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IUCN Indigenous Peoples Member Organisation representative Yeshing Juliana Upún Yos delivered IUCN's statement to the Seventeenth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in New York, April 2018.
Photo: IUCN/Lorena Aguilar
An indigenous-led strategy for conservation in IUCN
22.04.2018IUCN Indigenous Peoples Member Organisation representative Yeshing Juliana Upún Yos delivered the following statement to the Seventeenth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in New York City last week.
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Photo: Lorena Aguilar IUCN
Strengthening indigenous voice and action in conservation
18.04.2018At the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress in 2016, its Members Assembly adopted a landmark decision for indigenous peoples and conservation. Members voted to create a new category of membership for...
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Group photo of the participants at the GBM CSO Vision launch event
Photo: © Ann Moey / IUCN
Civil Society Organisations launch vision for cooperative governance of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basins
02.11.2017Cooperative governance of the Ganges Brahmaputra Meghna Basins (GBM) region was strengthened through the recent launch of a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) vision for improved transboundary water management. The vision, which was developed by a network of...
