The Biennial UN Global Indigenous Youth Forum (UNGIYF)
04/10/2023
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The United Nations Global Indigenous Youth Forum (UNGIYF) is back from the 16 – 20 October 2023
16/10/2023
Rome - On Monday morning 186 Indigenous Youth arrived at FAO headquarters in Rome. They gathered around a sacred fire lit in the middle of the Nomad Indigenous FoodLab, a group of Sámi Peo...
The UN Global Indigenous Youth Forum opens with an invitation to listen, hear and learn from each other
17/10/2023
Rome - The atmosphere inside the Nomad Indigenous FoodLab was warm as Indigenous Youth, Member State ambassadors, FAO Directors and delegations from other UN agencies gathered this morning for the opening ce...
Ecuador and Panama join the Coalition on Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems
18/10/2023
Rome - Ecuador joins the Coalition
Exactly one year ago, in October 2022, a delegation of Indigenous Youth gathered in the Boassu Food Lab at FAO headq...
Biodiversity conservation and climate action at UNGIYF
19/10/2023
Rome - Indigenous Peoples stand at the frontline of climate change and biodiversity loss. These two phenomena increase the pressure on their food and knowledge systems.
Over the ...
The NO-honey Bar at the UNGIYF: a spotlight on non-Apis mellifera bees
10/11/2023
Indigenous Youth pathway forward: the Rome Declaration on Safeguarding Seven Generations in times of Food, Social, and Ecological Crises
10/12/2023
International Indigenous Women Research Cohort Completes Special Edition of the Knowledge Makers Journal Special Edition, “Indigenous Women, Indigenous Peoples’ Food & Knowledge Systems, and Climate Action”
08/03/2024
In honor of International Women’s Day 2024, Thompson Rivers University (TRU) with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will host the culminating event of the first collaborative Knowledge Makers Journal with an international Indigenous Women’s rese...
FAO participation to the workshops on Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge and the Sciences: strengthening recognition to address global challenges
15/03/2024
Rome – On the 14th and 15th of March 2024, FAO participated in the workshop on Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge and the Sciences, organized by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
The two-day workshops focused on the importance ...
Brazil joins the Coalition on Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems.
16/03/2024
Indigenous Youth at the center of the discussions in New York at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
15/04/2024
FAO's side-event on the Coalition on Indigenous Peoples’ food systems at the UNPFII
22/04/2024
FAO's side-event on the Outcomes of the UNGIYF at the UNPFII
23/04/2024
FAO at the 23rd Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
29/04/2024
New York - The 23rd Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) started at the UN General Assembly Hall on 15 April and lasted for ten days. Hundreds of Indigenous leader...