** UPDATE: This resolution was successfully ratified. See the Press release here **
Motion for a resolution – Mobile Indigenous Peoples and Conservation adopted resolution number RESWCC3.018, sponsored by Al-Khat Al Akhdar ( Green Line Association ). This motion submitted to the IUCN for the World Conservation Congress endorses the Dana Declaration and highlights the value of the World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous Peoples (WAMIP). It seeks to build on progress made at the 2003 World Parks Congress and the 2004 meeting of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas (Kuala Lumpur).
An Indigenous Peoples Preparatory meeting will take place 16-17 November in Bangkok in advance of the IUCN Congress. This will allow delegates a chance to prepare for the Congress including discussion of the motion for a Resolution, planning a media relations strategy and reviewing TILCEPA group strategy.
The Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) Foundation organised local logistics. Indigenous Peoples Ad-Hoc Working Group (AHWG) workshops during the congress covered: Customary Laws; Poverty and Protected Areas; and Community Conserved Areas, and the Dana Declaration group supported a workshop organized by WAMIP on Mobility, livelihoods and conservation.
The Dana Declaration group financially assisted the attendance of various participants, several of whom presented papers/workshops:
For more information contact: dawn.chatty@qeh.ox.ac.uk
