🌿 #CaseStudyThursday: Meet CredorSave Loans, 2024 #EquatorPrize winner! 🇿🇲 This social fintech brings affordable climate finance to Indigenous farmers in Zambia. 📖 Read more: bit.ly/40bt7p4

🌎 This July, we’re spotlighting case studies from #EquatorPrize winners in Latin America & the Caribbean! In Guatemala 🇬🇹, AIRES is using Indigenous Maya knowledge to: 🌱 Prevent mudslides 🌽 Improve food security 💨 Reduce lung disease Read more: bit.ly/3GtsFfj

🌱 Case Study Thursday 🌱 This week’s spotlight: Miras Parishan Kazeroon (MPK) from Iran 🇮🇷, 2024 #EquatorPrize winner. Through education, advocacy & grassroots action, MPK is restoring ecosystems & inspiring a new wave of wetland stewards. Learn more: bit.ly/40nbVgy

🌎 From Colombia 🇨🇴, meet 2024 #EquatorPrize winner Asoarhuaco, a group of Arhuaco agroforestry producers protecting sacred lands & traditions. ✅ 1,732 ha restored ✅ 120 women artisans ✅ Ecosystem service payments 📖 Read their case study: bit.ly/3TWfpTs

How can drones support Indigenous conservation? Shane Stevens is working with the Robe River Kuruma People in Australia to prove it's possible. Our Forest Mapping & Monitoring Tools course helped guide their efforts. 📖 Read the story & find the course: bit.ly/blending-tradi…

🌿 It’s International #MangroveDay! In Bangladesh, 2024 #EquatorPrize winner Sundarbans Eco Village is restoring 150+ hectares of mangroves while creating green jobs and climate-smart homes. 🔗 Read their case study in English and Bengali: equatorinitiative.org/2024/07/22/sun…

Le lac Uru Uru (Bolivie), autrefois source vitale de subsistance, a été pollué par des résidus miniers, des déchets et des matières plastiques. Dayana Blanco, jeune autochtone lauréate du #PrixÉquateur, s'est employée à le restaurer. Voici comment : go.undp.org/wpo

Lake Uru Uru in Bolivia, once a vital source of sustenance, became heavily polluted by mining waste, garbage, and plastics. Dayana Blanco, a young Indigenous woman and #EquatorPrize winner took bold action to restore it. Discover more: go.undp.org/wpZ

"Maasai pastoralists are peoples of the land & the sky. Nature is deeply reflected in the culture & the culture in nature.” – Ole Wotuni, Community Elder In Kenya, 2024 #EquatorPrize winner ILEPA uplifts Maasai rights & climate action. Full case study: equatorinitiative.org/wp-content/upl…

Les lauréats du #PrixÉquateur 2025 de l'Equator Initiative viennent d’être annoncés ! 🌎🏆 Des Andes méridionales à l’Amazonie, des littoraux aux terres arides, ces 10 communautés autochtones et locales transforment le monde. ➡️ En savoir plus : go.undp.org/wp4

JUST IN: Our 2025 #EquatorPrize winners have been announced! 🌎🏆 From the Andes to the Amazon, from coastlines to drylands, these 1️⃣0️⃣ Indigenous and local communities are changing the world from the ground up. ➡️ Learn more: go.undp.org/wGJ #IndigenousPeoplesDay

Supported by the govts of Norway and Germany, our Equator Initiative works with Indigenous and local communities to improve livelihoods and protect nature and human rights. Ahead of Saturday's #IndigenousPeoplesDay, learn about how we support local communities: go.undp.org/wpZ

🎉✨ Congratulations to @‌napo_kenya, for their exemplary achievement as the 2025 @‌UNDP #EquatorPrize winner! This women- and youth-led Indigenous initiative has restored over 550 hectares and manages more than 10,000 hectares of drylands using traditional knowledge and smart

What happens when we put nature at the 💙 of sustainable development? Nature thrives - and so do people. The #EquatorPrize honors Indigenous Peoples and local communities who are showing the world how it's done. Meet the 2025 winners and their solutions: undp.org/press-releases…

Ahead of #IndigenousPeoplesDay, UN Development’s Equator Initiative announces 10 winners of the 2025 #EquatorPrize. Honoring Indigenous & local communities from 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇪🇨 🇮🇳 🇮🇩 🇵🇬 🇵🇪& 🇹🇿are leading nature-based solutions for climate action, biodiversity & justice: equatorinitiative.org

Our #EquatorPrize celebrates #IndigenousPeoples’ initiatives to protect nature and the climate. Together with our partners and their networks, we help identify and select outstanding nominees. Meet some of the winners: go.undp.org/wpZ

🌍✨ Meet 1 of 10 UN Development 2025 #EquatorPrize winners: COMAR in Argentina! 2,600 Indigenous women artisans are transforming ancestral crafts into sustainable income through Matriarca, linking biodiversity, culture, and economic empowerment. 🔗 Learn more: equatorinitiative.org/2025/07/31/coo…

Meet a 2025 UN Development #EquatorPrize winner! In Amapá, Brazil, the Uasei Association is blending Indigenous knowledge + innovation to build an açaí-powered bioeconomy that: 🌱 Creates green jobs 🌳 Protects forests 🪶 Celebrates culture Learn more: equatorinitiative.org/2025/07/31/ass…

What happens when ancestral wisdom meets youth action? In Brazil, Instituto Zág won the 2023 @undp #EquatorPrize for safeguarding the endangered Araucaria tree, through reforestation & the preservation of traditional knowledge. 📚 Read their case study: equatorinitiative.org/2024/03/07/ins…

Un gusto conversar con Leonardo Cerda y HAKHU para felicitarles por su reconocimiento en el #PremioEcuatorial2025 🌿- Equator Initiative . Desde PNUD reiteramos nuestro compromiso de trabajar junto a las comunidades indígenas para proteger la Amazonía y promover el desarrollo💚