E/2024/43 E/C.19/2024/8 121. The Permanent Forum welcomes the efforts of the International In digenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change in addressing terminology related to Indigenous Peoples and local communities. The Forum urges Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to uphold the principles established during the twenty-third session of the Conference of the Parties in the upcoming review of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform at the twenty ninth session, ensuring equal status and financial support for Indigenous Peoples within the Platform at all levels. The Forum supports the establishment of a separate platform for Indigenous Peoples. 122. The Permanent Forum welcomes the commitment of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples to enhance Indigenous Peoples’ participation within United Nations entities. The Forum encourages Member States and other funders to support the Voluntary Fund and the Trust Fund on Indigenous Issues. 123. The Permanent Forum urges Member States and relevant United Nations entities to strengthen and facilitate the engagement of Indigenous youth in decision-making across all United Nations processes, including the Summit of the Future. 124. The Forum calls upon international financial institutions to align policies and safeguards with the Declaration. Dialogues: thematic dialogues, including on the financing of Indigenous Peoples’ work and participation in the context of, inter alia, development, climate, environment and biodiversity (item 5 (g)) 125. Worldwide, Indigenous Peoples are at the forefront of th e protection and management of the environment and biodiversity of, as well as climate change mitigation and adaptation in, on and around, their own lands and territories. Their management of 80 per cent of the world’s biodiversity underlines the importanc e of strengthening their participation in environmental governance and resource management at the local, national and international levels. The Permanent Forum commends the many positive and encouraging examples of impactful projects and programmes for Indigenous Peoples related to the environment, sustainable development, cultural heritage, climate change, and biodiversity management and conservation. 126. As rights holders to their own lands, territories and resources, Indigenous knowledge is essential for sustainable development, including pertinent international processes and Conferences of the Parties, inter alia, to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; to the Convention on Biological Diversity; and to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa. The Forum welcomes the study transmitted in the note by the Secretariat entitled “Financing the future: the financial needs of Indigenous Peoples to support their actions for biodiversity, climate and the protection of Mother Earth” ( E/C.19/2024/7). 127. Indigenous Peoples expressed their discontent with the many obstacles to being truly able to protect and manage projects and actions within these fields, including from the encroachment of extractive industries by private and public business enterprises that threaten the health of ecosystems and the health and livelihoods of Indigenous Peoples. 128. Concerns were also expressed about “green colonialism”, where Indigenous lands and territories are used for green energy projects, such as for the placement of wind turbines, and for the extraction of minerals that are critical for the green transition, in complete disregard for Indigenous Peoples’ rights, including free, prior and informed consent. 20/28 24-07820