E/2018/43 E/C.19/2018/11 multiple-impact land conflicts arising from development and conservation projects that fail to take into account the rights and interests of indigenous peo ples. 19. Recalling articles 3–4, 8, 18, 25–26 and 32 of the Declaration, the Permanent Forum urges African States to promote, recognize and protect the collective rights of indigenous peoples to their lands, territories and resources through the developme nt of mechanisms to ensure the legal recognition of land and resource rights, the resolution of land disputes, fair and equitable redress, and the creation of permanent dialogue frameworks to facilitate political participation and representation of indigenous peoples in decision-making. 20. The Permanent Forum urges States to provide information to it on developments relating to the collective rights of indigenous peoples and constructive agreements with indigenous peoples at its eighteenth session, includi ng the following: (a) Effective measures taken to halt land alienation in the territories of indigenous peoples; (b) Financial and technical assistance provided to indigenous peoples to map the boundaries of their communal lands; (c) Legal and policy frameworks that have been implemented for the registration of collective titles; (d) National legislation adopted with the free, prior and informed consent of indigenous peoples when such legislation involves their territories, lands and natural resources. 21. The Permanent Forum requests all States to include developments relating to the rights of indigenous peoples in their regular reports to the Human Rights Council under the universal periodic review mechanism. International expert group meeting on the theme “Sustainable development in the territories of indigenous peoples” 22. Based on a recommendation of the Permanent Forum, the United Nations organized an international expert group meeting on the theme “Sustainable development in the territories of indigenous peoples” in January 2018. The meeting recommended that the Forum should give special consideration to the experience of indigenous peoples with autonomy and constructive arrangements in their expression of self-determination, including through a compilation and dissemination of good practices. 23. The expert group meeting further recommended that the Permanent Forum should explore opportunities to work with and support indigenous peoples ’ mechanisms that engage with international processes, su ch as the indigenous peoples major group (2030 Agenda), the International Indigenous Peoples ’ Forum on Climate Change (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) and the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (Convention on Biological Diversity). These are key engagement mechanisms to ensure the inclusion of indigenous peoples and their contribution in key global decision -making processes which could be strengthened through enhanced engagement with the Permanent Forum at its annual sessions and throughout the year. Conservation and the rights of indigenous peoples 24. The Permanent Forum expresses concern that conservation programmes based on the concept of excluding human beings from the environment have had negative consequences on the rights of indigenous peoples through forced evictions and other 8/26 18-07701