E/2011/43 E/C.19/2011/14 world threatened by climate change. Indigenous peoples, as rights holders and ecosystem managers, have made major contributions to sound environmental governance at all levels: local, subnational, national, regional and global. The challenge lies in mainstreaming these knowledge systems, innovations and practices, which Agenda 21 4 calls “traditional scientific knowledge”, for all of humanity, with the consent of indigenous peoples and in a spirit of partnership. The modalities for Rio+20, its preparatory phases and its follow-up mechanisms and processes must respect the rights of indigenous peoples, including those acknowledged in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 133. The Permanent Forum recalls the Kari-Oca Declaration (1992), the Kimberley Declaration and the Indigenous Peoples Plan of Implementation for Sustainable Development (2002) as important policy statements by indigenous peoples on sustainable development which are to be taken into consideration for the outcome document of Rio+20. 134. The Permanent Forum calls upon Member States to ensure equal, direct, meaningful and substantive indigenous participation at Rio+20 by including indigenous peoples’ representatives in official delegations to the conference and in the preparatory regional implementation meetings, including those to be held at: • Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 7-9 September 2011, Santiago (Latin America and Caribbean region) • Economic Commission for Africa and partners, 10-14 October 2011, Addis Ababa (Africa region) • Economic and Social Commission for 18-20 October 2011, Cairo (Arab region) Western Asia and partners, • Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 19 and 20 October 2011, Seoul (Asia-Pacific region) • Economic Commission for Europe, 1 and 2 December 2011, Geneva (European region) 135. The Permanent Forum welcomes the initiative of indigenous organizations to hold a preparatory meeting on Rio+20 in Manaus, Brazil, from 11 to 13 August 2011, and calls on United Nations agencies, especially the Division for Sustainable Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the United Nations Environment Programme, non-governmental organizations and donors, to support the participation of indigenous peoples, including indigenous women and young leaders, in that process. 136. The Permanent Forum recommends that the Department of Public Information secure and fund indigenous peoples’ participation in the 64th Annual United Nations Department of Public Information Non-Governmental Organizations Conference, to be held in Bonn from 3 to 5 September 2011 on the theme “Sustainable societies; responsive citizens” as an important preparatory event for Rio+20. __________________ 4 22 Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992, vol. I: Resolutions Adopted by the Conference, resolution 1, annex II (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigenda). 11-37063