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sábado, 13 de diciembre de 2008
Ringing Rocks Foundation 2009 Discretionary Grant
Ringing Rocks Foundation understands the importance of grassroots initiatives in the struggle for indigenous people to maintain their cultural identity. We therefore began a grantmaking program to assist in bringing about a brighter future.
The grants are for $500 to $5,000. They are available for projects intended to conserve indigenous healing practices or cultural traditions.
Application materials are available at www.ringingrocks.org or can be obtained by contacting the Foundation office.
* Phone: (928) 282-1298
* ablystone@ringingrocks.org
Criteria for Eligibility
* Programs must support indigenous healing practices and/or indigenous cultural practices
* The project must have support from the indigenous community it serves
* Organizations must be recognized as a charity by their governments
* The organization must be "grassroots" with a budget of not more than $1 Million
* The project and/or organization must be in agreement with the mission of Ringing Rocks Foundation
Mission: Ringing Rocks Foundation conserves indigenous healing practices and cultural traditions through education, publishing and grassroots partnerships.
Application Process
Submit a completed eligibility statement along with a one-page Letter of Intent in English briefly describing the organization along with type and amount of funding sought. Letters of Intent will be accepted beginning on December 3, 2008 and are due by 5:00pm Monday, February 2, 2009.
If requested, full proposals will be due Tuesday, April 14, 2009.
Notification of awards: June 2009.
Send to:
Discretionary Fund Committee
RINGING ROCKS FOUNDATION
3190 West Highway 89A
Suite 100
Sedona, AZ 86336-5571
(NOTE: You may email Letters of Intent, Eligibility Forms and Applications to ablystone@ringingrocks.org but we cannot accept faxed documents.)
The grants are for $500 to $5,000. They are available for projects intended to conserve indigenous healing practices or cultural traditions.
Application materials are available at www.ringingrocks.org or can be obtained by contacting the Foundation office.
* Phone: (928) 282-1298
* ablystone@ringingrocks.org
Criteria for Eligibility
* Programs must support indigenous healing practices and/or indigenous cultural practices
* The project must have support from the indigenous community it serves
* Organizations must be recognized as a charity by their governments
* The organization must be "grassroots" with a budget of not more than $1 Million
* The project and/or organization must be in agreement with the mission of Ringing Rocks Foundation
Mission: Ringing Rocks Foundation conserves indigenous healing practices and cultural traditions through education, publishing and grassroots partnerships.
Application Process
Submit a completed eligibility statement along with a one-page Letter of Intent in English briefly describing the organization along with type and amount of funding sought. Letters of Intent will be accepted beginning on December 3, 2008 and are due by 5:00pm Monday, February 2, 2009.
If requested, full proposals will be due Tuesday, April 14, 2009.
Notification of awards: June 2009.
Send to:
Discretionary Fund Committee
RINGING ROCKS FOUNDATION
3190 West Highway 89A
Suite 100
Sedona, AZ 86336-5571
(NOTE: You may email Letters of Intent, Eligibility Forms and Applications to ablystone@ringingrocks.org but we cannot accept faxed documents.)
viernes, 12 de diciembre de 2008
Discurso de la Señora Marcela Aguiñaga Vallejo, Ministra del Ambiente de la República del Ecuador / Poznan - Polonia
Décima Cuarta Conferencia de las Partes de la CMNUCC y
Cuarta Reunión de las Partes del Protocolo de Kyoto
Segmento de Alto Nivel
Poznan, Polonia
Discurso de la Señora Marcela Aguiñaga Vallejo, Ministra del Ambiente de la República del Ecuador
Señor Presidente, Señoras y Señores:
En nombre del Gobierno del Ecuador, deseo agradecer al Gobierno de Polonia por su hospitalidad, así como reconocer el esfuerzo realizado por el Secretariado de la Convención, por la organización de este evento de trascendencia global.
Ecuador, cree firmemente que ante los embates del Cambio Climático y sus efectos detrimentes sobre la naturaleza y la humanidad, no se debe perder más tiempo. Es hora de despertar y crear nuestras propias líneas de acción y actuación, a través de respuestas inmediatas. Debemos empezar, a construir caminos y estrategias que nos permitan acceder de manera más rápida y eficiente hacia las acciones directas de ayuda internacional por parte de los países desarrollados.
Pedimos que depositen su confianza en nosotros, los países en desarrollo, así como nosotros lo hemos hecho a través de la historia; mediante el apoyo a la implementación de iniciativas tales como REDD, u otras que puedan ser diseñadas en el camino, y les invitamos a tomar decisiones urgentes para combatir de manera integral, los efectos del Cambio Climático y reducir las emisiones de Gases de Efecto Invernadero.
