E/2019/43 E/C.19/2019/10 122. The Permanent Forum recommends that Canada operationalize the Declaration by passing Bill C-262 (United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act) as a significant step towards reconciliation. 123. There were calls from indigenous peoples for regular dialogues between Member States and indigenous peoples’ representative institutions. 124. In the discussion on reconciliation and intergenerational trauma, there was agreement that healing requires a return to culture and a relationship with the land. The Permanent Forum recommends that Governments support programmes led by indigenous peoples to address intergenerational trauma as a way of moving towards true reconciliation. Eastern Europe, Russian Federation, Central Asia and Transcaucasia 125. Climate change and environmental issues are a major threat to indigenous peoples. The Permanent Forum recommends that Member States recognize indigenous peoples’ rights to use, maintain and control their lands, territories and resources, and develop mechanisms for their inclusion in relevant decision -making processes. The Forum calls upon States to cooperate with indigenous peoples and consider their traditional knowledge in environmental impact assessment proc edures and in local, regional and national development plans. The Forum also recommends that States implement inclusive environmental and land management policies, in line with the Declaration. 126. The Permanent Forum welcomes the measures taken by the Russian Federation in the context of 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages, including the establishment of a national organizing committee and action plan and the creation of the fund for the preservation and study of native languages of the Russian Federation. The Forum acknowledges the partnership and financial contribution of Estonia and the Russian Federation to the activities of the International Year and appeals to other States in this region to follow this good practice. 127. The Permanent Forum calls upon Member States to support cross-border cultural communications and initiatives between indigenous peoples of the region to foster their common languages, heritage and traditional knowledge. 128. The Permanent Forum also calls upon Member States to adopt effective measures to create a sustainable language environment by using information technologies and educational systems and by documenting and monitoring indigenous/native languages and using these languages in public spheres. Pacific 129. The Pacific regional dialogue featured indigenous peoples and Member States from throughout Oceania sharing first-hand accounts of climate change as an existential threat to indigenous peoples who have done the least to contribute to the crisis. It was recognized during the dialogue that traditional knowledge and ancestral practices provided possibilities to comanage natural resources, operationalizing the Declaration. 130. Indigenous peoples in the Pacific rely on marine resources and fisheries for both livelihoods and as a food source. The Permanent Forum encourages United Nations entities to incorporate traditional knowledge into all their work in the region. 131. The Permanent Forum expresses concern that indigenous peoples’ participation is insufficient and traditional knowledge not respected in the intergovernmental conference on an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine 19-08162 21/28