Global Dialogue

The Local-Global Leaders Dialogue brings indigenous peoples’ representatives and local civil society leaders together with national policymakers and global thought leaders on priority issues in the areas of communities, conservation and livelihoods. This discussion focuses on around three priority themes:

(i) securing and expanding rights to communal lands, territories and natural resources;

(ii) how indigenous peoples and local communities are  engaging in environmental conservation supporting sustainable livelihoods; and

(iii) creating political, legal and institutional space for indigenous peoples and local communities to contribute to policymaking and planning, as well as how they can best be supported in policy.

Speakers:

Kristen Walker-Painemilla (Chair of the IUCN Commission on Environment, Economics and Social Policy SVP, Policy Center for Environment and Peace at Conservation International)

Antonio Benjamin (National High Court of Brazil/ Chair of the World Commission on Environmental Law)

Kanyinke Sena (Executive Director, Indigenous Peoples Coordinating Committee of Africa)

Pasang Dolma Sherpa (Center for Indigenous Peoples Research and Development, Nepal (CIPRED))

Yeshing Juliana Upun Yos (Sotzil Association, Mayan Kaqchikel woman from Guatemala)

Stewart Maginnis (International Union for the Conservation of Nature)

Key Themes:

Governance, Rights & Conflict,  Indigenous Issues,  Livelihoods,  Wildlife & Fisheries,  Climate & Environmental Changes

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