Securing Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Protecting Biodiversity at COP15
From December 7-19, 2022, in Montreal, Canada, the 15th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15) is bringing together the countries who are parties to the Convention and various observer stakeholders, including Indigenous Peoples. A major goal of COP15 is to develop and approve the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), also known as the “Paris Agreement for Nature.” This Framework will provide a strategic vision and commit States to the Convention’s Goals, Targets, and Pathways for the conservation, protection, restoration, and transformation in relationship with biodiversity by 2030 in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals and ensure that, “by 2050, the shared vision of living in harmony with nature is fulfilled.” Biological diversity is fundamental to the life, health, and well-being of the planet and Peoples, but unfortunately right now around one million animal and plant species are at imminent risk of extinction because of human activity, climate change, the fossil fuel industry, industrial agriculture, and large-scale commercial fishing.
At the Opening of the 5th Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework, parties reviewed the proposed organization of work and agreed to use the Outcomes of the Work of the Informal Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework coming out of the meetings held in June, in Nairobi, Kenya, as the basis of work. Indigenous leaders representing the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity have been actively participating in the discussions of the text that will be sent to the COP15 for its approval, to ensure that Indigenous Peoples' rights are upheld and that adequate language is included in the text that protects and promotes the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Biodiversity fulfills basic needs, including food, traditional medicine, livelihoods, and activities, and it is fundamental to the cosmovisions for the most impoverished people, including the world's Indigenous Peoples from all seven socio-cultural regions. That is why humanity needs to rethink its relationship with nature and recognize the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment in accordance with resolution 48/13 adopted by the Human Rights Council on October 8, 2022.
In this podcast, we speak to Jennifer Tauli-Corpuz (Kankana-ey Igorot), Global Policy and Advocacy Lead for Nia Tero, who tells us about the Post 2020 Framework, Resource Mobilization, and The Working Group on Article 8j.
Indigenous Peoples on the Ground Are Doing Much for Biodiversity
In this podcast, we hear from Joji Carino (Ibaloi), who tells us about the great work that Indigenous Peoples are doing on the ground and she also elaborates on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Joji Carino is Senior Policy Adviser at Forest Peoples Programme.
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