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Addressee: Valmaine Toki

Paragraph Number: 44
Session: 14 (2015)
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The Permanent Forum appoints Valmaine Toki to conduct a study on the relationship between indigenous peoples and the Pacific Ocean, taking into account issues of governance, the effects of climate change, deep sea mining, resources and sustainable development.

Area of Work: Environment

Addressee: ILO

Paragraph Number: 122
Session: 6 (2007)
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The Permanent Forum calls on ILO to provide more information in the future on the status and trends in the practice of traditional occupations.

Area of Work: Data Collection and Indicators

Addressee: ECOSOC

Paragraph Number: 122
Session: 2 (2003)
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The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues takes account of the diversity of national experience with surveys, censuses and other data and information-collection systems as applied to indigenous peoples, and in view of the urgent need for disaggregated data on indigenous peoples within all of the mandated areas for developing and streamlining the policies and guidelines of the work of United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, and also in view of the complexities of producing coherent data, reiterates the recommendation made at its first session to organize a workshop on the subject, and recommends that the Economic and Social Council adopt draft decision 1 contained in chapter I, section A, of the present report.

Area of Work: Data Collection and Indicators

Addressee: Member States

Paragraph Number: 44
Session: 22 (2023)
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The Permanent Forum again urges Member States to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are afforded full and effective participation in all planning and policy development to address climate change. Indigenous-led climate change policies incorporate the vital knowledge of Indigenous Peoples for land management and stewardship of natural resources while protecting health, equity, justice and sustainability. Principles of free, prior and informed consent must be followed in the development of all climate change policies and actions.

Area of Work: Environment, Climate Change, Health

Addressee: UN-REDD

Paragraph Number: 44
Session: 7 (2008)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that the renewed political focus on forests stimulated by current policy debates on reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change be used towards securing the rights of indigenous peoples living in forests and rewarding their historical stewardship role and continuing conservation and sustainable use of forests. According to the principle of free, prior and informed consent, indigenous peoples must not be excluded from, and should be centrally involved in and benefit from, deciding forest policies and programmes at all levels that deliver justice and equity and contribute to sustainable development, biodiversity protection and climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Area of Work: Environment