We strive to help empower communities to create a more sustainable future.

 

The Earth’s biological and cultural diversity are increasingly under threat. We partner with indigenous and traditional communities to build a more sustainable, empowered, and just future by working towards community organization and well-being, biocultural conservation, and sustainable development.

 
 

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND WELL-BEING

Helping indigenous and traditional communities to organize for effective self-governance as well as develop and implement sustainable solutions to improve their health and well-being.

BIOCULTURAL CONSERVATION

Working to empower indigenous and traditional communities to develop community-based solutions to effectively manage and conserve their biological and cultural resources for long-term sustainability.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Assisting indigenous and traditional communities in the creation of sustainable development projects that help to generate income without jeopardizing their biological and cultural resources.

Moments from conservation and sustainability workshops, in partnership with @conapacperu , centered on a community perspective in the communities of Puinahua and Primero de Enero on the Napo River in Loreto (Peru) 🌱 ____ Momentos de los talleres de
New primate paper! 🐒 Check out the publication by Brian Griffiths, Mark Bowler and Michael Gilmore in the international journal Environmental Conservation that explores how Maijuna hunting practices conserve threatened primates in Loreto, Peru, crea
📣 #OportunidadLaboral | Estamos en búsqueda de un(a) Especialista de Campo para integrarse en el equipo de Loreto para trabajar con One Planet y el pueblo indígena Maijuna. Si estás interesado/a o conoces a alguien que desea pos
Maijuna beekeeping educators have recently been focused on teaching bee ecology and the Maijuna language to youth in their communities.   In addition to helping kids understand the connection between stingless bees and Maijuna culture, our educ
Maijuna beekeepers are teaching the next generation the cultural importance of bees along with the honey-producing trade!   Maijuna educators challenged kids to explore the vast diversity of local stingless bees according to their respective nam
In November 2022, the Maijuna beekeeping association “Uare Yojuna” held their second-annual general meeting where they celebrated the year’s advances, including the first independent honey harvest. Since then, we have been working w
The beekeeping association - Uare Yojuna - is spearheading this season’s honey harvest in Maijuna lands. Through collective efforts they are preserving cultural heritage and creating economic opportunities in their communities! 🐝🐝🐝 La asoci
Maijuna elders gathering for the bee dance and chant, practiced for generations during the yuca harvest festival, inspired by mimicking stingless bees.     OnePlanet’s mission is to support the Maijuna in their goals of biocultural co
Español abajo - - - The past two weeks, we caught up with our stingless beekeeping educators! Here’s what they’ve been up to: Photo 1: Tarkis (Puerto Huáman) reviewing established bee populations with neighbors.  Ph
The Maijuna are celebrating their harvest festivals for the first time in decades!   Early this year, the Bora community of Brillo Nuevo invited Maijuna leaders to participate in the Bora peach palm festival’s celebration. Maijuna leaders
Maijuna beekeepers are emerging as the future of the Maijuna Stingless Beekeeping school!   Shown here, beekeeping educators (“Promoters”) Magnolia and Ilder are practicing colony multiplications with their neighbors. They are eager
Maijuna sharing their knowledge and history with visitors from all over the world with ACEER, OnePlanet, and the Delaware Teachers Institute   These exchanges celebrate Maijuna culture and experience if the cultural and biological conservation
Hive boxes are in high demand among Maijuna stingless beekeepers!   Through our beekeeping promoters’ leadership, Maijuna beekeepers in Sucusari, Nueva Vida, Puerto Huaman, and El Estrecho have built over 80 boxes for stingless bees in pre
Premiere of "Guardians of the Forest" in Lima! In March 2020, one day before we were set to have the premiere in Lima, the pandemic cut short the presentation. Two years later, we are happy to announce the premiere in Lima of "Guardia
We are excited the Maijuna Stingless Beekeeping School is growing! Recently, the OnePlanet team held a training for Maijuna beekeepers in Nueva Vida to take their first steps in becoming beekeeping educators. Neighbors in Maijuna communities and be
Stand with the Maijuna in their fight against the proposed highway! A petition against the highway is now live, at the link in our bio! We Declare That: - We stand with the Maijuna and Kichwa peoples in their opposition to the construction of Highw