Независимый Диалог
Местоположение:
Канада, Соединенные Штаты Америки
Main findings
(See more detailed findings in the attached documentation) Action Track 1: We [Indigenous Peoples of North America] are dedicated to maintaining our traditional ways of life, prioritizing our youth, teaching the next generations, and taking care of our resources to ensure viability for future generations. There is a growing recognition and request for consultation about our longstanding ability to sustainably live in our environments through our own management systems. Not only do Indigenous Peoples need to be consulted with the Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) principles, we must also
... Подробнее be an active part of the entire processes – not solely “knowledge sharing”. Indigenous Peoples’ food systems are a game changing solution, but only with Indigenous leadership and control over our own systems. To this end, fundamental to ensuring access to safe and nutritious food for all is the protection, respect and actualization of Indigenous Peoples’ rights – at all levels. In no case should a people be deprived of their traditional subsistence. States are obligated to protect these rights. We ask for protections to land and water rights, rights to practice our traditional food systems including the freedom to hunt and fish by our own systems, and protection of our seeds and intellectual property rights. We have crucial perspectives and willingness to bring about a needed paradigm shift. It is not sufficient for only Indigenous Peoples to commit; we need Member States’ commitment and the creation of opportunities to get involved in food systems in order for our [Indigenous Peoples] commitments to be actionable. Action Track 2: We need Indigenous led curriculum in public schools and community education settings to teach people how to support their local food systems and better understand Indigenous Peoples’ cultures, rights, knowledge and practices. There are good examples of these types of curriculums and programs being led by Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Canada. To reconnect and/or sustain our sustainable consumption patterns we need to be able to carry out hunting, fishing, and harvesting on the ceded territories, where perpetual right to hunt, fish, and harvest traditional foods is guaranteed by the treaties. This requires the environments to be healthy and free of toxic contaminants, and federal/state governments to prevent harassment by upholding the treaty rights and educate law enforcement and the public on Indigenous Peoples’ rights to harvesting and land/water access. Teachings and strategies from Indigenous Peoples’ approached and practices can provide essential solutions in reaching the SDGs. There is opportunity for Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples and programs to collaborate on these shared goals. First we need a change in mentality to see Indigenous Peoples’ food systems as vital to the solutions, which can help inspire the change to sustainable consumption. Action Track 3: There are current movements to return space and land to Indigenous Peoples for protection, management, and restoration following Indigenous biocentric restoration practices. Recognizing the collective human and tenure rights of Indigenous Peoples is crucial to Indigenous Peoples’ ability to revitalize traditional practices of generating food and stewarding lands/waters. Indigenous Peoples’ practices and systems of knowledge are needed to restore healthy, balanced populations of native and non-native species in regions. To support the exchange of knowledge and practice with the native plant species, regulations are necessary to protect the intellectual property rights of Indigenous Peoples and protection measures and consultations/consent are needed to safeguard against further issues with invasive plant and animal species. We need to start supporting agroecological systems and Indigenous Peoples’ food systems with the same way we support industrial production systems through comparable allocation of resources, extension services, trainings, research, and land designation. This would include increased localized production through market incentives for local economies of scale, incentives to promote agrobiodiversity working with local chefs, restaurants and markets, and increased support of conservation and biocentric production. Action Track 4: A multi-faceted approach is required to advance equitable livelihoods for North American Indigenous Peoples. We need to focus on creating opportunities for strong partnerships and alliances, such examples include in the carbon exchange and land/water/natural resource management. Existing programs and tools with organizations and governments can be improved with direct feedback from Indigenous Peoples/practitioners. Indigenous youth must be prioritized in the creation of opportunities and programs. It is important to use Indigenous curriculum and learning models that support Indigenous health, wellness, and advancement. Action Track 5: As the impacts of climate change intensify and affect more people, expanding Indigenous Peoples’ management practices and adaptation strategies is critical. Many Indigenous Peoples’ organizations and traditional governments in the United States and Canada have created climate change adaptation plans for their communities and territories. They have prioritized long-term water security in their planning. Indigenous and non-Indigenous leaders and communities need to work together to implement climate change adaptation strategies and regional plans. Скрыть
Направления деятельности: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Ключевые слова: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Finance, Governance, Human rights, Innovation, Policy, Women & Youth Empowerment