Transcript Indigenous & Traditional Peoples Initiative

Indigenous & Traditional
Peoples Initiative
Kristen Walker Painemilla, Laura Ledwith,
Theresa Buppert, Esther Camac, Heidi Rubio,
Adriano Paglio, Patricia Zurita
UN Permanent Forum Website
Objectives
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Establish and maintain effective working relationships with
indigenous and traditional groups.
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Develop a better understanding of Indigenous Peoples’
interests and visions for conservation.
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Share lessons learned to strengthen indigenous communities’
technical capacity to implement conservation
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Create a research agenda that will help CI and indigenous
communities work toward common conservation goals.
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Develop new funding mechanisms for indigenous
conservation priorities.
Both Legitimate Agendas
Indigenous &
Traditional
Agenda
Conservation
Agenda
Working Towards a Common Agenda
Indigenous &
Traditional
Conservation
Common and
Explicit Objectives
Benefits
Benefits
Implementation of the Indigenous and
Traditional Peoples Initiative at CI
CI’s
Conservation
Stewards
Program
CABS
Indigenous &
Traditional
Peoples Initiative
CELB
CCG
Regional
Programs
Partners
Comm
CFD
Improving Relations Between
Industry and Indigenous Peoples
(with CELB)
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Development of mapping tools and policies to help
direct multi-national corporations working with
indigenous groups
Review of work with corporate partners on the
ground
Continued support for best practices in company
engagement with indigenous communities
Participation in global research network on energy and
mining policy as it relates to Indigenous/Traditional
Peoples
Involvement in BP’s Conservation Programme
CABS Research Initiatives on
Indigenous/Traditional Peoples
(with Human Dimensions)
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Mapping Indigenous and Traditional Lands: Latin
America nearing completion
Identifying indicators on cultural diversity and
socio-economic health for Indigenous/Traditional
Peoples
Developing framework for case studies included
in new publication series
Addressing threats to Indigenous Peoples:
linking ecosystem health and human health
CI’s Policy on Indigenous Peoples
Goal: to promote & communicate transparency, good
practice, & a clear set of values & ethics to enable
strong partnerships with indigenous communities
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CI’s Policy outlines 9 Principles to help achieve this goal:
e.g. Principle 6: recognition of traditional knowledge &
practices
Achievement of this goal must occur through CI
engagement in multiple arenas: global, regional,
national, & local
We hope to build upon and improve our Policy as the
depth of our knowledge grows & as these many arenas
continue to resolve & articulate critical issues
Current Activities:
Global Policy Agenda
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Tracking global policy debate on critical issues:
participation, traditional knowledge, access &
benefit sharing, resource management, capacity
building, land tenure, and governance
Strengthening partnerships with BINGO and
Indigenous Peoples Organizations: side events at
the UN Permanent Forum and CBD Protected Area
Meeting
Supporting Indigenous/Traditional Peoples’
participation in global conservation fora: CBD,
Wilderness Congress, UN Permanent Forum
Regional Program Seminar: Andes
Goal: to establish an open dialogue & effective working
relationship based on better understanding of
indigenous & traditional vision(s) of conservation
Andes seminar:
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Indigenous Communities & Conservation: Building a Dialogue
for Effective Collaboration (April 2005)
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22 representatives
Results
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Country level meetings
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Information dissemination
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Indigenous & Traditional Peoples and Conservation Seminar –
Second Regional Gathering (2006)
Cordillera del Cóndor National Park
Context:
• CI Proposal:
Create a protected area in the Cenepa River
watershed with community participation
• Needed Steps: Define protected area & support surrounding
communities in land titling processes.
Result:
• Proposal: Create a protected area & support titling initiatives in 19
surrounding indigenous communities.
Lesson:
• Transparency & participatory approach identified titling processes
as key. Supporting their land-tenure agenda we achieved our goal.
Today:
• Phase II of the proposal supports protected area & resource
management initiatives within indigenous communities.
Camisea
Context:
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Mega energy project with little attention to environmental and
social issues in high biodiversity area of cultural importance.
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Financed by multilateral banks.
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CI supports alliances between NGOs and Indigenous
communities.
Result:
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Efforts catalyzed creation of 4 areas including two community
reserves and special category for N-K reserve.
Lesson:
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Critical step: Defining strategic alliances at start of negotiations.
Together we can bring about important changes.
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Support of monitoring program, CAMISEA fund, long-term
alliances, & strengthening of local capacity.
Obstacles
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Prejudice, pre-conceptions and lack of trust
Difficulties with inter-cultural communication
Lack of resources
Technical capacities
Organizational weakness
Lack of political will to support both agendas
Instability and lack of transparency
Challenges
• Develop and maintain a common agenda in the long term
and out of the political interests
• Understand and respect our differences and diversity
• Build and maintain the trust (overcoming the prejudices)
• Build visions for the long run, which are the mechanisms?
