
Today, I’m joined by Yon Fernández-de-Larrinoa, Head of the Indigenous Peoples Unit at the FAO, to explore another way of doing land restoration: the Indigenous Biocentric Restoration. The idea is simple — Indigenous cultures often perceive and relate to the land in fundamentally different ways. Because of their deep, long-standing relationship with their territories, their knowledge of the land can be more rooted and nuanced than what’s found in textbooks. Together, we’ll explore the different facets of this approach, its challenges, and what Yon believes are some of the keys to success when doing restoration.