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How Development Excludes Adivasis

The mainstream development paradigm has aggravated discontent among Adivasi communities. The reasons are not difficult to recognise – it encourages the siege of native resources, drives competition, is surplus-driven, instills private ownership and consequently, is affecting the cultural identit ...

Indigenous hunters have positive impacts on food webs in desert Australia

Australia has the highest rate of mammal extinction in the world. Resettlement of indigenous communities resulted in the spread of invasive species, the absence of human-set fires, and a general cascade in the interconnected food web that led to the largest mammalian extinction event ever record ...

Fourth Global Meeting of the Indigenous Peoples’ Forum at IFAD

The Fourth Global Meeting of the Indigenous Peoples’ Forum, organized by IFAD in Rome, took place on February 12th and 13th. First established in 2011, the forum is a permanent process of consultation and dialogue between representatives from indigenous peoples’ institutions and organizations, ...

Ancient spirituality guides a Maya town’s conservation efforts

It was Thursday, Nov. 8, but the Mayan calendar marked the day as Wukub’ Q’anil, or 7 Rabbit, a good day to ask for the rebirth of sterile lands and the fertility of all living beings. Rumualdo López, a Maya priest and spiritual guide, was prepared to hike up to the top of Siete Orejas, a mounta ...

Revive indigenous knowledge, reorient transport to deal with climate change, obesity and undernutrition

Reviving traditional peoples’ knowledge of sustainable food systems and use of biodiversity could act as a bulwark against the triple threat of obesity, undernutrition and climate change, described as “three of the gravest threats to human health and survival” in a new report.

People of the Whale – a portrait of traditional hunting in Alaska

People of the Whale is the story of an Iñupiaq whaling crew, living where the vast plain of ice meets the waters of the Arctic Ocean. For the last 2,000 years, the Iñupiaq have stood on the edge of the sea ice, waiting for the migration of bowhead whales.

Contentious salmon stocking plan can't happen without First Nations support: scientist

A University of New Brunswick scientist working on a contentious Miramichi salmon stocking program admits it cannot proceed without backing of First Nations groups. And there appears little likelihood of that happening, with Eel Ground Chief George Ginnish calling it a "non-starter."

Statement of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Assistant-Secretary-General of the United Nations, on the occasion of the Official Launch of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, 28 January 2019

Statement of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Assistant-Secretary-General of the United Nations, on the occasion of the Official Launch of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, 28 January 2019

Online Forum, submission of views, and information regarding the Programme of Work on Article 8(j) and related provisions

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/JS/MLS/87830 (2019-004)
To: CBD, TK, and ABS National Focal Points, indigenous and local community organizations, non-governmental organizations, academics, and international organizations

Indigenous people to have say in UN climate policy

Indigenous peoples will have a chance to share their traditional knowledge on the environment and play a role in the implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement to combat climate change and build a sustainable low carbon future.

Government vows to engage more indigenous groups in forest management

The issue of the Anak Dalam tribe, also known as the Orang Rimba, who traditionally live deep in the forest in Jambi in small nomadic groups, came into the spotlight in the past few years after they were forced to leave their land because of uncontrolled conversion of natural forest.

Asian indigenous peoples’ IPR on biodiversity endangered

Indigenous and tribal peoples of Asia are facing complex threats to their survival as distinct peoples. Not only are they confronted with dispossession of their lands, resources and physical persecution, they are also faced with the appropriation of their collective knowledge on plants, trees, a ...

The Amazonian tribe defending their land with technology

While the Amazonian basin is most often touted for its biodiversity, there are also hundreds of indigenous tribes that live in the rainforest. Many of these tribes are under direct threat of displacement by resource extraction and deforestation. To this day, 70 percent of the Ecuadorian Amazon h ...

Asian Indigenous Peoples’ Intellectual Property Rights On Biodiversity Endangered – OpEd

Indigenous and tribal peoples of Asia, are facing complex threats to their survival as distinct peoples.

Land rights to forest communities a must to control climate change

A new report highlights how important the role of forest communities and indigenous people in protecting forests as carbon sinks, and why it is important to recognise these land rights.

Cree Nation identifies 30 per cent of its territory in conservation wish list

After several years of work and consultation, the Cree Nation Government has identified 30 per cent of its territory it wants to see protected from development, at least in part. When brought together, the proposed areas represent a territory roughly the size of Ireland, about 80,000 square kilo ...

Indigenous communities at risk as Chinese rubber firm uses land

A Chinese state-owned company is behind rubber plantations that Cameroon villagers say threaten their livelihoods.

World Soil Day 2018

5 December 2018, Rome, Italy

Revised list of selected indigenous and local community representatives to receive funding from the Voluntary Trust Fund for participation in the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 14), the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 9) and the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (COP-MOP 3), 17 to 29 November 2018 - Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

Reference: SCBD/SPS/AS/JS/MLS/87388 (2018-087)
To: CBD National Focal Points, TK Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local community organizations, and other relevant organizations

African Regional Training Workshop on National Arrangements on Traditional Knowledge for Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 18 and Contributing to Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

8 - 12 October 2018, Marrakesh, Morocco

Selected indigenous and local community representatives to receive funding from the Voluntary Trust Fund for participation in the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 14), the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 9) and the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (COP-MOP 3), 17 to 29 November 2018 - Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

Reference: SCBD/SPS/AS/VN/JS/MLS/87388 (2018-079)
To: CBD National Focal Points, TK Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local community organizations, and other relevant organizations

The Nature and Culture Summit, 22-24 November 2018 - Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

