Friday 25 June, at 12:30 pm, CET 

The publication provides analyses of eight different Indigenous Peoples’ food systems in Asian, Pacific, Latin American, Arctic and African regions identifying threats affecting their food security. It warns about their future and the impacts their disappearance will have on humanity's ability to adapt to climate change.

This publication is the third book following the previously released Indigenous peoples’ food systems: the many dimensions of culture, diversity and environment for nutrition and health (2009) and Indigenous Peoples’ food systems and well-being: Interventions and policies for healthy communities (2013). These first two volumes highlighted the nutritional aspects of Indigenous Peoples’ food systems. The third volume explores territorial management issues, sustainability, climate change and adaptability. It analyses the driving factors that make Indigenous Peoples’ food systems one of the most sustainable, self-sufficient and resilient on the planet, and the external pressures that are eroding them.


The high-level event features FAO Director General Qu Dongyu; Juan Lucas Restrepo, Director General of the Alliance of Bioversity International and the Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT); Anne Nuorgam, Chair of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues; H.E. Alexandra Bugailiskis, Canadian Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Chair of the Rome Group of Friends of Indigenous Peoples; H.E. Aksel Jakobsen, State Secretary of International Development for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affair; Beth Bechdol, Deputy Director-General of FAO; as well as Indigenous Peoples and field experts speaking about the profiles.

For registration, draft agenda and more information, Visit: http://www.fao.org/indigenous-peoples/new-book/en/