Host Organisation

Ujamaa Community Resource Team (in collaboration with Indigenous Peoples’ Foundation for Education and Environment)

Description

Implementation of the rights of Indigenous Peoples is a prerequisite for building climate resilience at community level. This is the message Indigenous representatives from Tanzania and Thailand wish to convey at this event. They will reflect on their respective experience in promoting rights-based climate resilience and disaster preparedness in 42 Indigenous communities in Tanzania and Thailand.

Speakers

Paine Eulalia Mako, Executive Director of Ujamaa Community Resource Team (UCRT), an Indigenous pastoralist organisation supporting land rights in Tanzania.

Kittisak Rattanakrajangsri, Executive Director of Indigenous Peoples’ Foundation for Education and Environment (IPF), an Indigenous organisation supporting rights of Indigenous Peoples in Thailand.

Stefan Thorsell, Climate Advisor at International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), an international human rights organisation supporting the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Languages

English