“The promotion of the rights of indigenous peoples and their traditional practices, are key to sustainable conservation, biodiversity and climate change adaptation and mitigation measures. Learn more from Rukka Sombolinggi, Secretary-general of the Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago, ahead of a presentation of a report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people to the Human Rights Council on 24 September 2020.”
– OHCHR Asia
“Land-grabbing and activities linked to largescale development projects, extractive industries, monocrop plantations and logging are increasing in Asia, which in turn results in the massive displacement of indigenous peoples, the destruction of their environment and rising poverty.
Learn more from Joan Carling, Co-convenor of the Indigenous Peoples Major Group for Sustainable Development, ahead of a presentation of a report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people to the Human Rights Council on 24 September 2020.”
Learn more from Joan Carling, Co-convenor of the Indigenous Peoples Major Group for Sustainable Development, ahead of a presentation of a report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people to the Human Rights Council on 24 September 2020.”
“States must ensure that indigenous people participate in decision making and must acquire the free, prior and informed consent of indigenous peoples on all matters affecting them. Learn more from Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, the former UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, ahead of a presentation of her report to the Human Rights Council on 24 September 2020”
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