Indigenous Knowledge and Arctic Forests (IKForest)

  • Duration: 2023 - 2025
  • Status: Ongoing

Indigenous Knowledge and Arctic Forests (IKForest) project aims to identify, map, and promote forest conservation and restoration practices that are informed by Indigenous Knowledge and in line with the human rights of Indigenous Peoples. The project’s goal is to inform just and ethical implementation of conservation and restoration planning in Arctic Indigenous lands.

Project management
Aino Lipsanen
Project team
Anna Ott, Anni-Sofia Niittyvuopio
Financiers
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Partners
Ministry of the Environment of Finland, Sámi Parliament of Finland, Skolt Sami Siida Administration, Saami Council, Swedish Environment Protection Agency
Subject area
Nature, International, Sustainabilty transformation

Goal

Indigenous Knowledge and Arctic Forests (IKForest) project aims to identify, map, and promote forest conservation and restoration practices that are informed by Indigenous Knowledge and in line with the human rights of Indigenous Peoples. The project’s goal is to inform just and ethical implementation of conservation and restoration planning in Arctic Indigenous lands.

The project promotes the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in the Arctic region, in line with the goals of the Article 8 (j) of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity regarding traditional knowledge of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. The results will serve the Arctic states, nature protection authorities, Indigenous Peoples, and platforms for cooperation in the Arctic.

More information

  • Project manager Aino Lipsanen, etunimi.sukunimi@syke.fi
  • Senior ministerial adviser (Ministry of the Environment) Lotta Manninen, etunimi.sukunimi@gov.fi
Forest in Ristijänkä, Inari

© Photo: Luonnonmetsät Sapmi

Published 25.4.2024 / Updated 30.1.2025