FAO POLICY ON INDIGENOUS AND TRIBAL PEOPLES - 2010

Consistent with its mandate to pursue a world free from hunger and malnutrition, the following “FAO Policy on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples” has been formulated so as to ensure that FAO will make all due efforts to respect, include and promote indigenous issues in relevant work.

INDIGENOUS AND TRIBAL PEOPLES - 2009

BUILDING ON BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY FOR FOOD AND LIVELIHOOD SECURITY

This publication discusses the main issues which affect indigenous peoples and outlines some of FAO’s efforts to respond to their development concerns as expressed through both human and environmental dimensions.

FAO AND TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE - 2009

THE LINKAGES WITH SUSTAINABILITY, FOOD SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS

FAO has included traditional and local knowledge and activities in policies, programmes and projects related to a wide range of issues, including farmers’ rights, poverty alleviation, nutrition and health, and gender equity, among many others. Projects support the use of traditional knowledge to promote rural development, gender equity, conservation of biocultural diversity, and sustainable management of agro-ecosystems, and to manage the risks to food and agriculture that result from natural and human-induced disasters, climate change impacts, soaring food prices and other emerging issues.

THE RIGHT TO FOOD GUIDELINES AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES - 2009

AN OPERATIONAL GUIDE

This Guide aims to assist indigenous peoples and their organizations on how to use the Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security to promote their own interests in the area of food security.

THE CODE OF CONDUCT FOR RESPONSIBLE FISHERIES AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES - 2009

AN OPERATIONAL GUIDE

This guide is designed for indigenous fishing communities and for people in the development field who work with indigenous fishing communities. Its objective is to provide guidance on impacts and benefits of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries from an indigenous peoples’ perspective.