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Meeting review: TK at the Rio+20 outcome document Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:51 AM PDT The Future We Want In the outcome document of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or Rio+20), entitled "The Future We Want", participating heads of State and Government and high-level representatives agree to, among other issues: stress the importance of the participation of indigenous peoples in the achievement of sustainable development, and recognize the importance of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the context of global, regional, national and subnational implementation of sustainable development strategies; in the context of green economy policies, enhance the welfare of indigenous peoples and their communities, other local and traditional communities and ethnic minorities, recognizing and supporting their identity, culture and interests and avoid endangering their cultural heritage, practices and traditional knowledge, preserving and respecting non-market approaches that contribute to the eradication of poverty; in the context of food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture, recognize the importance of traditional sustainable agricultural practices, including traditional seed supply systems, including for many indigenous peoples and local communities; and in the context of biodiversity, recognize that traditional knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous peoples and local communities make an important contribution to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, and their wider application can support social well-being and sustainable livelihoods. The outcome document was negotiated in a series of formal and informal sessions. However, several issues remained controversial, and Rio+20 delegates eventually accepted a compromise, albeit weakened, text proposed by the Brazilian hosts. Download the outcome document [pdf] … |
Meeting review: Indigenous peoples' outcomes at Rio+20 Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:48 AM PDT Indigenous Peoples International Conference on Self Determination and Sustainable Development The Indigenous Peoples' International Declaration on Self-Determination and Sustainable Development highlights culture as a fundamental dimension of sustainable development; full exercise of indigenous peoples' human and collective rights; and strengthening diverse local economies and territorial management. Participants commit to define and implement their own priorities for economic, social and cultural development and environmental protection, based on traditional cultures, knowledge and practices and the implementation of the inherent right to self-determination; revitalize, strengthen and restore institutions and methods for the transmission of traditional knowledge and practices, focusing on transmission by women and men elders to the next generations; restore knowledge and trade exchanges, including seed exchanges, among their communities and peoples reinforcing the genetic integrity of biodiversity; and stand in solidarity with each other's struggles to oppose projects that threaten their lands, forests, waters, cultural practices, food sovereignty, traditional livelihoods, ecosystems, rights and ways of life. With regard to UN processes, they insist on full and effective participation in all discussions and standard-setting activities regarding sustainable development, biodiversity, environment and climate change, and for the implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in all processes. Read the Declaration … Indigenous Peoples Global Conference on Rio+20 and Mother Earth The Kari-Oca 2 Indigenous Conference at Rio+20 has also issued a declaration. Read the TK Bulletin post on the Kari-Oca 2 Declaration … See list of indigenous peoples' events at Rio+20 … |
Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:43 AM PDT Second Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing to the Convention on Biological Diversity The second meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol (ICNP) on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will be held from 2-6 July 2012, in New Delhi, India. It will be preceded by a capacity-building workshop on ABS, co-organized by the Secretariats of the CBD and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGR), held from 30 June-1 July 2012. The meeting will continue consideration of items discussed at ICNP 1, held from 5-10 June 2011, including: modalities of operation of the ABS clearing-house; measures to assist in capacity building, capacity development and strengthening of human and institutional capacities in developing countries; measures to raise awareness of the importance of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge; and cooperative procedures and institutional mechanisms to promote compliance with the Protocol and address cases of non-compliance. In addition, it will consider the need for and modalities of a global multilateral benefit-sharing mechanism; elaborate guidance for the financial mechanism and for resource mobilization for the Protocol's implementation, and will develop a budget for the biennium following the Protocol's entry into force; and prepare for the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol by considering its rules of procedure and a draft provisional agenda. Visit the meeting's webpage … Follow the meeting's coverage by IISD Reporting Services … |
Resource: Publication on community protocols and PIC Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:41 AM PDT Biodiversity and culture: Exploring community protocols, rights and consent This special issue of Participatory Learning and Action explores two important participatory tools that indigenous peoples and local communities can use to help defend their customary rights to biocultural heritage: i) community protocols – or charters of rules and responsibilities – in which communities set out their customary rights to natural resources and land, as recognised in customary, national and international laws; and ii) free, prior informed consent (FPIC) processes, in which communities decide whether or not to allow projects affecting their land or resources to go ahead, and on what terms. The issue reviews 14 cases of communities in Asia, Latin America and Africa in developing and using these tools in a range of contexts, including: developing mechanisms for access and benefit-sharing (ABS) for genetic resources and traditional knowledge; confronting threats from mining and protected areas; and improving forestry partnerships. It also looks at government experiences of establishing institutional processes for FPIC and benefit-sharing. It identifies practical lessons and guidance based on these experiences and aims to strengthen the capacity of a range of actors to support these rights-based tools effectively in practice. The special issue aims to provide guidance for those implementing the Nagoya Protocol on ABS, and other natural resource and development practitioners, and to raise awareness of the importance of community-designed and controlled participatory processes. Download the publication [pdf] … |
Resource: Workshop report on using community protocols to implement MEAs and UNDRIP Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:38 AM PDT Using Biocultural Community Protocols to Implement MEAs and UNDRIP at the Local Level for Sustainable Development This workshop report from the ISE (International Society of Ethnobiology) Global Coalition for Biocultural Diversity Congress (24th May 2012, Montpellier, France) focuses in particular to the CBD and its Nagoya Protocol on ABS. This informal dialogue on community protocols brought together representatives from the CBD Secretariat, the African Group, indigenous organisations, NGOs, researchers and donors. It explored the role of community protocols in implementing Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), indigenous peoples' rights, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), and sustainable development. On the basis that the Nagoya Protocol, in Article 12, requires countries to "endeavour to support" the development of community protocols for ABS by indigenous and local communities, the workshop sought to improve understanding and dialogue amongst the different actors, to identify ways to strengthen support for community protocols as a way to revitalise the implementation of MEAs at local level, and share practical lessons for their development and use. Download the report [pdf] … |
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