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IFAD:
IFAD participated in the event Protecting land, protecting food – Indigenous and local women as stewards of land and food sovereignty during COP15 of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Country strategic opportunities programmes (COSOPs) and Country Strategy Notes (CSNs) In 2022, IFAD approved 7 COSOPs and CSNs23 that include IPs’ issues and/or specifically target IPs.
The COSOP for Burundi prioritizes actions to facilitate access to assets for the most vulnerable, including promoting access to land for Batwa people, the indigenous group present in Burundi.
Similarly, in the new COSOP for Cambodia, the SECAP (Social, Environmental, and Climate Assessment Procedures) provides an overview of IPs and minority groups in the country, including the major challenges they face in connection with the non-recognition of land rights and their inclusion in the decision-making process – page 10.
IFAD aims to strengthen its historical role as champion of IP’s rights in the UN system with its updated Policy on Engagement with Indigenous Peoples (hereafter referred to as the Policy)…
The Policy takes into full consideration the need to promote the rights of IPs to lands, territories and resources through an integrated approach to economic, environmental and social development within a human rights framework. Also, the Policy builds on the Fund’s comparative advantage in climate change adaptation and its unique mandate to eradicate poverty in rural areas. – page 12.
FAO
The Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure (VGGT) were translated into four Indigenous languages in India (Sadri, Kurux, Santhali and Gondi) and presented in the framework of the 10th Anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure (VGGT). The FAO Land Tenure Unit and the FAO Indigenous Peoples Unit established a workstream to promote the recognition and protection of Indigenous Peoples' tenure rights – page 13.
The policy brief “COVID-19, land, natural resources, gender issues and Indigenous Peoples' rights in Asia”, prepared by FAO and OHCHR, raises awareness about Indigenous Peoples rights in Asia, as a pathway for sustainable and equitable social-economic development that leaves no one behind. It was presented in the side event Indigenous Peoples, Gender and Natural Resources Rights in the Context of COVID-19: Trends and experiences from the Ground for Building Back Better, hosted by FAO, OHCHR and the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, in the framework of the 2022 Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development. – page 13.
