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For centuries prior to modern conservation efforts, Indigenous communities cared for the oceans with a fundamentally different philosophy – treating marine environments as family rather than a commodity. In this article, 'Aulani Wilhelm, Nia Tero's CEO, talks about this relationship of care with the ocean.

This year's Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) will screen 72 features and 143 short films from 44 countries. The film "Remathau: People of the Ocean," produced by Nia Tero, will make its world premiere at this year's festival.

The Melanesian Ocean Reserve is the world’s first Indigenous-led Ocean reserve and represents a bold new model for ocean governance that blends Indigenous knowledge, modern science, and regional political leadership. The initiative is led by the governments of the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, and Vanuatu, in partnership with the Islands Knowledge Institute (IKI) and Nia Tero.

Campaigners have accused the Peruvian government of violating international human rights law and putting lives at risk in the Amazon after it rejected a vast new territory to protect some of the world’s most isolated Indigenous communities. The Guardian's series on uncontacted peoples is supported in part by Nia Tero.

In The Guardian’s next article from their series on uncontacted peoples, John Reid and Daniel Biasetto uncover the challenges faced by the Korubo People in northern Brazil after their recent first-contact events. This series on uncontacted peoples is supported in part by Nia Tero. 

In the next article from The Guardian’s series on uncontacted peoples, learn about threats posed by missionaries trying to reach out to peoples in voluntary isolation in the Brazilian Amazon. This series on uncontacted peoples is supported in part by Nia Tero.