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The Global Forum on Indigenous Youth, co-organized by FAO, the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus (GIYC) and the Indigenous Champions of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021, establishes a space of dialogue between Indigenous Youth representatives, member countries and other stakeholders to discuss their challenges, priorities and prospects related to food security and climate change, to feed their recommendations into the UN Food Systems Summit 2021. The Forum results from a 2017 recommendation from UNDESA to FAO through the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, which built upon FAO´s work with the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus in 2017 and the Rome Declaration on Indigenous Youth. Indigenous Peoples’ food systems are considered some of the most sustainable in the world, and Indigenous Youth are the present and future of Indigenous Peoples’ food systems and their contributions are therefore important to the rest of the world. They hold a profound understanding of their cosmogonies, beliefs, culture, heritage, livelihoods and territories, and their ability to combine innovations and modern technology with traditional practices, gives them a key role in the fight against climate change, resilience and in the path towards food security and Zero Hunger.

Indigenous Youth Global Declaration on Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems

Following the fruitful dialogues that took place during the first Global Forum on Indigenous Youth leading up to the UN Food Systems Summit co-organized by FAO, the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus (GIYC) and the Indigenous Champions of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021, Indigenous Youth have presented a declaration. 

 

 

Read the Indigenous Youth Global Declaration on Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems  

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The Global Indigenous Youth Caucus is comprised of numerous Indigenous Youth from various States, organizations, socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. The Global Indigenous Youth Caucus was formally inaugurated in 2006. FAO organized a meeting with the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus from 5 to 8 April, 2017 to update and incorporate the concerns of Indigenous Youth in the work of the Organization. The meeting resulted in the “Rome Statement”, which includes recommendations regarding UNDRIP and the Sustainable Development Goals.