Indigenous Peoples are responsible for the protection of 80% of the world's remaining biodiversity. However, the role of Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems and territorial management practices as key elements to preserve biodiversity while generating food in sustainable ways is not well recognized yet. Since 2009, FAO is working with Indigenous Peoples and research centres to generate evidence-based information on the sustainable, nutrition and resilient elements of Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems. 

The Global Forum on Indigenous Youth, co-organized by FAO, Global Indigenous Youth Caucus (GIYC) and the Indigenous Champions of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021, establishes a space of dialogue between Indigenous youth representatives, member countries and other stakeholders to discuss their challenges, priorities and prospects related to food security and climate change, to feed their recommendations into the UN Food Systems Summit 2021. The Forum results from a 2017 recommendation from UNDESA to FAO through the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, which built upon FAO´s work with the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus in 2017 and the...

The High-Level Expert Seminar is part of the joint effort led by Costa Rica, Spain and the Holy See in support of the people most vulnerable to climate change, complementing the efforts of FAO that will be presented prior to the pre-COP conference 26 of Climate Change to be held in Milan, Italy in September 2021.   This High-Level Expert Seminar represents an excellent opportunity to raise awareness of the critical actions...

The Indigenous World 2021 is unique in its kind, it is a result of the combined efforts of Indigenous and non-indigenous experts, activists and scholars, who report on Indigenous Peoples’ rights. This year´s edition includes 62 regional and country reports and 20 reports about international processes and initiatives. For the first time since the beginning of this publication by IWGIA, the 2021 edition includes the work of FAO...

Agriculture for Development (Ag4Dev) is