FAO published the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in Sardi & Kurukh, Indigenous languages mainly spoken in India today. In the framework of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, the FAO Indigenous Peoples Unit, the FAO Land Tenure Unit and FAO India coordinate efforts with Indigenous Peoples' organizations to translate the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests into different Indigenous languages.

Learn about the Garifuna people, a nation within nations, from President Egbert Higinio & Ambassador Cynthia Ellis! "I'd like the world to be honest in respecting Indigenous Peoples' knowledge. Look to Indigenous Peoples how they produce their food," emphasizes Egbert R. Higinio, the President of the Garifuna Nation of Belize. 

Thompson Rivers University – Knowledge Makers Program (KM) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have joined forces to implement a special program to strengthen the research and knowledge generation opportunities for and by Indigenous Women. We happily invite Indigenous Women from the seven socio-cultural regions to apply for this Special Edition of the Knowledge Makers Journal. This will be an opportunity for Indigenous Women globally to advance their research for Indigenous Women, Indigenous Peoples’ food and knowledge systems, and climate action.  The...

Рим – В понедельник во время мероприятия, проходившего в куваксе – сборном шалаше, традиционно используемом саамами в Заполярье, Генеральный директор Продовольственной и сельскохозяйственной организации ООН (ФАО) Цюй Дунъюй заявил, что коренные народы и их знания играют ключевую роль в обеспечении устойчивого будущего. "Знания коренных народов – это кладезь информации об экосистемах и продовольствии, которые занимают центральное место в деятельности ФАО", – сказал Генеральный директор, выступая в куваксе, где на время Всемирного продовольственного форума, проводимого ФАО на этой неделе, также размещена...

At COP27, countries come together to take action towards achieving the world’s collective climate goals as agreed under the Paris Agreement and the Convention. Building on the outcomes and momentum of COP 26 in Glasgow last year, nations are expected to demonstrate at COP 27 that they are in a new era of implementation by turning their commitments under the Paris Agreement into action. The conference will take place from 6-18 November 2022 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Indigenous Peoples are one of the most affected by climate change, yet are the people contributing the...