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- This week in review … PFII Secretariat calls for nominations for Permanent Forum members
- Funding opportunity: Indigenous Peoples' representatives to CBD COP 11
- This week in review … WIPO publishes revised draft articles on traditional cultural expressions
- This week in review … IACHR ruling on Sarayaku v. Ecuador recognizes right to consultation, cultural identity
- This week in review … Reviving age-old water harvesting techniques and TK to respond to India's water shortages
This week in review … PFII Secretariat calls for nominations for Permanent Forum members Posted: 01 Aug 2012 03:33 AM PDT Request for Nominations for Indigenous Permanent Forum Members NEW YORK, USA: The current membership of the Permanent Forum is due to expire at the end of 2013. Nominations are requested for Permanent Forum members from the seven socio-cultural regions (Africa; Asia; Central and South America and the Caribbean; the Arctic; Eastern Europe, Russian Federation, Central Asia and Transcaucasia; North America; and the Pacific) for a three-year period from January 2014 until December 2016. Only nominations from indigenous peoples' organizations are accepted; individuals cannot nominate themselves. It is highly advisable that nominations are only submitted once a thorough consultation process has taken place throughout the region. All correspondence should be sent to the Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Room DC2-1454, New York, NY 10017, USA or by email to: indigenous_un(at)un.org. The deadline for submission of nominations is 1 February 2013. Read the SPFII release … Download the letter including further information [pdf] … |
Funding opportunity: Indigenous Peoples' representatives to CBD COP 11 Posted: 01 Aug 2012 03:31 AM PDT Participation of indigenous peoples to CBD COP 11 The CBD Alliance, a network of activists, NGOs, and local community and Indigenous Peoples' representatives advocating for improved and informed participation in Convention on Biological Diversity processes, has one or two funded spaces (airfare, visa costs, per diem, hotel) available to support participation of Indigenous Peoples to the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 11), to be held from 8 – 19 October 2012, in Hyderabad, India. The deadline for applications is strictly 10 August 2012. Female candidate are encouraged to apply. Applicants should be familiar with the issues that will be addressed in the meeting. To apply, please send the following information, attached with a recent CV to just.tasneem(at)gmail.com: 1. Contact and Affiliation Details: name, organizational affiliation, address, email 2. Information about yourself: explain briefly why you want to participate in this meeting, and what you hope to gain from participating, as well as your experience with the issue. What issues do you hope to bring forward? 3. Approximate flight costs to Hyderabad, India. Each funded participant is required to write a brief, but analytical report from the meeting outlining what happened, what was achieved, and about their participation. Contribution of an article to the production of the ECO – the civil society newsletter is strongly encouraged. It is also expected that each selected participant will actively and fully participate in the proceedings, and in the activities of the CBD Alliance. For further information please contact the CBD Alliance coordinator Tasneem Balasinorwala, just.tasneem(at)gmail.com, tel: +4916095181379. Visit the CBD Alliance webpage … Visit the CBD COP 11 webpage … |
This week in review … WIPO publishes revised draft articles on traditional cultural expressions Posted: 01 Aug 2012 03:27 AM PDT The Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions: Draft Articles GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: The document containing the draft articles on the protection of traditional cultural expressions representing the outcome of negotiations at the 22nd session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which took place in July 2012, is currently available in English on the WIPO website. The document in other languages will be posted once they become available. Download the draft articles on the protection of traditional cultural expressions [pdf] … |
This week in review … IACHR ruling on Sarayaku v. Ecuador recognizes right to consultation, cultural identity Posted: 01 Aug 2012 03:24 AM PDT Ecuador: Inter-American Court ruling marks key victory for Indigenous Peoples LONDON, UK: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) ruling in Sarayaku v. Ecuador, made public on 25 July 2012, ends a decade-long legal battle by the Sarayaku Indigenous People – backed by their lawyers Mario Melo and the Centre for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) – after a foreign oil company was allowed to encroach on their traditional lands in the early 2000s without consultation with the Sarayaku. The IACHR found that the Ecuadorian state violated the community's right to be consulted, as well as their community property rights and their cultural identity. It also found Ecuador responsible for putting the life and physical integrity of the Sarayaku at grave risk, after the oil company placed more than 1,400 kg of high-grade explosives on their territory. Read the release … Read the full text of the ruling [in Spanish] … |
This week in review … Reviving age-old water harvesting techniques and TK to respond to India's water shortages Posted: 01 Aug 2012 03:22 AM PDT Q&A: India must revive age-old water harvesting methods – expert NEW DELHI, INDIA: Anupam Mishra is an Indian water expert widely acknowledged for promoting water conservation and management through ancient rainwater harvesting systems. In this interview, he talks about the establishment of intelligent water systems that respect nature's laws, noting the techniques they promote have evolved over hundreds of years and are carefully tailored to local conditions. Read the interview … |
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