New York - From the 15th to the 26th of April 2024, the 23rd Session of the UN Permanent forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is taking place at the UN Headquarters in New York. In this framework, on the 22nd of April FAO co-organized a side-event focused on the Coalition on Indigenous Peoples’ food systems and its connection with Indigenous Youth.  The Coalition on Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems was established after the UNFSS21 (UN Food Systems Summit) to enable Indigenous Peoples to work with UN member states, UN Agencies, the private sector, bilateral and multilateral development institutions, and other relevant...

The 23rd Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) that started today at the UN in New York is particularly strategic for FAO´s work and mandate. From the 15 - 26 April, more than 150 Indigenous Youth, with Indigenous leaders and elders from the seven socio-cultural regions of the world alongside Member States, UN Agencies and NGOs are gathered to discuss the centrality of Indigenous Youth, through this year's UNPFII’s theme, "Enhancing Indigenous Peoples’ right to self-determination in the context of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: emphasizing the voices of Indigenous Youth”.  The...

On the 14th and 15th of March, Minister Sônia Guajajara, attended, together with Indigenous researchers from the world and experts from UN Agencies such as the FAO, IFAD, UNESCO and UNDP, the workshop on Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge and the Sciences, organized by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences at the Vatican City. The two-day workshops focused on the importance of combining traditional knowledge and sciences to strengthen the resilience needed in the face of some of the most urgent global challenges: climate change, biodiversity loss, food insecurity, and health issues.  Speaking from the stage, Her Excellency...

Rome – On the 14th and 15th of March 2024, FAO participated in the workshop on Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge and the Sciences, organized by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. The two-day workshops focused on the importance of combining traditional knowledge and sciences to strengthen the resilience needed in the face of some of the most urgent global challenges: climate change, biodiversity loss, food insecurity, and health issues.  The need to recognize and support Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge systems had also been highlighted by Pope Francis, whom in 2023 stated that “we should listen to Indigenous Peoples...

In honor of International Women’s Day 2024, Thompson Rivers University (TRU) with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will host the culminating event of the first collaborative Knowledge Makers Journal with an international Indigenous Women’s research cohort. On March 11th and 12th, TRU will host the collaborative Indigenous research conference, “Coyote Brings the Food: Healing the Land, While Healing from the Land” on their campus in Kamloops, British Columbia. The conference will kick off the first two days of TRU IDays 2024, an annual, weeklong celebration of international students. The campuses of Thompson Rivers University are located on...