• How do we adapt to globalization that is impacting both
conservation and indigenous peoples?
• Build local capacities
• Make progress in co-management
• Reconcile donor needs, consulting processes and execution
and implementation schedules
Regional Programs: Meso America,
Asia & Africa
Goal: to establish an open dialogue & effective working
relationship based on better understanding of
indigenous & traditional vision(s) of conservation
Meso: Upcoming Seminars
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Chiapas
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greater Meso-American region.
Asia & Africa:
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Collaboration with regional programs to understand critical
issues in respective regions and possible avenues for
appropriate engagement. ( Currently in discussions with
Philippines, PNG, Cambodia, West Africa, Southern Africa)
Community-to-Community Exchange
Guyana to Belize
Goal: Foster direct knowledge exchange & capacity building
between indigenous & traditional communities
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Seven Amerindians from Guyana, traveled to southern Belize
to meet with Mayan & Garifuna community members, and
their NGO, SATIIM
Shared experiences on their protected area management
practices, land tenure rights, enterprise development,
educational programs, & the role of women in resource
management and community development
The group from Guyana will take this knowledge back to their
villages and work with CI to develop educational awareness
campaigns, co-management plans for protected area
management & sustainable livelihood practices, such as ecotourism
CI’s Indigenous and Traditional
Peoples Initiative and the Equator
Initiative
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Collaboration on Global events & dialogues
Creation of Equator Ventures (with Verde Ventures)
Development of a fellowship program for Equator
Prize winners
Workshops that focus on community best practices
and learning
Greater collaboration with the United Nations
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
The End
Deliverables for next year
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Enhance the degree of mutual understanding
between CI and indigenous groups
Develop a set of principles & guidelines that
instruct collaborations in regions between CI and
indigenous groups
Form an Indigenous Advisory Council for Latin
American region and identify Indigenous
representative for CI Board
Prioritize and implement priority projects in
conjunction with regional programs and indigenous
partners
Deliverables for next year
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Launch Indigenous & Traditional Peoples Initiative
in Africa and Asia
Identify/streamline opportunities for funding
Indigenous conservation initiatives with CI Funding
Division
Develop mechanisms to enhance Indigenous
Peoples access to non-CI funding opportunities
Continue to expand Indigenous fellows network to
encompass all regions
Challenges
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Reconciling the difference between indigenous &
conservation priorities & broadening CI’s policy
engagement
Mobilizing information from -- and supportive
collaborations with -- regional programs
Choosing appropriate partners and coordinating logistics
with various levels of indigenous and traditional
communities/organizations
Engaging other conservation organizations (TNC, WWF,
etc) & dealing with CI’s status as an International
(Conservation) NGO
Identifying continued funding and long-term investment
opportunities
CI Research and Policy
Agenda Related to
Indigenous/Traditional
Peoples
Indigenous &
Traditional Peoples
Initiative
Tracking Global
Policy with CCG
•Creation of registers and
databases for tracking
traditional knowledge
•Access and benefit sharing of
genetic resources and traditional
knowledge
•Development of “toolkits” and
transfer of technical capacity to
indigenous groups for effective
project participation and
implementation
•Inclusion of indigenous peoples
at all stages of conservation and
development processes
•Assessment and tracking of
CI’s work with indigenous
communities
•Increased indigenous
participation: global conferences,
government policy setting, and
private sector activities
•Greater participation in the
process of Protected Areas
Human Dimensions
Program
•Identifying common threats to
conservation and Indigenous
Peoples
•Mapping Indigenous &
Traditional Lands
•Designing indicators tailored to
assess indigenous and local
community cultural diversity
and preservation of traditional
ecological knowledge
•Developing case studies on comanagement regime models
Indigenous &
Traditional Peoples
Initiative
•Sponsor regional seminar on
Indigenous issues and
conservation agendas
Ongoing Engagement with
Indigenous/ Traditional
Communities within CI
Regional Programs
CBC/Regional
Programs
•Promote understanding of
Indigenous objectives for
conservation and development
•Host regional workshop to
develop vision for supporting
Indigenous stewardship
•Educate staff and partners on
critical Indigenous issues
•Identify where CI and
Indigenous objectives intersect
•Identify capacity building
needs
•Identify opportunities for
collaborative or complementary
conservation action
•Clarify and enhance CI’s work
with Indigenous peoples
•Integrate Indigenous issues
and conservation agenda into
strategic planning
Conservation
Stewards Program
•Provide tools and
guidelines to integrate
Indigenous community
issues and conservation
objectives into projects
•Build core community
engagement skills of CI staff
and partners
•Integrate Indigenous issues
into portfolio of incentive
strategies that support
Community Stewardship