Indigenous Peoples and the CBD Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – “As the original stewards and owners of the lands and waters on this planet, our message throughout our discussions this week is that cultural intelligence working with nature is the best way forward”. Ken Paul from the Assembly of First Nations was speaking on behalf of the International Indigenous Forum on Biological Diversity (#IIFB) during the Second Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, held in February this year in Rome, Italy. His message guides the indigenous participants in the different agenda being discussed under the Convention on Biological Diversity (#CBD).

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