A statement made to the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) on behalf of a group of organisations working on a collaborative initiative - the Indigenous Navigator.
Source: Tebtebba
NORTH SUMATRA, Indonesia, (Tebtebba Indigenous Information Service) – Manuhap Pandiangan easily climbed a 10-inch-diameter straight tree through two small pieces of two-foot long hard wood tightly fastened around the tree with a nylon rope. Then he uttered some prayers, and—around the tree up to about over 20 feet (5.88 meters) high—pierced the tree’s bark with a sharp knife, leaving several wounds on the tree’s bark.
FPP and Natural Justice organised a joint submission to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in response to a request for contributions from Parties and stakeholders about the CBD’s programme of work that deals with traditional knowledge about biodiversity (Article 8j).
En abril de 2013 el FPP y Natural Justice organizaron una propuesta conjunta ante la Secretaría del Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica (CDB) en respuesta a una solicitud de contribuciones de las Partes y los interesados directos sobre el programa de trabajo del CDB relacionado con los conocimientos tradicionales de la diversidad biológica (artículo 8j]).
En avril 2013, le FPP et Natural Justice ont rédigé un mémoire conjoint à l’intention du Secrétariat de la Convention sur la diversité biologique (CDB), en réponse à une demande de contributions des Parties et des parties prenantes au sujet du programme de travail de la CDB portant sur les connaissances traditionnelles et la biodiversité (article 8j).
Pada April 2013 FPP dan Natural Justice membuat sebuah usulan bersama kepada Sekretariat Konvensi Keanekaragaman Hayati (CBD) dalam menanggapi sebuah permintaan untuk berperan serta dari para Pihak dan stakeholder tentang program kerja CBD yang berhubungan dengan pengetahuan tradisional tentang keanekaragaman hayati (Pasal 8j).
"Since almost a decade back, the Resilience and Development Programme (SwedBio) and partners such as Forest Peoples Programme, Tebtebba Foundation and the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB) have been working for strengthening governance in indigenous territories based on customary sustainable use. The work by SwedBio and partners was initiated by supporting good cases, including presenting them and describing the key factors for success behind. These pilot cases, covering a broad range of social ecological systems, have successively formed a base for building better international policies that adopt customary sustainable use (CSU) as a means for strengthened resilience of biological diversity and contribution to human wellbeing among indigenous peoples and local communities."
Indigenous peoples reiterate their key messages for Rio+20 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, as they relate to the Zero Draft. Click here to read the full statement on the Tebtebba website.
