Daniel Kobei
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Indigenous rights, health and traditional medicine systems Open
The health of Indigenous Peoples around the world is tied to longstanding Indigenous knowledge practices and access to Indigenous traditional medicine systems. Indigenous communities continue to have concerns, however, about their ability …
Indigenous mental health research in the context of climate change: methodological reflections on language and barriers to cultural practice Open
Climate change creates unique forms of psychological distress for Indigenous Peoples whose identities and cultural practices are often intrinsically connected to ancestral lands, yet research on culturally appropriate methodologies for stu…
“Removing an Ogiek from the Forest is like removing a fish from water”: A qualitative examination on Ogiek community impacts from forced land eviction for conservation Open
Despite evidence that Indigenous Peoples are better guardians of their Forests than international or state protection agencies, they continue to be forcibly evicted from their Lands. Additionally, despite the known impacts that forced land…
Protected areas, Indigenous rights and land restitution: the Ogiek judgment of the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights and community land protection in Kenya Open
In May 2017, the relationship between conservation and human and Indigenous peoples' rights was considered for the first time by the African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights. In a case brought by the Indigenous Ogiek of Kenya, the Court …
Land Body Ecologies: A case study for global transdisciplinary collaboration at the intersections of environment and mental health Open
Land Body Ecologies (LBE) is a global, transdisciplinary research group seeking to understand the mental health dimensions of minority, Indigenous and other land-dependent communities’ relationship to ecologies in a changing environment. W…
The determinants of planetary health: an Indigenous consensus perspective Open
Indigenous Peoples have resiliently weathered continued assaults on their sovereignty and rights throughout colonialism and its continuing effects. Indigenous Peoples’ sovereignty has been strained by the increasing effects of global envir…
Indigenous Natural and First Law in Planetary Health Open
Indigenous Peoples associate their own laws with the laws of the natural world, which are formally known as or translated as Natural or First Law. These laws come from the Creator and the Land through our ancestral stories and therefore, t…