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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."

Contributions of biological and cultural diversity, community conservation, customary sustainable use and the power of local action to the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11-12 October 2014- Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/JS/dm/83926 (2014-119)
To: CBD and PoWPA Focal Points, international organizations, Non Governmental Organizations, and Indigenous and Local Communities

Coronavirus: India's indigenous tribes find Covid-19 remedies in forests

A few weeks ago, Mukteshwar Kalo, a member of the Kondh tribe in eastern India, suddenly came down with a fever, cough and aches.Nearly anywhere else, these symptoms would be enough to raise fears of Covid-19, but 58-year-old Kalo, who lives in Surupa village in the state of Odisha, was not worried

Corrigendum - International Expert Meeting on Responses to Climate Change for Indigenous and Local Communities and the impact on their Traditional Knowledge related to Biological Diversity The Arctic Region, Helsinki, Finland, 25-28 March 2008

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/61053 (2007-153)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Indigenous and Local Communities

I am pleased to inform Parties, international agencies, indigenous and local community representatives, and other stakeholders, that thanks to the generous financial support from the Government of Finland, an international expert meeting for the Arctic region on “responses to climate change for ...

Could the Coronavirus Pandemic have been Avoided if the World Listened to Indigenous Leaders?

Mina Setra remembers the story clearly. As a Dayak Pompakng indigenous person from Indonesia, when visitors from the city who came into her community; brought bottled water with them because they were worried about the water not being suitable for drinking.

Covid-19: Why is it so important to protect indigenous territories?

The colonization of America was one of the most significant chapters in the recent history of human civilization. Although the wars of conquest and the process of exploitation of indigenous populations are well known, little is said about the impact that the epidemiological factor had on it, and ...

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 ...

Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Forest Management: The role of traditional knowledge

8 - 10 June 2006, Florence, Italy

Data tool helps indigenous people navigate their rights

The average distance from home to school is five kilometres for indigenous children in Kenya. Often this journey is constrained by other factors: no roads and wild elephants or lions hanging around along the path.

Dates of the Intersessional Meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity for the biennium 2019-2020

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/DC/87949 (2019-026)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Traditional Knowledge Focal Points, and relevant organizations and stakeholders

Decision VIII/5 B II on Article 8(j) and related provisions: Elements of a Plan of Action for the retention of traditional knowledge, innovations and practices embodying traditional lifestyles relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/55172 (2006-077)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Parties and Governments are invited to provide views and suggestions regarding the further development of the Plan of Action for the retention of traditional knowledge, as indicated above, as soon as practicable but no later than 31st May 2007.

Decision VIII/5 B on Article 8(j) and related provisions: Composite report on status and trends regarding the knowledge, innovations and practices relevant to the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/55099 (2006-076)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Parties and Governments are invited to provide inputs on the research to be developed on developing technical guidelines for recording and documenting traditional knowledge, on highly vulnerable indigenous and local communities and on unprotected and voluntary isolated communities, as per paragr ...

Decision VIII/5 E on Article 8(j) and related provisions: Development of elements of sui generis systems for the protection of the knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/55098 (2006-073)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Parties and Governments, indigenous and local communities, and non-governmental organizations are requested to communicate to the Executive Secretary information on existing sui generis systems and their views on the definitions contained in document UNEP/CBD/WG8J/4/7 annex II, no later than 30t ...

Decision VIII/5 F on Article 8(j) and related provisions: Elements of an ethical code of conduct to ensure respect for the cultural and intellectual heritage of indigenous and local communities

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/55100 (2006-074)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Parties and governments are invited to provide their views and comments to the Executive Secretary on the draft elements of an ethical code of conduct, as soon as practicable but no later than 30 May 2007.

Decision VIII/5 on Article 8 (j) and related provisions: Advisory Selection Committee of the Voluntary Trust Fund – List of selected members

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/dm/76945 (2011-130)
To: CBD Focal Points, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant stakeholders

In decision VIII/5 D, on Mechanisms to promote the effective participation of indigenous and local communities in matters related to the objectives of Article 8(j) and related provisions, the Conference of the Parties adopted the criteria for the operation of the Voluntary Funding Mechanism for ...

Decision VIII/5D on Article 8(j) and related provisions: Advisory Selection Committee of the Voluntary Trust Fund - List of selected members.

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/58785 (2007-075)
To: Indigenous and Local Communities

As you may know, in Section D-I of Decision VIII/5, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the criteria for the operation of the Voluntary Funding Mechanism to facilitate the participation of indigenous and local communities in the work of the Convention. ...

Decision VIII/5D on Article 8(j) and related provisions: Mechanisms to promote the effective participation of indigenous and local communities in matters related to the objectives of Article 8(j) and related provisions/ Voluntary Trust Fund

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/55096 (2006-071)
To: CBD National Focal Points

In view of decision VIII/5 D, I would like to invite Parties and governments to make contributions to the Voluntary Trust Fund to facilitate the Participation of Indigenous and Local Communities in the work of the Convention. Please note that in supporting participants from indigenous and local ...

Decision VIII/5D on Article 8(j) and related provisions: Request for Nominations for the Advisory Selection Committee of the Voluntary Trust Fund

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/55097 (2006-072)
To: Indigenous and Local community representatives

I invite indigenous and local communities to nominate representatives for the Advisory Selection Committee, as soon as possible but no later than 30 September 2006. In order to facilitate the selection process, nominations should be accompanied by a recent Curriculum Vitae, and official letter f ...

