Organisation

FAO

Description

Considered some of the oldest and most sustainable on the planet, Indigenous Peoples’ food systems are intimately tied to nature and able to provide food and nutritional security while maintaining biodiversity and supporting climate resilience.

Indigenous Peoples’ food systems are at the crossroads of several global policy discussions related to the mandate of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), the UNFCCC, and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CDB). Mainly based on food generation activities, and often with a strong component of mobile livelihoods, they offer new perspectives to consider food systems and its sustainability, meanwhile that they require specific attention for their preservation.

Since its official endorsement at COAG27 in 2020, the Global-Hub on Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems has provided significant evidence on the sustainability and resilience of Indigenous Peoples’ food systems. In March 2023, the Global-Hub met in person and identified new key areas of work, such as the Indigenous Peoples’ biocentric restoration, the analysis of the impact of development and anti-poverty policies on Indigenous Peoples and their territories, as well as the role of collective rights in preserving biodiversity.

The side-event will offer a review of the recent evidence available that has been put forward by the Global-Hub, in favor of the preservation and the strengthening of Indigenous Peoples’ food systems worldwide.

Speakers

Moderation: Yon Fernandez de Larrinoa, FAO

Opening remarks

-Dario Mejia Montalvo, Chair, UNPFII (tbc).

-Mariam Wallet Aboubacrine, Arramat project (tbc)

-Ivan Ingram, Global Indigenous Youth Caucus Advisor (tbc)

Technical discussion: Major contributions of Indigenous Peoples’ food systems in ongoing policy discussions

-Indigenous Peoples' biocentric restoration: concepts and applications, Francisco Rosado May, Mayan University of Quintana Roo (tbc)

-The impact of energy transition on Indigenous Peoples and their territories worldwide, Rodion Sulyandziga, Director of the Centre for the Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North (CSIPN)

-Indigenous Peoples’ food systems resilience and the one health approach, James Ford, University of Leeds (tbc)

- Current challenges on Indigenous Peoples' food systems in the Amazon and the importance of collective rights in the preservation of biodiversity, Gaia Amazonas (tbc)

Discussions

Way forward.

-Yon Fernandez de Larrinoa, FAO

Language

EN - SP