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effective area-based conservation measures”, including when recognizing the land
rights of indigenous women. A core element of the post-2020 global biodiversity
framework should be the development of indicators reflecting indigenous peoples ’
rights to facilitate monitoring and implementation. There is an urgent and continuing
need for resource mobilization for indigenous peoples, including for indigenous
women, to ensure their participation in shaping and implementing the post -2020
global biodiversity framework. In this regard, the Permanent Forum acknowledges
the recommendation to organize an expert meeting to develop and study the options
and mechanisms for direct access to funding, to be transmitted to the secretariat of
the Convention on Biological Diversity. Furthermore, the Permanent Forum supports
the continuation of the work of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Inter-sessional Working
Group on Article 8(j) and related provisions of that Convention and urges States
parties thereto to ensure adequate support to provide for a robust work programme.
88. The Permanent Forum recommends that United Nations entities review
language and terminology on native breeds, local seed varieties and endemic varieties
of plants and animals. The Permanent Forum recommen ds differentiating such
terminology from indigenous peoples’ foods, seeds and breeds, by avoiding the use
of the term “indigenous” to dispel confusion.
89. The Permanent Forum notes the importance of several concurrent United
Nations Decades that are of importance to indigenous peoples. The Permanent Forum
recommends that the United Nations entities responsible for the international decades
declared by the General Assembly, such as the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem
Restoration, the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable
Development, the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable
Development”, 2018–2028, and the International Decade of Indigenous Languages,
ensure good communication and coordinate efforts regarding the part icipation of
indigenous peoples and their issues. In this regard, the Permanent Forum recommends
that the relevant United Nations entities report to the Department of Economic and
Social Affairs, which, in turn, is invited to prepare a study on the funding , modalities
and scale of indigenous peoples’ participation in all four Decades. The Permanent
Forum further invites Member States to support and fund cooperation during the four
Decades to ensure the full and effective participation of indigenous peoples.
90. The Permanent Forum welcomes Human Rights Council resolution 48/13 on the
human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment and calls upon the
General Assembly to reaffirm and reinforce the human right to a safe, clean, healthy
and sustainable environment, and calls upon the organizations of the United Nations
system to take action in this regard.
91. The Permanent Forum applauds the creation of the Coalition on Indigenous
Peoples’ Food Systems and will contribute to its efforts. Furthermore, the Permanent
Forum will invite discussions on indigenous peoples’ preparations for the high-level
political forum on sustainable development.
92. The Permanent Forum recognizes the importance of ex ploring possibilities for
strengthening cooperation with the human rights treaty bodies on issues of relevance
to its mandate. The Permanent Forum therefore invites the Chairs of the human rights
treaty bodies each to designate a representative to particip ate in the twenty-second
session of the Permanent Forum, to be held in 2023.
93. The Permanent Forum recalls the request it made at its fifteenth session
(E/2016/43, para. 47) for UNESCO to host a joint seminar with the Expert Mechanism
on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other relevant United Nations mechanisms
for the purpose of exploring the development of a new international mechanism on
the repatriation of ceremonial objects and human remains. In thi s regard, the
Permanent Forum deeply regrets the absence of UNESCO from the expert group
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