Side Event #5048

As more and more people and organisations seek to offer support to Indigenous Peoples and local communities, it is vitally important to reflect on the very nature of relationships and partnerships, including the core values that should guide them and the power imbalances that often pervade them. Join us for an exciting event with ‘lightning roundtables’ with representatives from Indigenous Peoples, conservation NGOs, funders, and support organisations.

Side Event #4656

The event will offer short presentations and discussions of case studies of OECMs with different governance models and stakeholders from Canada, Africa, Latin America and Asia.

A local to global, semi-structured panel of human rights and biodiversity experts from Parties, Indigenous peoples and local communities, and other representatives from civil society, and the UN will present and discuss inspiring examples of how a human rights-based approach to biodiversity protection can contribute to and should be part of the successful and equitable implementation of the post-2020 GBF.

This will be a one-hour interactive dialogue between women’s organizations and national governments to learn about their initiatives, lessons learned and practical suggestions to implement both the stand-alone target on gender equality and the post-2020 Gender Plan of Action aiming to contribute toward the success of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. The panel will promote a holistic discussion by bringing in different perspectives shaped by their background, ethnicity, and age, representing diverse geographies worldwide. 

The event will have simultaneous interpretations of English, Spanish and French and will be live streamed through the hosts’ and co-conveners social media channels. The session will also include an open space for the audience to ask additional questions to the panellists and share their experiences. 

A delegation of Indigenous leaders from Burma will speak about the successes of Indigenous solutions to pressing conservation challenges despite the insurmountable violence and hardships that indigenous peoples in Burma face.

This will be a 90-minute interactive panel of SSF representatives from around the world, sharing their experience and suggestions to ensure a truly transformative biodiversity agenda that includes participatory, inclusive, transparent and accountable implementation of the Post-2020 GBF that safeguards human rights, gender equality and their ways of life.