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.
Since the 1970s and 1980s, community-based forestry has grown in popularity, based on the concept that local communities, when granted sufficient property rights over local forest commons, can organize autonomously and develop local institutions to regulate the use of natural...
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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...
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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...