Indigenous Peoples

Publications

A series of documents relevant to Indigenous Peoples are shown below. These include the FAO Policy on Indigenous Peoples together with a series of Voluntary Guidelines and Principles approved by FAO Member Nations which apply to Indigenous Peoples.

Using the search box located at the right side of the page, there can be found a series of useful documents with information on collaboration between FAO and Indigenous Peoples. The list includes publications, papers and reports that can assist in identifying and engaging with Indigenous Peoples, facilitate multi-stakeholder dialogues and strengthen cooperation.

Recognizing the economic, social, cultural and environmental importance of planted forests, governments and other stakeholders asked FAO to prepare, together with collaborating partners, a set of guiding principles in support of the policy, legal, regulatory and technical enabling conditions for...

This publication examines the role of rural and tribal women as custodians of food plant genetic resources in three ecologically distinct and fragile regions in India. The growing awareness of the threat to food security from agrobiodiversity erosion has led...

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 13 September 2007. Since then, the importance of the role that indigenous peoples play in economic, social and environmental conservation through traditional...

La FAO y el Fondo Indígena reconocen que los sistemas alimentarios de los pueblos indígenas no sólo forman parte indisoluble de sus formas de vida e identidad, sino que son claves en la lucha contra el hambre. Profundamente enraizados en formas...

La FAO y el Fondo Indígena reconocen que los sistemas alimentarios de los pueblos indígenas no sólo forman parte indisoluble de sus formas de vida e identidad, sino que son claves en la lucha contra el hambre. Profundamente enraizados en formas...