Indigenous Peoples in Route to the Rio+20 Conference: Global Preparatory Meeting of Indigenous Peoples on Rio+20 and Kari-Oca 2
22-24 August 2011 (Manaus, Amazonia, Brazil)
The participants of the preparatory meeting established a steering committee, a global committee of coordination and a secretariat to coordinate indigenous peoples’ input to and participation in Rio+20, and organize Kari-Oca 2, a global conference where indigenous peoples will share efforts to implement development with identity and culture and will endeavor to reach a consensus on Rio+20 themes and issues. Kari-Oca 2 is scheduled to be held from 31 May to 2 June 2012, and focus on: the right to land and jurisdictional security; the impact of extractive industries on the welfare of indigenous peoples; and food sovereignty and the right to food. The meeting adopted a series of conclusions and recommendations, as well as the Manaus declaration, calling on the UN to ensure the full, formal and effective participation of Indigenous Peoples in all processes and activities of the Rio+20 Conference, and its preparatory and follow-up mechanisms, in accordance with the UNDRIP and the principle of free, prior and informed consent, and highlighting the need for a holistic framework for sustainable development, including integration of the human-rights based approach, ecosystem approach and culturally-sensitive and knowledge-based approaches. Download the meeting’s agreements moving towards Rio+20 [doc] … Download the meeting’s conclusions and recommendations [doc] … Download the Manaus declaration [doc] …
