Radio Davos "We've lived through 3 ice ages - here's what we learned" - how Indigenous wisdom can help us all
Mar 19, 2026
Fawn Sharp, Quinault Nation leader and conservation advocate, and Dean Sanders, Wadangal Aboriginal leader and stewardship advocate, discuss Indigenous identity and deep ties to country. They explore Indigenous stewardship of biodiversity. They talk about reimagining finance to value nature and the need to center Indigenous leadership in policymaking and land management.
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Ancient Climate Adaptation Holds Modern Lessons
- Indigenous cultures hold long-term adaptive knowledge from surviving cataclysmic climate shifts.
- Dean Sanders cites Aboriginal Australia surviving three ice ages and a 20% landmass shrinkage as adaptive lessons for resilience.
Small Population Big Stewardship
- Indigenous peoples steward a disproportionate share of biodiverse lands despite being a small minority globally.
- Dean Sanders: 6% of population holds responsibility for 60% of the world's landmass, much of it environmentally rich.
Bring Natural Capital Into Everyday Decisions
- Make natural capital conversations mainstream across corporations and households, not just governments.
- Dean Sanders urges turning ecological costs into everyday household conversations to drive systemic change.