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The Indigenous Peoples’ Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan (IPBSAP)

OVERVIEW The IPBSAP is a collective commitment by the Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines about their roles, traditional knowledge, values, rights, and interrelationships with their territories and biodiversity. It contains an overview of the status of biodiversity in Indigenous peoples’ territories in the Philippines, their worldview on nature and culture, a summary of the relevant policy, governance, and financing landscape, an Action Plan in line with the 23 Targets of the Global...

Closing Statement of IIFB (International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity) to the 16th Meeting of the Conference of Parties of the UN CBD (Convention on Biodiversity), in Cali, Colombia

AGENDA ITEM: Closing Statement DATE: 02 NOVEMBER, 2024 Statement on behalf of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB) delivered by Camilo Nino of the Comisión Nacional de Territorios Indígenas (CNTI) Thank you Madam Chair, I am speaking on behalf of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB). Regarding the resources mobilization this COP 16 highlights the importance of any financial mechanism for biodiversity, existing or new, needs continuous reflection and...

Opening Statement of IIFB (International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity) to the 16th Meeting of the Conference of Parties of the UN CBD (Convention on Biodiversity), in Cali, Colombia

AGENDA ITEM: OPENING STATEMENT DATE: 21 OCTOBER 2024 Statement on behalf of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB) delivered by Manuel Jesus Mavisoy Juagibioy of the Mesa Permanente de Concertacion. Thank you, Madame President. I speak on behalf of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB) The IIFB recognizes the 115 Indigenous Peoples of Colombia, especially the Misak, Nasa, Yanacona, Eperara and Siapidara in whose traditional lands and territories we meet...