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Addressee: CBD, UNESCO, ILO, FAO, IFAD, International Land Coalition
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The Permanent Forum welcomes the adoption by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity of two additional indicators for traditional knowledge: (a) status and trends in land use change and land tenure in the traditional territories of indigenous and local communities, and (b) status and trends in the practice of traditional occupations, to complement the adopted indicator on status and trends in traditional languages. The Forum urges the secretariat of the Convention and agencies working on these issues, including the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), ILO, FAO, IFAD and the International Land Coalition, to collaborate with a view to fully operationalizing those indicators.
Responses
The Secretariat of CBD is currently focusing on the operationalizing of the three indicators adopted for traditional knowledge and is also exploring the development of indicators for Article 10(c) ,customary sustainable use, as per decision X/43 in coordination with the indicators work for the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-20. The inter-agency coordination is provided by the United Nations Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues.
Final Report of UNPFII Session 10 (2011)
Area of Work
