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Posted: 30 Jan 2013 04:25 AM PST WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore, 23rd session Following renewal of its mandate by the General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the 23rd session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) will continue negotiations on an international instrument/instruments, focusing on genetic resources. The indigenous panel will be held in the morning of 4 February 2013 and will focus on the perspectives of indigenous peoples and local communities on intellectual property and genetic resources, with UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples James Anaya as the keynote speaker. Visit the meeting's website … Further information on the indigenous panel … |
Meeting prep: IFAD First Indigenous Peoples Forum Posted: 30 Jan 2013 04:23 AM PST First Indigenous Peoples' Forum at IFAD Taking place in conjunction with the 36th session of the Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the first meeting of the Indigenous Peoples' Forum at IFAD marks the beginning of a new chapter in the IFAD's engagement with indigenous peoples. To prepare for the Forum's inaugural meeting, three regional workshops with indigenous peoples' organizations took place during the final months of 2012, in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean. In all workshops, participants emphasized the importance of ensuring respect for their distinctive identities and called for effective participation in all development initiatives on their land. They maintained that indigenous peoples' involvement in the design and implementation of IFAD-supported programmes and projects would make them more successful and sustainable in the long term. In effect, they said, self-determination in the realm of rural and agricultural development goes hand in hand with the preservation of indigenous culture and identity. Another issue addressed in all of the regions was the need to build greater capacity in IFAD, its partners and indigenous peoples' organizations, in order to scale up programmes and projects in indigenous peoples' communities. Participants in the three workshops completed their consultations by electing the regional delegates to the first global meeting of the Indigenous Peoples' Forum at IFAD. Further information … |
Resource: Tenure technical guide on governing land for women and men Posted: 30 Jan 2013 04:22 AM PST Governing land for women and men: A technical guide to support the achievement of responsible gender-equitable governance of land tenure This technical guide provides detailed material to support implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests, by providing guidance in relation to the Guidelines' principle of gender equality in tenure governance. The guide focuses on equity and on how land tenure can be governed in ways that address the different needs and priorities of women and men. It particularly focuses on the mainstreaming of gender issues to achieve more gender-equitable participation in the processes and institutions that underlie all decision-making about land. Among other issues, it includes information on gender and indigenous land rights; multiple tenure arrangements and legal pluralism; and evolution of customary law and land tenure practices. Download the guide [pdf] … |
Resource: Volume on indigenous peoples and UN human rights bodies Posted: 30 Jan 2013 04:20 AM PST Indigenous Peoples and United Nations Human Rights Bodies – A Compilation of UN Treaty Body Jurisprudence and the Recommendations of the Human Rights Council This document contains Volume V of the series of compilations of United Nations human rights bodies' jurisprudence pertaining to indigenous peoples, and covers the years 2011 and 2012. It includes all of the UN treaty bodies and the recommendations of the Human Rights Council and its Special Procedures, and the Advice of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. As an example of new practice highlighted in the publication, the Committee on the Rights of the Child repeatedly called on states to "establish and implement regulations to ensure that the business sector" complies with human rights, often with an explicit reference to the rights of the indigenous child, as well as referring to the UN Framework on business and human rights, adopted by the Human Rights Council in 2011. Download the volume [pdf] … |
Resource: Article on the production of an indigenous knowledge web GIS Posted: 30 Jan 2013 04:18 AM PST Producing an Indigenous Knowledge Web GIS for Arctic Alaska Communities: Challenges, Successes, and Lessons Learned A traditional knowledge "Iñupiaq Web GIS", based on a five-year study and containing observations and environmental knowledge of Iñupiat communities indigenous to Arctic Alaska, was incorporated into a Web-based platform. The website, "Arctic Cultural Cartography," was created to be an open portal through which the password-protected "Iñupiaq Web GIS" could be accessed. This article discusses the process of developing the web GIS including the incorporation of user-friendly features such as links to interactive maps, video clips of interviews, discussion boards, and the integration of popular web interfaces such as Facebook. The authors also discuss short- and long-term goals for the further development of the GIS, its potential as a sustainable, participatory online database for sharing pertinent ecological knowledge, and challenges in achieving optimal community involvement given constraints imposed by remote locations with limited bandwidth. Read the abstract … Visit the website "Arctic Cultural Cartography" … |
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