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fishing and shifting cultivation, among others, are discuss ed by the indigenous
decision-making bodies, which establish rules to avoid overfishing and for the
management of grazing lands. Food security remains a key issue tackled by many
indigenous governance systems because of the impacts of climate change, espec ially
floods, droughts, hurricanes and desertification (see A/HRC/36/46).
61. The work of the Special Rapporteur can provide useful guidance to States and
indigenous peoples when moving forward in the impleme ntation of the 2030 Agenda
nationally. An initial analysis of country reports of the mandate holder since 2005
indicates that 76 per cent of recommendations made in the reports had a direct link
and relevance to the content of one of the 169 targets of the Sustainable Development
Goals. 16 A similar trend was visible when recommendations relating to indigenous
peoples were assessed in the second cycle of the universal periodic review, where
68 per cent of the recommendations had a link to the Sustainable Deve lopment
Goals. 17
62. Looking further at the 580 recommendations contained in country reports issued
by the mandate holder since 2005 that could be linked to one or more of the
Sustainable Development Goals, a clear pattern emerged, showing that the strongest
links were to target 16.7, on responsible, inclusive and participatory decision -making.
In total, 33 per cent of all linked recommendations were related to that target. The
analysis also emphasized the importance of indigenous peoples ’ rights to their lands,
territories and resources, with 29 per cent of linked recommendations relating to
target 1.4, on equal rights to ownership, basic services, technology and economic
resources, and 26 per cent to target 2.3, on secure land rights, as shown in th e figure
below. 18
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Based on an initial analysis of 764 recommendations from country reports issued by the mandate
holder since 2005. One recommendation may be linked to more than one Sustainable Development
Goal. A total of 580 out of 764 recommendations were linked to one or more targets. The analysis
was conducted in cooperation with the Danish Institute for Human Ri ghts.
For more information, see http://upr.humanrights.dk.
Analysis prepared in cooperation with the Danish Institute for Human Rights.
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