E/2019/43 E/C.19/2019/10 Education 35. The Permanent Forum remains concerned about the state of formal education for indigenous young people and calls upon States to fully fund bilingual and culturally appropriate primary, secondary and tertiary education programmes led by indigenous peoples, including mobile education initiatives for nomadic and semi-nomadic communities. Supporting informal and formal indigenous education systems is crucial in order to maintain and transmit traditional indigenous knowledge systems. Environment 36. Recognizing the urgent need for concerted action to address conservation and the rights of indigenous peoples, the Permanent Forum held its second dialogue on the topic during its eighteenth session. Research increasingly and consistently demonstrates that recognizing indigenous peoples’ rights to their territories and resources is the most effective way to safeguard biological diversity and protect the ecological integrity of critical ecosystems. Ecological knowledge systems and resource management strategies of indigenous peoples play a key role in implementing truly sustainable conservation strategies and policies. 37. This dialogue follows on the international expert group meeting on the theme “Conservation and the rights of indigenous peoples” (E/C.19/2019/7). The Permanent Forum endorses the recommendations from the meeting and urges States, conservation organizations, indigenous peoples and United Nations entities to work together in implementing the recommendations. 38. The Permanent Forum expresses concern about continuing violations of indigenous peoples’ rights in relation to conservation initiatives and will continue to advance efforts to develop concrete action to ensure that conservation strategies and programmes are in line with the Declaration. 39. The Permanent Forum recommends that the specialist group on indigenous peoples, customary and environmental law and human rights within the Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy of the International Union for Conservation of Nature host a series of regional meetings to discuss the development of standards for the conservation of indigenous peoples’ lands and waters by 2020, together with indigenous peoples, NGOs and other stakeholders, in consultation with the Forum, United Nations special rapporteurs and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 40. The Permanent Forum urges the member organizations of the Conservation Initiative on Human Rights to commission independent evaluations of the impact of their organizations’ work on indigenous peoples. 41. The Permanent Forum recommends that the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination conduct a study on the use of private military and security companies in conservation and their impact on the rights of indigenous peoples. 42. The Permanent Forum recommends that States implement emission reductions to limit the increase in average global temperature to no more than 1.5ºC to avoid the increased impact of climate change. Health 10/28 19-08162