Global Affairs Canada have proudly announced an investment of $7 million CAD into the basket of the Podong Indigenous Peoples Initiative (PODONG), at the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Cali, Colombia. This critical funding will support the first wave of actions for PODONG, a groundbreaking initiative focused […]
The TRɄA World Summit on Traditional Knowledge Related to Biodiversity (Trua TK Summit) was jointly organized by the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB), the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia, and the Mesa Permanente de Concertación con los Pueblos y Organizaciones Indígenas de Colombia (MPC). It was organized in collaboration with the
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Blog Story by Our week began with the arrival of our dedicated African regional partners ANAPAC and IMPACT, who embarked on long journeys from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Kenya respectively. Among the participants were fellows from each organization and three community members, who came from the remote forests of the DRC and
The Africa Indigenous Women Organization (AIWO) actively participated in COP 28, contributing to critical discussions and negotiations aimed at addressing climate change. The session commenced with opening remarks from the COP 28 President and the UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, emphasizing the collective responsibility to limit global temperature rise to 1.5ºC and ensure that no
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