2. Indigenous Peoples and Cultures

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United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)

The Permanent Forum is an advisory body to the Economic and Social Council with a mandate to discuss indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights. According to its mandate, the Permanent Forum will: * provide expert advice and recommendations on indigenous issues to the Council, as well as to programmes, funds and agencies of the United Nations, through the Council * raise awareness and promote the integration and coordination of activities related to indigenous issues within the UN system * prepare and disseminate information on indigenous issues

Avances y Perspectivas para la Investigacion Forestal en Bolivia

PROGRAMA Y RESÚMENES Primera Reunión Nacional sobre Investigación Forestal Avances y Perspectivas para la Investigación Forestal en Bolivia 25 – 27 de Junio, 2002 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

World Bank Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous Peoples are a significant and important portion of humanity. Their heritage, their ways of life, their stewardship of this planet, and their cosmological insights are an invaluable treasure house for us all. The World Bank is honored to be working worldwide with Indigenous Peoples in global dialog and in development projects. The World Bank aims to promote Indigenous Peoples' development in a manner which ensures that the development process fosters full respect for the dignity, human rights, and uniqueness of Indigenous Peoples.

Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Development

This paper highlights the problems and challenges faced by indigenous peoples. Based on IFAD’s past experiences, it also makes suggestions on how to expand and deepen partnerships with governments and others in order to protect and promote indigenous peoples’ rights. As most indigenous peoples live in marginal areas where property rights are illdefined, secure access to land, forests and water is necessarily a major issue. It is also important to address indigenous peoples’ basic human rights to food, health, education, culture, dignity and peace. The rights-based approach that IFAD has initiated in some countries recognizes that sensitivity to indigenous cultures and languages and respect for their knowledge systems are important to build/strengthen ownership, and hence sustainability, of development initiatives.