Collective and tenure rights for sustainable Indigenous Peoples’ food and knowledge systems in the context of the 10th anniversary of the VGGT and the IYAFA 2022
05/05/2022
New York / Online – Despite the importance of Indigenous Peoples lands for biodiversity and their spiritual, social, cultural value as sources of identity, Indigenous Peoples’ rights over their lands have been historically disregarded. Tenure insecurity has...
Indigenous Peoples’ Biocentric Restoration: How Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge and food systems inform cosmogonic restoration processes
28/04/2022
New York City / Online – How can Indigenous Peoples’ food and knowledge systems inform global debates related to biocentric restoration, biodiversity conservation, climate change, and sustainable food systems? This was the central question discussed at a si...
FPIC for Climate Action: Acknowledging Indigenous Peoples as guardians for biodiversity
26/04/2022
New York / Online – A side event to the Twenty-First Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) identified the current challenges and good practices in the implementation of Free, Prior, and In...
Condolences for Dr. Ouayara Koné
20/04/2022
Condolences for the family of Dr. Ouayara Koné
The Indigenous Peoples Unit of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) expresses its condolences to the Kel Tamasheq people and the family of Dr. Ouayara Koné
Dr. Ouayara Koné was a veterina...
Condolences for Dr. Khadija Catherine Razavi
20/04/2022
The Indigenous Peoples Unit of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) expresses its condolences to the family of Dr. Khadija Catherine Razavi and CENESTA.
Dr. Razavi was an ...
Indigenous Peoples, Gender and Natural Resources Rights in the Context of COVID-19: Tends and Experiences from the Ground for Building Back Better
23/03/2022
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Young people reconnecting to ancestral food systems
10/02/2022
Indigenous Peoples’ resilience and adaptation in face of the COVID-19 crisis
04/02/2022
Read the Mongabay series: Indigenous Peoples' food systems can provide game-changing solutions for humankind!
13/01/2022
A series covering 6 key, resilient Indigenous Peoples’ food systems from around the world w...
Rethinking hierarchies of evidence for sustainable food systems.
18/11/2021
Indigenous Peoples’ and other traditional knowledge systems are deemed ‘unscientific’ when assessed against conventional hierarchies of evidence. Science–policy processes building on the commitments of the UN Food Systems Summit must ensure that due recognition, acceptance and prom...
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Watch the Indigenous Peoples’ food systems & climate change in the Polar Oceans side-event at Cryosphere Pavilion COP-26
06/11/2021
Climate change is affecting fisheries and food systems worldwide, and the Polar Oceans are no exception. Ocean warming and acidificati...
New FAO publication highlights the actions of Indigenous youth in local food systems during times of adversity
13/10/2021
Even though Indigenous Peoples’ practices have little impact on greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, climat...
Indigenous Peoples at the forefront of the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit: “Indigenous Peoples’ food systems are a game-changing solution to ensure more sustainable food systems”
27/07/2021
During the UN Food Systems Pre-summit in Rome, Indigeno...
Register to the UN Food System Pre-summit Affiliated Session - The White/Wiphala Paper on Indigenous Peoples’ food systems: Collective evidence gathered by Indigenous Peoples to contribute to the UN Food Systems Summit.
23/07/2021
The Global Indigenous Youth Forum gathered Indigenous youth’s policy input to the UN Food Systems Summit.
08/07/2021
FAO congratulates Chef José Andrés, an Indigenous Peoples’ food Systems supporter, for being honoured with the 2021 Princess of Asturias Award
02/07/2021
The Princess of Asturias Foundation has decided to award the 2021 Princess of Asturias Award for Concord to the C...
FAO report maps insights from and threats to Indigenous Peoples’ food systems
25/06/2021
Collaborative study looks at eight Indigenous Peoples’ food systems i...
FAO and the European Development Days open a discussion on Indigenous Peoples Food Systems
16/06/2021
Sign up for the 'Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems Feeding the planet and preserving its biodiversity' Brainstorming lab at the 14th Edition of the European Development Days.
11/06/2021
Indigenous Peoples are responsible for the protection of 80% of the...