International Day for Biological Diversity

Watch the Press Conference: : "Indigenous Women from Brazil: Calls for Action to Protect Biodiversity, Indigenous Rights, and Climate" organized by Women's Earth and Climate Action Network! Press Conferences

Indigenous communities defend Earth's biodiversity —but they're in danger. We must protect indigenous people's rights because we need local and Indigenous Knowledge in our journey to reverse the trend of Biodiversity Loss.

Indigenous Peoples have developed sophisticated codes of conservation to stop overhunting and preserve biodiversity . Discover the Indigenous Peoples of the planet and their most important characteristics!

 Ensure the full, equitable, inclusive, effective and gender-responsive representation and participation in decision-making , and access to justice and information related to biodiversity by indigenous peoples and local communities, respecting their cultures and their rights over lands , territories,resources, and traditional knowledge , as well as by women and girls, children and youth, and persons with disabilities and ensure the full protection of environmental human rights defenders .

 Ensure that the best available data, information and knowledge are accessible to decision makers, practitioners and the public to guide effective and equitable governance, integrated and participatory management of biodiversity , and to strengthen communication, awareness-raising, education, monitoring, research and knowledge management and, also in this context, traditional knowledge, innovations , practices and technologies of indigenous peoples and local communities should only be accessed with their free, prior and informed consent, 14 in accordance with national legislation.