Decision VIII/5D on Article 8(j) and related provisions: Request for Nominations for the Advisory Selection Committee of the Voluntary Trust Fund

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/DM/75216 (2011-049)
To: CBD Focal Points, International organizations, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant stakeholders

In decision VIII/5 D, on Mechanisms to promote the effective participation of indigenous and local communities in matters related to the objectives of Article 8(j) and related provisions, the Conference of the Parties adopted the criteria for the operation of the Voluntary Funding Mechanism for ...

Decision VIII/5G on Article 8(j) and related provisions: Indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 biodiversity target: status of traditional knowledge, innovations and practices.

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/55101 (2006-075)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Parties and governments are invited to provide information on activities pertaining to the development and application of indicators, as indicated above, as soon as practicable but no later than 30 October 2006.

Decline in languages leads to decline in Indigenous biological knowledge

Around the world, more than 7,000 languages are spoken, most of them by small populations of speakers in the tropics. Papua New Guinea (PNG), where nine million people speak 850 languages, is the most linguistically diverse place on Earth.

Decolonizing Conservation: Native Communities Know How to Protect Nature

This piece originally appeared in Nexus Media. It is republished here with permission. Jessica Hernandez found her way to conservation science and environmental justice through her grandmother—and her knowledge about the natural world, accumulated over generations.

Defending the defenders: tropical forests in the front line

“Climate change is hitting hardest those who have done least to cause it, especially the world’s indigenous peoples from the Arctic to the tropics,” said renowned actor and activist Alec Baldwin speaking at the 18th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York o ...

Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)’ on Indigenous and Local Communities, Baguio City, Philippines, 12-14 November 2008

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/64819 (2008-121)
To: Indigenous and Local Communities

Thanks to the generous financial support from the Packard Foundation, and in collaboration with the United Nations Traditional Knowledge Institute (UNU-TK), and Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education), an international expert meeting on Potential Imp ...

Deforestation threat to Amazon indigenous areas if protected status changed - report

Areas of Amazon rainforest with a combined area the size of England could be threatened by new mining and deforestation, a new report claims.

Delegates to the eleventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (11WG8J) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) agreed on a set of recommendations for consideration by the Subsidiary Body on Review of Implementation…

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.

Deprived of their forests, Uganda’s Batwa adapt their sustainable practices

It’s been three decades since the Ugandan government evicted the Batwa people, an Indigenous group commonly known as Pygmies, from their forest lands. The reason for their displacement was to create national parks aimed at protecting biodiversity and promoting tourism.

Dialogue Workshop on Assessment of Collective Action of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Biodiversity Conservation and Resource Mobilization

11 - 13 June 2015, Panajachel, Guatemala

Different indigenous and new approaches in Natural Resource Management in the bio-culturally diverse state of Arunachal Pradesh

The State of Arunachal Pradesh belongs to North Eastern part of India and the Himalayan region. Its biodiversity of plants and animals is acknowledged for its great richness, Arunachal Pradesh being one of the world's 35 biodiversity hotspots. The State particular interest also lies in its popul ...

Disappearance of animal species takes mental, cultural and material toll on humans

For thousands of years, indigenous hunting societies have subsisted on specific animals for their survival. How have these hunter-gatherers been affected when these animals migrate or go extinct?

Displaced from the hills: Livelihoods of tribal communities in Eastern Ghats under threat

India’s forest-dwelling communities have since antiquity utilised various biodiversity elements in forests to augment their livelihoods and fortify their nutritional security. Nowhere is this better exemplified than in the hilly region of the Eastern Ghats, spread along India’s east coast in Odi ...

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Assessment of the effectiveness of existing subnational, national and international instruments, particularly intellectual property rights instruments, that may have implications on the protection of the knowledge, innovations and practices of I/LC

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Development of Elements of Sui Generis Systems for the Protection of Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices to Identify Priority Elements

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Summary Report of the Global Indigenous Peoples’ Consultation on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) (Baguio City, Philippines, 12-14 November 2008)

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CBD Technical Series No. 10:Interlinkages between Biodiversity and Climate Change

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CBD Technical Series No. 25: Guidance for Promoting Synergy Among Activities Addressing Biological Diversity, Desertification, Land Degradation and Climate Change

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Fourth Edition of the Global Environment Outlook: Summary for Decision Makers

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Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues: collated paper on indigenous peoples and climate change (E/C.19/2008/CRP.2)

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Report onIindigenous and Local Communities Highly Vulnerable to Climate Change, Inter Alia, of the Arctic, Small Island States and High Altitudes, with a Focus on Causes and Solutions (UNEP/CBD/WG8J/5/INF/18)

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Provisional Agenda

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Annotations to the Provisional Agenda

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Summary Report

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“Forests, Climate Change, and Human Rights: Managing Risk and Trade-offs“, CIFOR (Center for International Forestry Research)

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“Local Rights and Tenure for Forests: Opportunity or Threat for Conservation?“, IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) and RRI (Rights and Resources Initiative)

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UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation & Forest Degradation in Developing Countries, UN-REDD Programme Framework Document

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Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD): A Guide for Indigenous Peoples, UNU-IAS (United Nations University, Institute of Advanced Studies).

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Background paper for the implementation of Target 13: The decline of plant resources, and associated indigenous and local knowledge, innovations and practices that support sustainable livelihoods, local food security and health care, halted

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