Reference: SCBD/SPS/AS/VN/JS/MLS/87644 (2018-076)
To: CBD, ABS, TK Focal Points, and indigenous people and local community organizations

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2018 (http://www.un.org/en/events/indigenousday/)

9 August 2018, New York, United States of America

Asian Regional Training Workshop on National Arrangements on Traditional Knowledge for Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 18 and Contributing to Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

27 - 31 July 2018, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Selected representatives of indigenous peoples and local communities to receive funding from the Voluntary Trust Fund for participation in the twenty-second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, 2 - 7 July 2018, and the second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation, 9 - 13 July 2018, in Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/SPS/AS/VN/JS/GT/87448 (2018-050)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, TK Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local community organizations, and other relevant organizations

Pacific Regional Training Workshop on National Arrangements on Traditional Knowledge for Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 18 and Contributing to Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

21 - 25 May 2018, Whangarei, New Zealand

Possible elements of a future programme of work on Article 8(j) and related provisions as part of the post-2020 biodiversity framework as well as possible institutional arrangements and their modus operandi

Reference: SCBD/SPS/AS/JS/VF/87320 (2018-047)
To: CBD, ABS, TK Focal Points, and indigenous peoples and local community organizations

Africa Regional Training Workshop related to national arrangements on traditional knowledge for achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 18 and contributing to Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, 8 - 12 October 2018 - Marrakech, Morocco

Reference: SCBD/SPS/AS/JS/VF/87279 (2018-040)
To: CBD, ABS, TK Focal Points, and indigenous peoples and local community organizations

Statement of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Cristiana Paşca Palmer, on the occasion of the Seventeenth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, United Nations Headquarters, 16 to 27 April 2018

Statement of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Cristiana Paşca Palmer, on the occasion of the Seventeenth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, United Nations Headquarters, 16 to 27 April 2018

17th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII): "Indigenous peoples’ collective rights to lands, territories and resources”

16 - 27 April 2018, New York, United States of America

Asia Regional Training Workshop related to national arrangements on traditional knowledge for achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 18 and contributing to Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, 20 - 24 August 2018 - Kandy, Sri Lanka

Reference: SCBD/SPS/AS/JS/VF/87280 (2018-034)
To: To: CBD, ABS, TK Focal Points, and indigenous peoples and local community organizations

Regional Training Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean on national arrangements on traditional knowledge for achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 18 and contributing to Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

2 - 6 April 2018, Tepoztlan, Mexico

Pacific Regional Training Workshop related to national arrangements on traditional knowledge for achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 18 and contributing to Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, 21 to 25 May 2018 - Whangārei, New Zealand

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/JS/VF/87227 (2018-032)
To: CBD, ABS, TK Focal Points, and indigenous peoples and local community organizations

Regional Training Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean on national arrangements on traditional knowledge for achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 18 and contributing to Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, 2 to 6 April 2018 – Tepoztlan, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/JS/VF/87125 (2018-017)
To: CBD, ABS NFPs, TK Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local community organizations from the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

REMINDER NOTIFICATION: Progress on Implementation of the Programme of Work for Article 8(j) and related provisions: Request for contributions to the second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/JS/VF/86963 (2018-014)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, TK Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local community organizations, and other relevant organizations

Resource mobilization: Assessing the contribution of collective actions of indigenous peoples and local communities and safeguards in biodiversity financing mechanisms

Reference: SCBD/MCO/DC/VN/JS/GD/jh/87060 (2018-007)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Resource Mobilization Focal Points, stakeholders, and indigenous peoples and local communities

Delegates to the tenth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity agreed on a set of recommendations related to the contributions of indigenous peoples and local communities to the Convention on Biological Diversity. The recommendations from the meeting will be sent to the Conference of the Parties at the 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference being held in Egypt in 2018.

Governments agree on the contribution of traditional knowledge to global biodiversity policy

16 DECEMBER 2017 – Delegates to the tenth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity agreed on a set of recommendations related to the contributions of indigenous peoples and local communities to the Convention ...

Statement by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, at the Tenth meeting of the ad hoc open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and related provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, Canada, 13 December 2017

Statement by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, at the Tenth meeting of the ad hoc open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and related provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, Canada, 13 December 2017

Tenth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity

13 - 16 December 2017, Montreal, Canada

Following traditional blessings by Elders of the local Mohawk Community of Kahnawake, delegates to the tenth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity will begin discussions on a number of important topics related to the contributions of indigenous peoples and local communities to the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020.

Governments and indigenous peoples meet to discuss contribution of traditional knowledge and their collective actions to global biodiversity policy

12 DECEMBER 2017 – Following traditional blessings by Elders of the local Mohawk Community of Kahnawake, delegates to the tenth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity will begin discussions on a number of im ...

Global Dialogue with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on the IPBES Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

9 - 10 December 2017, Montreal, Canada

Online Forum in Preparation for the Capacity Development Programme on national arrangements on Traditional Knowledge for achieving Target 18 and contributing to Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

29 - 30 November 2017, Online

Progress on Implementation of the Programme of Work for Article 8(j) and related provisions: Request for contributions to the second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/JS/VF/jh/86963 (2017-116)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, TK Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local community organizations, and other relevant organizations

Selected representatives of indigenous peoples and local communities to receive funding from the Voluntary Trust Fund for participation in the Twenty-first meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 21), 11 to 14 December 2017, and Tenth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J 10), 13 to 16 December 2017 in Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/JS/86874 (2017-105)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, TK Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local community organizations, and other relevant organizations

CBD/WG8J/10/INF/4

Compilation of Views on the Integration ff Article 8(j) and Provisions Related to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities In The Work of the Convention And Its Protocols