Viernes 23 de mayo del 2008
Agenda 4.5
Working Group 1, CoP9
Madam Chairperson, I read this statement on behalf of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity.
Climate change impacts on all of us, indigenous and non-indigenous. However, we are most severely affected due to our particular locations, our ways of life and our close relationship to the environment. It is not just our physical environment that is being threatened but our cultural survival as well.
It is therefore with great expectation that we endorse the efforts of the CBD to build greater cooperation with the other two Rio Conventions in search for a coordinated approach to the twin issues of biodiversity and climate change. In particular, we welcome the establishment of an ad hoc technical expert group on biodiversity and climate change. We recommend that the ad hoc technical expert group should have the issue of mitigation and adaptation mechanisms included in its mandate, and we urge the CBD to ensure the full and effective participation of indigenous peoples’ experts in this Ad Hoc –Technical Expert Group. The mandate must not only look at biodiversity risk assessments but also risks on biodiversity based livelihoods.
Madam Chairperson, we have time and again stated that we are victimized not only by climate change, but also by the adaptation and mitigation schemes being proposed and implemented without our full participation and understanding. These false solutions, such as CDM and REDD, are resulting in greater violations and threats to our rights and resources. We therefore demand that the Parties, the private sector and other actors ensure and guarantee the full recognition and respect for the rights of Indigenous Peoples as recognized in international instruments, especially those contained in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples for the design and implementation of whichever policy, project or schemes.
We also recommend the design and implementation of capacity building programs by and for indigenous peoples related to the issue of climate change in order for us to take informed positions and decisions, and we invite Parties and other entities to support our capacity building initiatives without any preconditions.
Finally, Madam Chair, we request that indigenous peoples can fully and effectively participate in the discussions that the CBD intends to have with the UNFCCC as well as other negotiations related to climate change. Additionally, we request the CBD to call upon the UNFCCC to allow for the full participation of indigenous peoples in its processes such as what exists within the CBD and the UNPFII. We remind Parties of their obligation to use the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as basis of negotiations and deliberations concerning biodiversity and climate change.
Thank you.
Agenda 4.5
Working Group 1, CoP9
Madam Chairperson, I read this statement on behalf of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity.
Climate change impacts on all of us, indigenous and non-indigenous. However, we are most severely affected due to our particular locations, our ways of life and our close relationship to the environment. It is not just our physical environment that is being threatened but our cultural survival as well.
It is therefore with great expectation that we endorse the efforts of the CBD to build greater cooperation with the other two Rio Conventions in search for a coordinated approach to the twin issues of biodiversity and climate change. In particular, we welcome the establishment of an ad hoc technical expert group on biodiversity and climate change. We recommend that the ad hoc technical expert group should have the issue of mitigation and adaptation mechanisms included in its mandate, and we urge the CBD to ensure the full and effective participation of indigenous peoples’ experts in this Ad Hoc –Technical Expert Group. The mandate must not only look at biodiversity risk assessments but also risks on biodiversity based livelihoods.
Madam Chairperson, we have time and again stated that we are victimized not only by climate change, but also by the adaptation and mitigation schemes being proposed and implemented without our full participation and understanding. These false solutions, such as CDM and REDD, are resulting in greater violations and threats to our rights and resources. We therefore demand that the Parties, the private sector and other actors ensure and guarantee the full recognition and respect for the rights of Indigenous Peoples as recognized in international instruments, especially those contained in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples for the design and implementation of whichever policy, project or schemes.
We also recommend the design and implementation of capacity building programs by and for indigenous peoples related to the issue of climate change in order for us to take informed positions and decisions, and we invite Parties and other entities to support our capacity building initiatives without any preconditions.
Finally, Madam Chair, we request that indigenous peoples can fully and effectively participate in the discussions that the CBD intends to have with the UNFCCC as well as other negotiations related to climate change. Additionally, we request the CBD to call upon the UNFCCC to allow for the full participation of indigenous peoples in its processes such as what exists within the CBD and the UNPFII. We remind Parties of their obligation to use the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as basis of negotiations and deliberations concerning biodiversity and climate change.
Thank you.
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