Las acciones deben ser implementadas ahora; hay que dejar de lado las tradicionales incertidumbres, resistencias o mecanismos y modelos idealistas o perfeccionistas, que no hacen otra cosa que volver inefectivas todas las buenas y oportunas iniciativas de nuestros países para crear un verdadero cambio global. Los efectos del Cambio Climático sobre nuestros países en desarrollo son evidentes, pero el nivel de respuesta para combatirlos ha sido bajo y demasiado lento, y se han quedado por largo tiempo en la mesa de discusiones. Parecería que día a día estamos perdiendo esta gran batalla. Es hora de dar el gran cambio global
Durante, este importante evento, Ecuador ha dado a conocer a la comunidad mundial, que es un país responsable y comprometido con el ambiente, que a pesar de ser un país pequeño que sufre no sólo los efectos del Cambio Climático sino los de una crisis económica global, ha iniciado la ejecución de acciones para ayudar combatir de una vez por todas los impactos del cambio climático, como son:
1. El Programa Socio Bosque, lanzado en septiembre del presente año, como un componente esencial de la estrategia REDD del Ecuador. Este programa voluntario consiste en la entrega de incentivos económicos directos con fondos públicos, a propietarios de bosques comprometidos con su conservación y protección, respetando totalmente los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y comunidades locales, y asegurando una distribución equitativa de los beneficios. Nuestro gobierno, ha declarado oportunamente que esta iniciativa tiene el sello de país, es decir, que aún cuando en la actualidad no exista la ayuda internacional, su implementación se realiza y ejecuta con fondos de nuestra caja fiscal. Esperamos que luego de nuestra presentación en el evento paralelo hayamos captado el interés de ayuda o contribución para que nuestra iniciativa tenga el éxito deseado en el largo plazo.
2. La Iniciativa Yasuní-ITT, consiste en dejar bajo tierra y a perpetuidad el 20% de las reservas petroleras del Ecuador (localizadas en el campo ITT dentro del Parque Nacional Yasuní): 846 millones de barriles de reservas probadas de crudo pesado. El valor presente neto (VPN) de estas reservas es de 11.600 millones de dólares. La no explotación de estos campos evitará que se arroje a la atmósfera 407 millones de toneladas de CO2. Para asegurar esto, el gobierno ecuatoriano emitiría Certificados de Garantía Yasuní (CGYs) por el valor del carbono no emitido, garantizados por el valor del petróleo no explotado para lo cual necesitamos la voluntad política de los gobiernos en apoyar este mecanismo.
De esta manera, Ecuador, está demostrando que existen alternativas para ayudar a cumplir un compromiso asumido por todos, y hacemos un llamado urgente para que los países desarrollados apoyen este tipo de iniciativas, que estoy segura existen o están siendo construidas por países hermanos en vías de desarrollo. Todos queremos juntar nuestras mejores ideas, implementar nuestras mejores acciones y esfuerzos para darle al mundo la mejor respuesta que es posible cambiar el futuro, pero solo con acciones ciertas y reales: y no meras intenciones, y con ello asegurar la calidad de vida, tanto para las actuales generaciones como para las futuras.
Sr. Presidente, muchas gracias.
Cuarta Reunión de las Partes del Protocolo de Kyoto
Segmento de Alto Nivel
Poznan, Polonia
Discurso de la Señora Marcela Aguiñaga Vallejo, Ministra del Ambiente de la República del Ecuador
Señor Presidente, Señoras y Señores:
En nombre del Gobierno del Ecuador, deseo agradecer al Gobierno de Polonia por su hospitalidad, así como reconocer el esfuerzo realizado por el Secretariado de la Convención, por la organización de este evento de trascendencia global.
Ecuador, cree firmemente que ante los embates del Cambio Climático y sus efectos detrimentes sobre la naturaleza y la humanidad, no se debe perder más tiempo. Es hora de despertar y crear nuestras propias líneas de acción y actuación, a través de respuestas inmediatas. Debemos empezar, a construir caminos y estrategias que nos permitan acceder de manera más rápida y eficiente hacia las acciones directas de ayuda internacional por parte de los países desarrollados.
Pedimos que depositen su confianza en nosotros, los países en desarrollo, así como nosotros lo hemos hecho a través de la historia; mediante el apoyo a la implementación de iniciativas tales como REDD, u otras que puedan ser diseñadas en el camino, y les invitamos a tomar decisiones urgentes para combatir de manera integral, los efectos del Cambio Climático y reducir las emisiones de Gases de Efecto Invernadero.
