Asserting Indigenous Rights within REDD Agreements - Vicky Tauli-Corpuz
Channel: UN University
Date: 2012-04-09

The need for Indigenous peoples to assert their recognized rights and for governments to uphold these commitments within REDD framework agreements 

Excerpt from interview with Vicky Tauli-Corpuz recorded at "Climate Change Mitigation with Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples: Practices, Lessons Learned and Prospects" 

26-28 March 2012, Cairns, Australia
www.unutki.org/climate

The workshop aimed to:
*Reflect the wide and diverse range of perspectives concerning indigenous peoples/local communities and climate change responses (including mitigation)
*Support the build-up of understanding and peer-reviewed literature in the field of Indigenous peoples, local communities and climate change mitigation
*Compile regional and local data and grey literature that are relevant for understanding climate change mitigation involving local and Indigenous knowledge holders, local populations, and developing country scientists
*Support Indigenous peoples', local communities'and developing country scientists' engagement and research in international climate dialogues
*Provide policy-makers with relevant information on the mitigation potential of Indigenous peoples and local communities
*Outline a publication in a Special Issue of a peer-reviewed scientific journal

For background papers and meeting reports visit: 
www.unutki.org/climate