COP15 – Working to include Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities’ rights in new biodiversity agreement

 

The Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) begins on 7 December in Montreal. This is a crucial year as the aim of COP15 is to finalise and adopt the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), which will set the global targets for living in harmony with nature and mitigating biodiversity loss . 

FPP will be supporting the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB) at COP15, who will be working to ensure that indigenous peoples and local community rights and contributions to conserving and sustainably using biodiversity are recognised and included in the Post-2020 GBF. IIFB and allies will be hosting side events that highlight the importance of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities rights, as well as participating in panels of events organised by international and national NGOs and governments. They will also be organising press conferences and statements of their lists of demands for the Post-2020 GBF, as well as proposing specific changes to the text. A full list of these events is below.

We will also be launching a selection of indigenous-made films and multimedia content on the Local Biodiversity Outlooks website and in collaboration with IIFB at official events and side events throughout COP15.

 

We’ll be posting live updates and event announcements on our website, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram feeds, and IIFB members are also available for interview.

Events    

All times are Montreal time (EST)                   

Wednesday, 7th December

• Inclusive and Effective Implementation of Draft Target 3: Lessons learnt from past country experiences – Side event 4845

Wednesday, 7th December, 13:15

Location: Salween 514A

This side event brings together several countries supported by the GEF that are starting inclusive and effective protected area and OECM planning processes. During the event, they will share their past experiences and future plans. 

• IIFB Press Conference: There can be no agreement to save nature without inclusion of Indigenous Peoples

Wednesday, 7th December, 14:00

Location: Room 220D and online at www.cbd.int/live 

The International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity set out their key messages and demands for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework at this press conference. 

• Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities and the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework – Side event 4478

Wednesday, 7th December, 18:15

Location: Yellow, 513A. Also available online.

This side event provides the views of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on the current draft of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

• Achieving Target 3: Technical support for implementing the 30x30 target – Side event 4736

Wednesday, 7th December, 18:15

Location: Brahmaputra 511C-F

This event will bring together the most ambitious Parties, organisations and leading scientists in a global partnership to support adoption of Target 3 in the GBF and showcase new, existing and upcoming technical guidance.

• Advances in the management of traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources in Latin America as part of the Nagoya Protocol – Side event 4522

Wednesday, 7th December, 18:15

Location: Salween 514A

The objective of this event is to highlight advances and exchange experiences about the management of traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources in Latin America and the Caribbean. 

Thursday, 8th December 

• The role of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in enhancing Biodiversity and Conservation – CEPA FAIR 128

Thursday, 8th December, 12:00

Location: CEPA FAIR

Join members of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity to watch short films and learn more about how Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities are protecting and sustainably using biodiversity.

• Contribution of Indigenous Women on Indigenous Knowledge to the conservation and customary use of biodiversity in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Thursday, 8th December, 15:00

Location: CEPA FAIR

• Reimagining Funding: Translating pledges into concrete action for indigenous peoples – Side event 4610

Thursday, 8th December, 13:15

Location: Lancang, 516DE

This event will explore the progress to date from Glasgow’s 2021 pledge and link to current discussions and commitments in the context of COP15 around resource mobilisation and direct access mechanisms for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communitys in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

• Identifying, Recognising and Reporting OECMs: Experiences in implementing COP Decision 14/8 - Side event 4656

Thursday, 8th December, 13:15

Yangtze 516C

This event will offer short presentations and discussions of case studies of OECMs with different governance models and stakeholders from Canada, Africa, Latin America and Asia.

• How a human rights-based approach can deliver a truly transformative and just post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework – Side event 4439 

Thursday, 8th December, 18:15

Location: Side event 1 512E

This event will highlight concrete examples of a human rights-based approach to area-based conservation, sustainable use and benefit sharing, and how promising human rights practices from local to national levels can support the implementation, monitoring and reporting of the Post-2020 GBF.

Friday 9th December

• Indigenous governance of traditional territory: Learnings from the Wayfinders Circle for achieving the Post-2020 Framework – Side event 5113

Friday, 9tht December, 13:15

Location: Tomaga, 510C

The Wayfinders Circle members will demonstrate models of territorial governance that the rest of the world can learn from, considering some of the radical changes that are necessary for the diversity of life to continue on our planet.

• Delivering on land tenure for indigenous peoples and local communities: realising the IP and LC Pledge – Side event 4897

Friday, 9th December, 13:15

Location: Nahanni, 230B. Also available online.

Key questions in this discussion will be on how the IP and LC pledge agreement and its implementation mechanisms should be formulated to ensure support and enhancement of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities’ contributions.

• Indicators to monitor contributions of indigenous peoples and local communities in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework – Side event 4959

Friday, 9th December, 18:15

Location: Side-event 1, 512E. Also available online

Indicators will be central to monitoring the implementation of the Post-2020 GBF. This side event will present key headline indicators, the state of data availability and methodologies, and discuss next steps for their operationalisation.

Saturday 10th December

• Working towards the full and effective participation of IPs and LCs in national implementation – Side event 4732

Saturday, 10th December, 13:15

Location: Danube, 510A

This side event will highlight experiences and efforts towards the participation of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Sweden and Sápmi, as well as sharing examples and leading practices from other countries.

• Promoting stakeholder dialogue between IPLCs groups and researchers in the CBD context: analysis of specific case studies – Side event 4730

Saturday, 10th December, 18:15

Location: Yellow, 513A

This event presents concrete examples of joint initiatives in the period 2020-2022 to promote dialogue and understanding of Indigenous Peoples organizations with different stakeholders from research and conservation organizations interested in developing gene drive technologies

Sunday and Monday, 11-12 December 

• Nature and Culture Summit - COP15 Side event

The Nature and Culture Summit 2022 is a major parallel event at COP15, to reflect on the diverse values of nature, articulate the links between biological and cultural diversity, and to share experiences on how to restore and strengthen those links in support of the implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.

Sunday, 11 December, 09:00 - 17:30

Monday, 12 December, 09:15 - 16:00 

Location: Montreal Convention Centre (Palais des Congrès de Montréal) and streamed live on the CBD YouTube channel

Thursday, 15th December

• The role of sustainable management of wild species by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in meeting the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework – Side event 4887

Thursday, 15th December, 13:15

Location: Side event 2 512F

This event aims to highlight lessons learned and best practices from the sustainable use of wild species by IPLCs that can inform effective implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.

More information

The following briefings were prepared by the Human Rights and Biodiversity Working Group to support the integration of human rights into the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Paper 1 – Human Rights in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Paper 2 – How to Integrate Human Rights into the Biodiversity Conservation in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Paper 3 – Implementing a Human Rights-Based Approach to Biodiversity Conservation

Paper 4 – A Rights-based Path for People and Planet – Proposals for Realising Human Rights in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework