Forest genetic resources (FGR) are the heritable materials maintained within and among tree and other woody plant species that are of actual or potential economic, environmental, scientific or societal value. They are crucial to the adaptation and protection of our...

The purpose of the present guidelines is to assist the United Nations system to mainstream and integrate indigenous peoples’ issues in processes for operational activities and programmes at the country level. The guidelines set out the broad normative, policy and...

Most of the world’s poor work in the “informal economy” – outside of recognized and enforceable rules. Thus, even though most have assets of some kind, they have no way to document their possessions because they lack formal access to...

On the 2-3 February 2015, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations organized a technical meeting between Indigenous Peoples' representatives and FAO staff. The meeting was attended by more than twenty indigenous peoples from the seven socio-cultural regions...

Schinziophyton Rautanenii, known as Mungomu in Macossa, is a tree that produces a nut best known as one of the staples of the diet of the Kung Khoi-San tribe in the Kalahari Desert. The nut, known in English as the...