A/HRC/24/49 indigenous knowledge and the ratification of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention against Discrimination in Education. 40. Innovative ways were shared on how to ensure access to education for indigenous peoples with nomadic or semi-nomadic lifestyles. Participants also explained the work undertaken at the national level to develop a policy approach to indigenous education that is consistent with the guidance provided in the Expert Mechanism’s advice No. 1 (2009) on the right of indigenous peoples to education. 41. Participants also provided updates to the study on the role of languages and culture in the promotion and protection of the rights and identity of indigenous peoples, highlighting the importance of full and effective participation of indigenous peoples in programmes to preserve and revitalize indigenous cultures, and of overcoming challenges concerning language loss. Participants encouraged the media to cover indigenous issues based on the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples, and welcomed the efforts of communities to increase their own access to information through the development of community-based media. 42. Some participants called for the ratification and implementation of international standards, including International Labour Office (ILO) Convention No. 169 concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries, the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, and the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Some participants also called for increased engagement of indigenous peoples and related mechanisms in the ongoing processes related to indigenous peoples in the World Intellectual Property Organization. 43. Concerning the mechanism’s study and advice on indigenous peoples and the right to participate in decision-making, some participants drew attention to the lack of implementation of the rights of indigenous peoples in the context of the UNESCO Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, specifically on issues such as free, prior and informed consent, and encouraged the United Nations mechanisms on indigenous peoples to take an active monitoring role in this process. 44. In relation to the Expert Mechanism’s advice No. 2 (2011) on indigenous peoples and the right to participation in decision-making, some participants shared the good practice concerning participation of indigenous youth in decision-making through the establishment of Children and Youth Parliaments to support the development of future indigenous leaders and to promote electoral participation by indigenous youth. 45. Participants also referred to the mechanism’s follow-up report on indigenous peoples and the right to participate in decision-making, with a focus on extractive industries (A/HRC/21/55). Interventions highlighted the impact of extractive industries in the lives of indigenous peoples, including the negative effects on health, lands, the environment, cultures and livelihoods. Concerns were expressed more specifically about the negative effects on indigenous women and girls, and conflict between indigenous peoples and businesses. 46. Some participants reaffirmed the need for States and extractive industries to implement the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in all judicial, administrative, legislative and policy processes in order to genuinely respect indigenous peoples’ decision-making authority and power over their lives. Participants discussed the importance of regional and national dialogue with States, business enterprises, civil society organizations and indigenous peoples in order to promote understanding of the rights of indigenous peoples in the context of extractive industries. For example, participants 11