As 2025 draws to an end, the UN Rome Group of Friends of Indigenous Peoples met to analyse the results of the work done this year and look into strengthened commitment to continue supporting FAO’s work with Indigenous Peoples in 2026. 

In the occasion of the 80^th Anniversary of FAO and during the World Food Day week, the Global-Hub on Indigenous Peoples’ Food and Knowledge Systems called its experts to its third in-person meeting. The relevance of this third meeting was marked by the first time ever visit of Chief Deskaheh to FAO to provide guidance and bless the opening of the HOPE Indigenous Peoples room at FAO Museum. 

On the eve of UNFCCC COP30, UN Secretary General António Guterres held a first ever exclusive interview with an Indigenous journalist from the Amazon, during which he stressed the importance of Indigenous Peoples’ in protecting biodiversity and tackle climate change.

Rome – The Global Programme on Indigenous Peoples’ Biocentric Restoration is ...

In 2021, a pilot project in Sanikiluaq, an Inuit Indigenous Peoples’ community in Nunavut, was able to locate previously undiscovered fishing locations thanks to the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) model that integrates traditional Indigenous Peoples knowl...

The Indigenous Peoples’ Advisory Group is now launching a call for applications for the “We support HOPE” group: an Indigenous Peoples’ vision of the world. The group aims at gathering experience, knowledge, audiovisual materials and artifacts from like-minded museums and collections.  

Indigenous Peoples are amongst the best stewards of the oceans. Their longstanding relationship with the world’s oceans provided them with a deep knowledge of the oceans’ ecology and how they behave and change. For many Indigenous Peoples, seas and oceans mean life, food, connection, culture, freedom of movement, embedded knowledge, a look into innovations and deep spiritual connections. The relationship between Indigenous Peoples and oceans is one of care, respect and reciprocity. And this has also been recognised in the Third UN Oceans Conference (UNOC3) held in Nice, France, in June 2025. 

For thousands of years Indigenous Peoples have used fire to sustainably manage their lands, territories and natural resources. As ecological stewards, Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge and practices of fire management are deeply rooted in their comprehensive understanding of the land and ecosystem cycles, as well as spiritual and cultural values. Their practices have an important role in protecting biodiversity, cultural diversity, enhancing food security and reducing wildfire risks and threats within their lands and territories.

The FAO/WHO Task Force on the Review of the International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management (ICCPM) is pleased to launch a global questionnaire designed specifically for Indigenous Peoples. This questionnaire aims to gather your perspectives, experiences, and concerns related to pesticide use and management, and to ensure that Indigenous Peoples right to a Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) is fully respected.

As the world faces a mounting ecological crisis, marked by the rapid degradation of ecosystems, biodiversity loss, and advancing desertification, an ambitious initiative is lighting a path forward: the Indigenous Peoples’ Biocentric Restoration Global Programme

Through this open call, we are inviting Indigenous organizations, UN Agencies, philanthropists, academia, governments, and other relevant actors to apply for side-event spaces that will be held at the Nomad Indigenous FoodLab (a Saami nomadic tent) during the week of the meeting of the Global-Hub on Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems (13-17th October 2025).

The 24th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) started at the UN General Assembly Hall, New York, on 21 April 2025 and lasted until the 2 May. Hundreds of Indigenous leaders and representatives from across the globe convened to discuss and address current issues, opportunities and challenges that affect Indigenous Peoples’ lives worldwide. FAO took part to the discussions and contributed meaningfully to the UNPFII, reiterating its commitment to the recognition, respect and promotion of Indigenous Peoples’ rights and strengthening its collaboration with the Forum and its Members.

Climate and health policies have often overlooked the needs and voices of Indigenous Peoples, including their adaptive resilience and preparedness mechanisms. But a transformative side-event that took place on the 23 April, during the 2025 Session of the UNPFII, shed light on ...

Guaranteeing Indigenous Peoples’ right to mobility is essential to preserve their food and knowledge systems, as well as biodiversity and food security. This is the main message from the Global-Hub on Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems’ side-event that took place on the 22nd of April in the framework of the 24th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), which was based on the upcoming Global-Hub collective paper on Mobility within Indigenous Peoples' strategies for food, livelihoods and territoriality, and its importance for biodiversity conservation. 

Indigenous Peoples’ representatives from all seven socio-cultural regions of the world gathered in the UN Headquarters’ General Assembly Hall to advance on the work on Indigenous issues. This year UNPFII will focus on Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples within United Nations Member States and the United Nations system, including identifying good practices and addressing challenges”

The 24th Session of the Forum on Indigenous Issues will convene, in person from 21 April to 2 May 2025, under the theme “Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples within United Nations Member States and the United Nations system, including identifying good practices and addressing challenges”.  

The Global-Hub on Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems is gaining momentum as it welcomes new members and deepens its pool of expertise to feed into current global discussions on food security, nutrition, and the sustainable transformation of food systems: elements at the centre of the work of the World Committee on Food Security (CFS).

In a groundbreaking moment, the 20th Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA), held at FAO headquarters in Rome from 24 to 28 March 2025, marked a historic step toward inclusive participation of Indigenous Peoples in global governance for agricultural biodiversity. For the first time in the Commission’s history, Indigenous Peoples delivered a statement during the plenary session, which led to the formal recognition of the importance of their inclusion in the Commission’s meetings and decision-making processes.