For the first time in 40 years, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) hosted a side event about indigenous peoples and their food systems. This space provided a unique opportunity to share experiences of how indigenous peoples can utilise their resources, knowledge and food production methods to engage into markets in a manner that embraces their traditions and culture. Organized by FAO and the Government of New Zealand, the event featured the first-hand experience of the Maori tribes that have brought their foods to national and international markets. During the discussion, the use certification methods as a way to capture...

 أصبح حق الشعوب الأصلية في منح أو حجب الموافقة على مشاريع التنمية التي تؤثر على الموارد وسبل الحياة الطبيعية الخاصة بهم أقوى من أي وقت مضى بفضل دليل جديد يعمل على توجيه الجهات المعنية بالتنمية خلال تصميم وتنفيذ هذه المشاريع. يحدد دليل الموافقة الحرة والمسبقة والمستنيرة السبل الضرورية لضمان أن تمارس ن أن تحتفظ الشعوب الأصلية حقها بمنح أو حجب الموافقة على المشاريع المقترحة في أراضيها واقاليمها واتخاذ القرار الذي تراه مناسباً بدون إكراه، وتزويد هذه الشعوب بالمعلومات الضرورية والمقدمة بطريقة ملائمة ثقافياً. تشكل الشعوب الأصلية ما نسبته 75 بالمائة من التنوع الثقافي في العالم، وتعمل...

From October 3 to 5, more than 20 experts from UN Organizations and 8 indigenous representatives came together at FAO headquarters to attend the annual meeting of the Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Issues (IASG). The role of the IASG is to mainstream the work on indigenous peoples inside the different UN organizations. Its most important work this year has been the mainstreaming of a UN System Wide Action Plan on the rights of indigenous peoples (UNSWAP).  The UNSWAP, originally requested by UN Member States during the 2014 World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, was officially launched on May this...

Indigenous peoples over the world face serious challenges in having their rights to land, territories and natural resources recognized. There are few countries in the world that have the institutional and legal mechanisms to enable indigenous peoples to secure their tenure rights – including access – to traditional land. In India since 2006 the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dweller's Act (commonly known as the Forest Rights Act or FRA) has recognized the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities to live off the forest and to use and govern forest resources, including the right to hold forest...