid Rapid Ecological Breakdown, Lakota Spiritual Leader Says

By Greg Harman ● Biodiversity ● August 26, 2024

“Either we face a lot of chaos, global disasters, tears from our relatives’ eyes … or we come together [and] unite as people of the world,” Arvol Looking Horse said.

Support Our Team at WILD12: The First World Wilderness Congress Hosted by Indigenous Peoples

By Greg Harman ● Take Action ● August 21, 2024

Every four years the World Wilderness Congress convenes to assess the state of the planet and the health of the full and wondrous web of life that fills the Earth. Each convening brings new causes for alarm and urgency. But each convening also produces new reasons for hope.