1. Time for Solutions Submission to the 6th World Water Forum March 2012

Time for Solutions Submission to the 6th World Water Forum Marseille, France March 12-16, 2012 Submitted by the Indigenous World Forum on Water and Peace Download Statement As representatives of the International Advisory Comm...

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2. Emergence of a Right to Respect and to the Endogenous Development of Indigenous Peoples

Kinhide Mushakoji Vice President, IMADR: The 10th Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) took place in Nagoya in October 2010. The meeting was an occasion for the international community to develop a new w...

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3. Report on Global Celebrations of the International Year of Biodiversity

September 2010: Dear Madam/Sir, The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is pleased to share highlights of the global celebrations of the International Year of Biodiversity for September 2010. The report is accessible at the CBD we...

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4. IIFB High Level Segment

International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB) High Level Segment Statement October 28, 2010 Delivered by Malia Nobrega Download IIFB High Level Statement- English Our chants, proverbs, our traditional knowledge informs us of our past and tea...

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5. Closing Statement of IIFB 10th Conference of the Parties of the CBD

Nagoya, Japan, October 29th, 2010: Mr. President, Honourable Ministers, Executive Secretary of the CBD, Distinguished delegates, Indigenous brothers and sisters; Today I’m speaking on behalf of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity...

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6. Indigenous Peoples critical of the proposed ABS protocol

International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity Press Conference October 25, 2010 Nagoya, Japan Indigenous Peoples Critical of the Proposed ABS Protocol Debra Harry, Ph.D. Executive Director, Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism Debra Harry, P...

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7. Biodiversity Talks Bog Down over Genetic Resources

Aprille Muscara, UNITED NATIONS, 21 September 2010: While officials meeting in Montreal, Canada failed to finalise a key protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Tuesday, biodiversity is scheduled to be at the top of Wednesday's age...

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8. Biodiversity community agrees a common approach to protect life on Earth

Montreal, 7 September 2010. The heads and representatives of five international conventions on biodiversity and major conservation organizations agreed last week to a common approach to address the biodiversity crisis, based on the Strategic Plan o...

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9. A Goal for Biodiversity during the 2010 FIFA World Cup

Montreal, 31 August 2010 – With the support of the Global Environment Facility, the messages of the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) were brought to an audience estimated at over 600,000 spectators watching live matches of the 2010 FI...

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10. WIPO Sees First Real Progress In 10 Years On Text For Protection Of Folklore

By Kaitlin Mara: Experts meeting last week at the World Intellectual Property Organization made the first real strides in over a decade at developing a concrete rules to protect the cultural expressions and folklore of indigenous and local communit...

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11. First Intersessional Working Group session (July 19-23 2010)

Greetings all, I'm just returning from travel and glad to see that WIPO has come through with some funding for Indigenous participation in the upcoming first Intersessional Working Group (IWG1).� As you may know, the WIPO Voluntary Fund can&...

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12. IIFB Statement on GBO-3

We welcome the GBO-3 and thank all those involved in its production. GBO-3 gives the world a very stern message that biodiversity loss is continuing at an alarming rate and this will have very severe impacts on human well-being and especially on th...

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13. IIFB STATEMENT Agenda Item 3.4 – Post 2010 Plan, Targets and Indicators

The International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB) wishes to provide some information to SBSTTA14 about proposed indicators on Traditional Knowledge, and also make some recommendations on this Agenda Item:

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14. UN Secretary General Message on the International Dayu for Biological Diversity

13 May 2010: (22 May 2010) The planet’s species and habitats, and the goods and services they provide, form the basis of our wealth, our health and our well-being. Yet, despite repeated global commitments to protect this heritage, the variety...

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15. Rocky road still ahead for ABS protocol

by Chee Yoke Ling (An earlier version was published in SUNS #6895 dated 31 March 2010) Governments at a meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted a document containing the text of a draft protocol on access and benefit sharing (...

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