A-Z Site Index
Menu
  1. Recommendations Database
  2. Area of Work String: environment
  3. Paragraph Number » Taxonomy term » Name: 19, 78
  4. Session: 7 (2008)
  5. Recommendations Database
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2
View

Addressee: UNPFII, SPFII

Paragraph Number: 78
Session: 7 (2008)
Full Text:

A recommendation for expert group meeting on water to carry out a close review and assessment of water allocation, regulation and access policies that affect the rights and health of indigenous peoples and to explore and establish indicators of water well-being for indigenous nations and the world community.

Area of Work: Environment
View

Addressee: Donor agencies, IFIs, Member States, UN system/UN agencies

Paragraph Number: 19
Session: 7 (2008)
Full Text:

The Forum recommends that States, United Nations agencies, bodies and funds, other multilateral bodies and financial institutions and other donors provide technical and financial support to protect and nurture indigenous peoples’ natural resource management, environment-friendly technologies, biodiversity and cultural diversity and low-carbon, traditional livelihoods (pastoralism; rotational or swidden agriculture; hunting and gathering and trapping; marine and coastal livelihoods; high mountain agriculture; etc.). The Forum further recommends that discussions and negotiations on strengthening the links between climate change, biodiversity and cultural diversity under the Convention on Biological Diversity or the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ensure the effective participation of indigenous peoples.

Area of Work: Environment