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Land is Life at COP16

The second most biodiverse country on the planet will host COP16 on biodiversity from October 21 to November 1, 2024. Delegations from 196 countries will gather in Cali, Colombia,  to report on how they have translated the goals of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, established at COP15, into national actions.

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Indigenous Peoples Rights

10 Reasons why indigenous peoples should not be conflated with the term local communities

How did it start? The term “Indigenous Peoples and local communities” first emerged in international policy during the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. This terminology was included in the Convention on Biological Diversity, Agenda 21, and the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. By the mid-2000s, this

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The pledge we need

Recommendations for Pledge 2.0 of the Forest Tenure Funders Group To: Forest Tenure Funders Group The historic commitment that the Forest Tenure Funders Group made at COP26 – to invest $1.7 billion to advance forest tenure rights in tropical forest countries between 2021-2025 – has benefitted Indigenous Peoples in tropical

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Free, Prior and Informed Consent

INDIGENOUS TERRITORY AND ISOLATED COMMUNITIES UNDER THREAT IN PARAGUAY

‘Voluntary trust’ legislation discussed in Senate. While the Ayoreo Indigenous People have title to half their traditional territory, draft legislation introduced by a group of government senators would establish a Fideicomiso Voluntario or  ‘voluntary trust’ for the rest of their traditional territory. The Ayoreo-Totobiegosode were never consulted about the Trust,

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Indigenous Peoples Rights

TIERRAS AYOREO-TOTOBIEGOSODES Y COMUNIDADES AISLADAS AMENAZADAS POR PROPUESTA DE LEY EN PARAGUAY

En febrero de 2016, la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) emitió medidas cautelares que exigían al gobierno de Paraguay poner fin a la deforestación del territorio ancestral de los Ayoreo-Totobiegosode, ubicado en la zona del Gran Chaco del país. Las medidas también exigían que los Pueblos Indígenas aislados fueran

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