E/2025/43 E/C.19/2025/8 levels, even in countries where Indigenous Peoples are not officially recognized. This approach aligns with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the right to self-identification and can ensure that programmes are inclusive, culturally appropriate and responsive to Indigenous Peoples’ needs. 77. The Permanent Forum urges all United Nations entities to institutionalize engagement with Indigenous Peoples in high-level events. The Forum also encourages the Conferences of the Parties to the Rio conventions to invite the Forum to participate in negotiations in its capacity as an advisory body within the United Nations system. 78. The Permanent Forum urges Member States, and the Convention on Biological Diversity secretariat’s permanent subsidiary body on article 8 (j), in its new work programme, to include Indigenous Peoples’ leadership at all levels, including as Co- Chairs, working group leads, expert groups and Bureau members from the seven sociocultural regions. The Forum reiterates its call upon United Nations entities and the Parties to biodiversity and climate agreements to recognize the distinct identities and specific rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Forum encourages the use of accurate and differentiated terminology and recommends avoiding the combined or interchangeable use of the terms “Indigenous Peoples” and “local communities” as a single category. 79. The Permanent Forum calls upon Mongolia, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Convention to Combat Desertification secretariat to ensure the meaningful participation of representatives of Indigenous pastoralists in the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralism (General Assembly resolution 76/253) and in all related events and processes. Adequate and sustained funding must be secured for Indigenous Peoples’ participation. 80. The Permanent Forum takes note with appreciation of the Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge of the World Intellectual Property Organization for the benefit of Indigenous Peoples. It urges Member States to sign, ratify and implement the Treaty, which contains measures to protect against biopiracy, includes Indigenous Peoples’ full and effective participation in the Assembly of the Contracting Parties to the Treaty and acknowledges States’ commitments to achieving the ends of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Thematic dialogue on the financing of Indigenous Peoples’ work and participation across the multilateral and regional system (item 5 (g)) 81. The extraction of critical minerals, which is essential for the global transition to renewable energy, has far-reaching implications for Indigenous Peoples, whose lands and territories are often rich in these vital resources. While crucial to addressin g climate change, unregulated or exploitative extraction risks repeating historical injustices and endangering Indigenous Peoples’ rights, ecosystems and ways of life. Indigenous Peoples must be recognized as rights holders and essential partners in building a just and sustainable future, and not as barriers to development. 82. Indigenous Peoples continue to face systemic obstacles to accessing financial resources that would enable them to participate fully in policy processes. Funding often bypasses Indigenous Peoples, undermining their governance and selfdetermination. Financial institutions and global actors must establish equitable, direct and accessible funding mechanisms aligned with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous leadership and participation are critical to advancing climate action, biodiversity protection and inclusive sustainable development. 25-07572 15/23