Indigenous Peoples Forests Governance
Channel: Land Portal
Date: 2021-04-22

This webinar reviews the report “Forest Governance by Indigenous and Tribal Peoples” by FAO and FILAC, and its main arguments. It discusses how governments can move forward formal recognition of territorial rights to indigenous and tribal territories and their forests that have yet to receive such recognition while reaching agreement with Indigenous and tribal traditional authorities about rules related to territorial planning and forest management, as well as coordinate actions to ensure those rules are respected. It also debates how global and national plans for preventing deforestation, forest degradation and carbon emissions on Indigenous and tribal territories should ensure safe living conditions and channel new investments to support traditional livelihoods. 

This event is the first one of a series of webinars organized under the “Land Dialogues”series, a Tenure Facility, Land Portal, Ford Foundation and Thomson Reuters Foundation initiative promoting the importance of recognizing legal ownership of Indigenous Peoples and local communities land rights as a prerequisite for achieving national and international goals for forest governance, food security, climate mitigation, economic development, and human rights.

Find out more: https://landportal.org/event/2021/03/indigenous-peoples-forests-governance-fundamental-strategy-preserving-forests-and