Globally, each Nation State has taken control of most natural resources, and regulates national and international access to these resources. However, there are natural biodiversity-rich areas where indigenous peoples have been traditional stewards and without whose protection the resources would have been subject to various forms of degradation. This webinar followed by a Discussion will engage with viewpoints from two very different areas in India and from the Philippines where the perspectives of indigenous peoples will be presented and their contribution to resource conservation and their rights to resource access and benefit sharing will be discussed.
Coordinator: Renee Borges, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, IUBS Secretary General
Co-Moderator: Suneetha Subramanian, Biodiversity and Society Programme at UNU-IAS
Speakers:
- Siddappa Setty, ATREE Bengaluru, India, “Soliga tribal community, livelihood and conservation under the Forest Rights Act in Western Ghats, India”
- Jennifer Tauli Corpuz, lawyer Kankana-ey Igorot Indigenous People of northern Philippines, “Recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Governance of Territory as a Distinct and Effective Pathway for Conservation”
- Sharachchandra Lele, ATREE Bengaluru, India, “Adivasis and the Central Indian Forests”
