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This audio was recorded live at the launch of the Indigenous World 2023 entitled, "Indigenous Peoples, their rights and conservation: Ensuring territorial health", at the UNPFII in New York on April 17th, 2023.

Apart from speaking on the importance of The Indigenous World as a key document in reporting on the situation of Indigenous Peoples every year, the panellists also highlighted the various human rights issues Indigenous Peoples worldwide are facing, and have faced for decades, when it comes to conservation.

Panelists:
-- Martin Bille Hermann, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nations
-- Dario Jose Mejia Montalvo, Chair of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
-- José Francisco Calí Tzay, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
-- Rukka Sambolinggi, Secretary General, AMAN (The -- Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance of the Archipelago)
-- Edward Porokwa, Executive Director, PINGOs Forum
-- Joji Cariño, Senior Policy Advisor, Forest Peoples Programme
-- Lola García-Alix, IWGIA Senior Advisor on Global Governance

-- Kathrin Wessendorf, IWGIA Executive Director

The Indigenous World is the unique result of a collaborative effort between Indigenous and non-indigenous activists and scholars who voluntarily document and report on the situation of Indigenous Peoples’ rights. This yearly overview serves to document and report on the developments Indigenous Peoples have experienced throughout 2022.

Currently, 15% of the world’s surface is made of protected areas and that number is expected to double by 2030. While there is work being done to adopt conservation measures that respect the human rights of Indigenous Peoples, considerable implementation gaps remain, and conservation measures have caused and continue to cause human rights violations of Indigenous Peoples worldwide. Indigenous Peoples’ lands and territories constitute at least 28% of the global land surface including unique ecosystems and vital biodiversity. Over the years, Indigenous Peoples have consistently emphasised that conservation should be regarded as their responsibility as their land management practices have repeatedly been found to be some of the best strategies for biodiversity conservation. 

Over the years, Indigenous Peoples have consistently emphasised that conservation should be regarded as their responsibility as their land management practices have repeatedly been found to be some of the best strategies for biodiversity conservation. Thus, the environment can best be protected by recognising Indigenous Peoples' rights to territory, self-determination, legal representation and cultural freedom. However, one main tenet of conservationists is that preservation, alongside close regulations and restrictions, can best be achieved when people are removed from the protected areas, meaning that Indigenous Peoples are often forcibly evicted. This becomes increasingly dangerous for Indigenous Peoples as more countries move to conserve the remaining planet’s biodiversity by creating more protected areas, disregarding their rights to land, territories and resources and often without their free, prior and informed consent.

Though we have chosen to focus on conservation and Indigenous Peoples’ rights this year, we encourage the analysis of their situation in every edition because reporting on their lives and the implementation of their rights is imperative, essential and crucial to fully reporting on the world of Indigenous Peoples and society as a whole.

The 56 regional and country reports and 17 reports on international processes and initiatives covered in this edition underscore these trends. IWGIA publishes this volume with the intent that it is used as a documentation tool and as an inspiration to promote, protect and defend the rights of Indigenous Peoples, their struggles, worldview and resilience.

>> Click here to download The Indigenous World 2023

Unge i Danmark er optagede af klimaet gymnasieelever fra hele landet har valgt at støtte projektet: Kæmp med skovens beskyttere. I den forbindelse er det frivillige sekretariat bestående af ti unge rejst med IWGIA til Thailand for at lære mere om projektet for at kunne formidle problemstillinger og -løsninger til gymnasierne til årets kampagne forud for Dagsværkdagen.

Lyt med, når vi bliver sat til at rydde et brandbælte og hør om den diskrimination, der er af oprindelige folk i Thailand.



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Grænseløs klimakamp er en podcast af Operation Dagsværk i forbindelse med årets projekt: Thailand/Malaysia 2022. Igennem tre afsnit dykker vi ned i de forskellige problemstillinger, unge oprindelige folk står overfor.
I denne podcast skal du høre mere om klimaaktivisme, og om hvordan unge aktivister fra de oprindelige folk i Thailand og Malaysia kæmper mod skovrydning. Du skal også høre om de udfordringer, de oplever, når de laver klimaaktivisme. I deres kamp mod skovrydning kæmper de nemlig ikke kun for klimaet, men også for deres folks overlevelse.

Tak til MC Dommedag og Klimahystaden for lån af deres sang :)

www.od.dk // https://www.iwgia.org/en/about-us/projects/kaemp-med-skovens-beskyttere

Grænseløs klimakamp er en podcast af Operation Dagsværk i forbindelse med årets projekt: Thailand/Malaysia 2022. Igennem tre afsnit dykker vi ned i de forskellige problemstillinger, unge oprindelige folk står overfor.

I dette afsnit dykker vi ned i hvilke udfordringer oprindelige folk i Thailand og Malaysia oplever, når de kæmper for at beskytte skoven. De kæmper både mod skovrydning fordi det er deres hjem, men også for at beskytte vores allesammens klima.



www.od.dk // https://www.iwgia.org/en/about-us/projects/kaemp-med-skovens-beskyttere 

Grænseløs klimakamp er en podcast af Operation Dagsværk i forbindelse med årets projekt: Thailand/Malaysia 2022. Igennem tre afsnit dykker vi ned i de forskellige problemstillinger, unge oprindelige folk står overfor.
I dette afsnit skal du høre om Thailands oprindelige folks bæredygtige levemåde, kultur og identitet.



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This episode takes us back to the COP 26 conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Glasgow, Scotland. The episode is a recording of a side event on 9 November 2021 titled “A battle for peoples and planet - Indigenous Peoples’ rights in climate action under threat”.

With a panel of five Indigenous climate activists (Tunga Bhadra Rai, Melania Canales Poma, Gideon Sanago, a representative from AIPP, and Graeme Read), the event takes its point of departure in Paragraph 11 of the preamble of the Paris Agreement in which States commit to respect, promote and consider the rights of Indigenous Peoples in climate action. Topics covered include the role of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC), loss and damage, Article 6, the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform, the Global Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use and the Gender Action Plan. Further, the event looks towards COP 27 in Africa in November 2022.

The event was organised by the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) and the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP). Learn more at: www.iwgia.org