Traditional Knowledge Bulletin |
- This week in review … UNGA President appoints facilitators for preparatory process towards World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
- Resource: UNESCO World Heritage special issue
- Meeting prep: UNESCO/CBD Diversity Liaison Group meeting
- Resource: Toolkit for community facilitators on biocultural community protocols
- Meeting review: IFLA meeting on indigenous knowledges
- This week in review … Amazon tribe certified to trade carbon credits
- This week in review … Children teaching parents about Aboriginal culture
This week in review … UNGA President appoints facilitators for preparatory process towards World Conference on Indigenous Peoples Posted: 17 Apr 2012 01:19 PM PDT World Conference: Facilitators for preparatory process appointed by the GA UN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK: In a letter sent to all Permanent Missions to the UN, the President of the UN General Assembly announced the appointment of Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba (Mexico) and John Henriksen (Saami Parliament, Norway) as facilitators for consultations with government delegations and representatives of indigenous peoples on the format, organizational issues and possible outcomes of the World Conference of Indigenous Peoples, scheduled to take place in 2014. The decision to appoint an indigenous co-facilitator responds to the demands made by indigenous peoples to ensure their full and effective participation at the World Conference, including its preparation process. John Henriksen was proposed by the Indigenous Global Coordinating Group, established during the Indigenous Peoples' Brainstorming Meeting, held from 12-13 January 2012, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Read the release … Download UNGA President's letter [pdf] … |
Resource: UNESCO World Heritage special issue Posted: 17 Apr 2012 01:16 PM PDT World Heritage and Indigenous People This issue focuses on indigenous peoples, who have an intimate and powerful connection to the lands on which they live and their cultural identity shapes, and is in turn shaped by, their natural environment. The rich cultures and traditional practices of indigenous peoples and the issues they face in today's world relate to many spheres, including economic development, the environment and human rights. This issue focuses among other peoples on the Saami of the Laponian Area (Sweden), and the Nama of Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape (South Africa), who continue their semi-nomadic pastoral livelihoods based on seasonal displacements of their herds. The lead article by Tumu te Heuheu, Paramount Chief of the Ngati Tuwharetoa Māori Tribe (New Zealand), former Chair of the World Heritage Committee, and Richard Tuheiava, member of the Senate of France, representing French Polynesia, dwells on the key issues and challenges relating to indigenous peoples and World Heritage and also provides useful information on policy matters. Further information … View the issue … |
Meeting prep: UNESCO/CBD Diversity Liaison Group meeting Posted: 17 Apr 2012 01:13 PM PDT Joint Programme of Work on Biological and Cultural Diversity: Informal Diversity Liaison Group Meeting The objective of the first meeting of the Diversity Liaison Group is to assess advances made since the launch of the UNESCO/CBD joint programme of work on biological and cultural diversity in October 2010, and to provide advice on possible steps forward, including on priority focus areas for the joint programme and possible deliverables for CBD COP-11, and the conceptual framework for and structure and content of the global knowledge platform on the links between biological and cultural diversity to be launched at CBD COP-11. Visit the meeting's website … Download the CBD notification, including list of invitees [pdf] … |
Resource: Toolkit for community facilitators on biocultural community protocols Posted: 17 Apr 2012 01:11 PM PDT Biocultural Community Protocols: A Toolkit for Community Facilitators This toolkit is intended to support communities to secure their rights and responsibilities and strengthen customary ways of life and stewardship of their territories and areas. It is directed primarily towards facilitators from the communities themselves or from supporting organizations with whom they have long-standing and positive relationships. It consists of four parts: Part I is intended to help community facilitators understand and effectively use the Toolkit. It introduces the Toolkit and what biocultural community protocols are and how they are being used around the world. It provides guidance on using the Toolkit, as well as an overview of key methods and tools to choose and adapt as appropriate in each local context. Part II provides guidance on documenting and developing a biocultural community protocol. It references key methods and tools from Part I and suggests guiding questions for the appropriate documentation of aspects of the community's ways of life, consolidation of a protocol, and development of strategies to put the protocol into practice. Part III provides guidance on using a biocultural community protocol. It suggests a number of ways to engage with external actors, raise awareness with communities and the broader public, engage in key decision-making processes, negotiate with external actors, and prevent and resolve conflict. Part IV provides guidance on reflecting on processes and changes to date, reporting back to the community and to external actors, and revisiting and revising the protocol and associated strategies and plans. The toolkit is intended for use in conjunction with the dedicated website www.community-protocols.org, containing a wide range of supplementary multimedia resources to be added and updated over time. Visit the toolkit webpage … |
Meeting review: IFLA meeting on indigenous knowledges Posted: 17 Apr 2012 01:09 PM PDT Indigenous Knowledges: Local Priorities, Global Contexts Organized by the Presidential Programme of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and held at the First Nations House of Learning on the campus of the University of British Columbia, this meeting discussed several local and global issues related to indigenous and traditional knowledge, its creation, organization and access. Topics addressed included: IFLA's guiding principles on intellectual property and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore; the WIPO negotiations on intellectual property and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore; UNESCO's contribution to preserving traditional and indigenous knowledge; and cultural heritage and the ethics of circulating indigenous knowledge via digital means. Visit the meeting's website … Read the summaries of the discussions or view the webcast … |
This week in review … Amazon tribe certified to trade carbon credits Posted: 17 Apr 2012 01:06 PM PDT Amazon tribe becomes first to get OK to sell REDD credits for rainforest conservation Indigenous Brazilian group certified to trade carbon credits RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL: Four years ago, the Paiter Suruí community living in Brazil's Amazon, established the Suruí Forest Carbon Project, with a view to selling carbon credits under REDD+. In late 2008, their right to trade carbon credits on the global market was legally recognized, and on 9 April 2012 the project was formally certified under both the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standard (CCB), the main standards for accrediting projects that aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. "This study confirms that we have the right to carbon, and is also an important political and legal instrument to recognize the rights of indigenous people for the carbon in their standing forests," said Chief Almir Narayamoga Surui, leader of the Surui tribe. "It helps in our dialog with the government, businesses, and other sectors, strengthening the autonomy of indigenous peoples to manage our territories." The project is part of a broader 50-year plan by the Paiter Surui to sustain their culture and steward their forests while boosting income for the tribe. Read the SciDev.Net article … Read the Mongabay.com article … |
This week in review … Children teaching parents about Aboriginal culture Posted: 17 Apr 2012 01:04 PM PDT Children teaching parents about Aboriginal culture: UBC study BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA: In a unique role reversal, children in literacy programs for indigenous families are learning about Aboriginal culture and language and teaching it to their parents – many of whom are missing this knowledge because of Canada's history of residential schools and child welfare removal policies. This reversal is identified in a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia. "This study suggests that for families from diverse cultural and linguistic communities, there are multiple pathways to learning," says UBC Faculty of Education researcher Jan Hare, who is presenting the research at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting in Vancouver. "Children become knowledge brokers, helping their parents navigate the expectations and norms within their families, schools and communities." Read the release … |
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