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 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. 

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

The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) will gather hundreds of Indigenous Peoples’ representatives from all seven socio-cultural regions of the world. FAO will meaningfully participate to the discussions with two side-events and delivering a statement in the plenary.

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.

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. 

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).

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.

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. 

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