indigenous peoples Archives - United Nations Sustainable Development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/tag/indigenous-peoples/ 17 Goals to Transform Our World Sun, 22 Apr 2018 15:59:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 Indigenous peoples’ knowledge, wisdom valuable to climate adaptation, Peruvian activists say /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/11/indigenous-peoples-knowledge-wisdom-valuable-to-climate-adaptation-peruvian-activists-say/ Tue, 07 Nov 2017 22:26:08 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=34389 Peruvian indigenous activists at COP23 in Bonn, Germany, made a strong call Tuesday for indigenous peoples to be part of the solution to tackling climate change.

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]]> Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ experts: Make human rights priority in conservation /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/08/un-experts-make-human-rights-priority-in-conservation/ Mon, 29 Aug 2016 16:49:41 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=19610 Two United Nations experts on environment and indigenous peoples today highlighted that effective and sustainable conservation requires respect for human rights.

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]]> Indigenous peoples share hopes for the SDGs /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/05/indigenous-peoples-share-hopes-for-the-sdgs/ Tue, 24 May 2016 15:24:24 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=17415 With its promise to leave no one behind, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is of vital importance to the 370 million indigenous peoples around the world, who are often over-represented among the poor, the illiterate and the unemployed. At the same time, indigenous peoples with their profound knowledge of nature and sustainability have a [...]

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]]> How can the SDGs best help Indigenous Peoples? /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/05/how-can-the-sdgs-best-help-indigenous-peoples/ Tue, 24 May 2016 13:56:52 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=17403 The post How can the SDGs best help Indigenous Peoples? appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

]]> Ban urges Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ system to bolster support for indigenous peoples /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/05/ban-urges-un-system-to-bolster-support-for-indigenous-peoples/ Fri, 20 May 2016 20:46:24 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=17376 Much has been achieved to improve the rights of indigenous peoples, but conflicts on their lands and territories, and the lack of inclusion of their voices in peace processes, remain a challenge, Ban Ki-moon said.

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