Host Organisation
Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact
Description
Indigenous Peoples play a vital role in conserving and managing forests, lands, territories, waters, and natural resources in different regions across the world. Yet, they face multiple challenges and threats from climate change, deforestation, land degradation, and human rights violations in the process of so-called development. They are often exposed to high risks as they work to defend and protect their lands, territories and resources. States must live up to their human rights obligations to respect, protect and fulfill the rights of Indigenous Peoples including their rights to lands, territories, waters, and natural resources and respect their values and practices.
However, there remains a critical absence of locally generated and systematized data by Indigenous Peoples themselves on the extent of the harms and violations they face in the context of climate change and on their important contributions, as custodians of lands, forests and natural resources, to the protection and sustainable management of these resources. To address this gap and to support Indigenous Peoples in their efforts to document these harms and violations and to highlight their contributions to addressing climate change, the Indigenous Navigator consortium is in the process of developing a new survey on climate change.
As the Indigenous Navigator initiative is driven by and for Indigenous organizations, the survey has been informed by Indigenous Peoples' experiences. Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR), Tebtebba Foundation and International Work Group on Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) will jointly organize this event.
Speakers
Moderator:
Mr. Shohel Chandra Hajang, AIPP
Presentation on the module:
Ms. Maria Ploug Petersen, DIHR (video)
Speakers:
Mr. Trijinad Chakma, Kapaeeng Foundation, Bangladesh
Ms. Helen Magata, f Tebtebba Foundation, Philippines
Mr. Tahal Bahadur Thami, LAHURNIP, Nepal
Mr. Gideon Sanago, PINGO’s Forum, Tanzania (TBC)
Closing remarks:
Mr. Kittisak Rattanakrajangsri, Chairperson, AIPP
Languages
English - Spanish