Tuesday January 29, 2013
12:30-2pm
Rio Room, 9th Floor
FF Building, 304 East 45th Street
For more information please contact Pamela Kraft (pkraft@triballink.org)
Tuesday January 29, 2013
12:30-2pm
Rio Room, 9th Floor
FF Building, 304 East 45th Street
For more information please contact Pamela Kraft (pkraft@triballink.org)
What: International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
Where: UNHQ NY
Information: The day will highlight indigenous peoples and the media. Program and details will be posted as they become available.
The United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations is currently accepting applications for funding to attend the 12th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
If you are an indigenous person who meets the criteria for selection please visit the website of the Office of the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights for information on how to apply and dead lines.
We encourage our interested indigenous colleagues to submit their applications as soon as possible!
Please join us for a presentation & discussion on
Indigenous and Local Communities and the Private Sector
Sunday 17 June 2012, 13:30-15:00, Room T-5 in Riocentro
The Rio +20 summit focuses on two topics: green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication and the institutional framework for sustainable development. The side event aims to illustrate how biodiversity use can serve these two strategic objectives.
In 2009, the Natural Resources Stewardship Circle of the aromatic, perfume and cosmetics industry (NRSC) committed to developing collaborative guidelines for ethical and sustainable sourcing of natural extracts from the traditional territories of indigenous peoples and local communities (ILCs) producers around the world. Currently, NRSC membership is made up of 20+ major international companies.
Join us as the NRSC, in cooperation with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Tribal Link Foundation, and Associacao Sociocultural Yawanawa share experiences from the field and engage the audience in an open dialogue on the development of guidelines and the next steps forward.
Moderator:
Viviana Figuero, Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity
Speakers:
Elise Rebut, representing the Natural Resources Stewardship Circle
Claude Fromageot, Sustainability Manager, Yves Rocher
Tashka Yawanawa, Chief of the Yawnawa Community, Brazil
Pamela Kraft, Executive Director, Tribal Link Foundation
What: Rio+20 or UNCSD
When: 20-22 June 2012
Where: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
For more information, click here.
UN Headquarters, New York
29-31 January 2013
Venue: Conference Room 5–North Lawn Building
The Expert Group Meeting on indigenous youth is organized following a decision by the Economic and Social Council, authorizing a three day international expert group meeting. The results of the meeting will be reported to the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at its twelfth session in May 2013.
Representatives from indigenous peoples’ organizations and from non-governmental organizations who are interested in attending the meeting are advised to contact Mr. Broddi Sigurdarson (sigurdarson@un.org).
Note that this meeting is a closed meeting, open only to invited experts and a small number of observers. Those observers who do not have UN grounds passes must enter the United Nations Headquarters through the visitor’s entrance on 1st. Avenue facing 45th Street. Registration will take place in the visitor’s lobby from 9:00-11:00 AM on Tuesday 29 January. Additional registration times will take place from 2:30-3:00PM on Tuesday 29 January and 9:00-10:00AM on Wednesday 30 January. Please look for a table for the Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Youth. Registration is only open to those who have received confirmation of their pre-registration from the Secretariat.