The UNESCO Chair in Digital Technology Design with Indigenous People at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), in partnership with the Namibia National Commission for UNESCO, the UNESCO Windhoek Office, the National Commission on Science Research and Technology, and other partners, hosted the Indigenous Peoples’ Knowledge Fair Ecology Custodianship Day on Thursday, 18 September 2025, at N/a’an ku sê Lodge.
Held under the theme “Custodians of Ecology: Shared Worlds, Shared Futures,” the event brought together Indigenous leaders from Namibia and as far afield as Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Malaysia, Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa. The gathering provided a platform to exchange traditional knowledge and ecological wisdom, showcase heritage practices, explore futures shaped by Indigenous innovation, and collaboratively address urgent global challenges.