Las acciones deben ser implementadas ahora; hay que dejar de lado las tradicionales incertidumbres, resistencias o mecanismos y modelos idealistas o perfeccionistas, que no hacen otra cosa que volver inefectivas todas las buenas y oportunas iniciativas de nuestros países para crear un verdadero cambio global. Los efectos del Cambio Climático sobre nuestros países en desarrollo son evidentes, pero el nivel de respuesta para combatirlos ha sido bajo y demasiado lento, y se han quedado por largo tiempo en la mesa de discusiones. Parecería que día a día estamos perdiendo esta gran batalla. Es hora de dar el gran cambio global
Durante, este importante evento, Ecuador ha dado a conocer a la comunidad mundial, que es un país responsable y comprometido con el ambiente, que a pesar de ser un país pequeño que sufre no sólo los efectos del Cambio Climático sino los de una crisis económica global, ha iniciado la ejecución de acciones para ayudar combatir de una vez por todas los impactos del cambio climático, como son:
1. El Programa Socio Bosque, lanzado en septiembre del presente año, como un componente esencial de la estrategia REDD del Ecuador. Este programa voluntario consiste en la entrega de incentivos económicos directos con fondos públicos, a propietarios de bosques comprometidos con su conservación y protección, respetando totalmente los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y comunidades locales, y asegurando una distribución equitativa de los beneficios. Nuestro gobierno, ha declarado oportunamente que esta iniciativa tiene el sello de país, es decir, que aún cuando en la actualidad no exista la ayuda internacional, su implementación se realiza y ejecuta con fondos de nuestra caja fiscal. Esperamos que luego de nuestra presentación en el evento paralelo hayamos captado el interés de ayuda o contribución para que nuestra iniciativa tenga el éxito deseado en el largo plazo.
2. La Iniciativa Yasuní-ITT, consiste en dejar bajo tierra y a perpetuidad el 20% de las reservas petroleras del Ecuador (localizadas en el campo ITT dentro del Parque Nacional Yasuní): 846 millones de barriles de reservas probadas de crudo pesado. El valor presente neto (VPN) de estas reservas es de 11.600 millones de dólares. La no explotación de estos campos evitará que se arroje a la atmósfera 407 millones de toneladas de CO2. Para asegurar esto, el gobierno ecuatoriano emitiría Certificados de Garantía Yasuní (CGYs) por el valor del carbono no emitido, garantizados por el valor del petróleo no explotado para lo cual necesitamos la voluntad política de los gobiernos en apoyar este mecanismo.
De esta manera, Ecuador, está demostrando que existen alternativas para ayudar a cumplir un compromiso asumido por todos, y hacemos un llamado urgente para que los países desarrollados apoyen este tipo de iniciativas, que estoy segura existen o están siendo construidas por países hermanos en vías de desarrollo. Todos queremos juntar nuestras mejores ideas, implementar nuestras mejores acciones y esfuerzos para darle al mundo la mejor respuesta que es posible cambiar el futuro, pero solo con acciones ciertas y reales: y no meras intenciones, y con ello asegurar la calidad de vida, tanto para las actuales generaciones como para las futuras.
Sr. Presidente, muchas gracias.
jueves, 11 de diciembre de 2008
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND NGOs OUTRAGED AT THE REMOVAL OF RIGHTS FROM UNFCCC DECISION ON REDD
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND NGOs OUTRAGED AT THE REMOVAL OF RIGHTS FROM UNFCCC DECISION ON REDD
We, the undersigned representatives of indigenous peoples, local communities and non-governmental organizations monitoring the progress of negotiations in Poznan are outraged that the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand opposed the inclusion of recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities in a decision on REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) drafted today by government delegates at the UN Climate Conference.
These four countries (often known as the 'CANZUS Group') want to include REDD in the future climate agreement, but they oppose protecting the rights of the indigenous and forest peoples who will be directly affected by REDD measures. In discussions today, these countries insisted that the word "rights" and references to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples be struck from the text.
This is totally unacceptable for indigenous peoples, local communities and supporting NGOs, as the forests which are being targeted for REDD are those which indigenous peoples have sustained and protected for thousands of years. The rights of forests peoples to continue playing this role and being rewarded for doing so has to be recognized by the UNFCCC Parties. Any REDD mechanism that does not respect and protect the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities will fail.
We therefore demand that an unequivocal reference to rights and to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples be reinserted into the Draft COP14 Decision text on REDD.
Poznan, December 9, 2008
Signed by
The Accra Caucus on Forests and Climate Change, comprised of more than 30 civil society organizations from three tropical continents
Accion Ecologica
Friends of the Earth International
Indigenous Peoples' Forum on Climate Change
Rainforest Foundation Norway
Rainforest Foundation UK
Tebtebba Foundation
We, the undersigned representatives of indigenous peoples, local communities and non-governmental organizations monitoring the progress of negotiations in Poznan are outraged that the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand opposed the inclusion of recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities in a decision on REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) drafted today by government delegates at the UN Climate Conference.
These four countries (often known as the 'CANZUS Group') want to include REDD in the future climate agreement, but they oppose protecting the rights of the indigenous and forest peoples who will be directly affected by REDD measures. In discussions today, these countries insisted that the word "rights" and references to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples be struck from the text.
This is totally unacceptable for indigenous peoples, local communities and supporting NGOs, as the forests which are being targeted for REDD are those which indigenous peoples have sustained and protected for thousands of years. The rights of forests peoples to continue playing this role and being rewarded for doing so has to be recognized by the UNFCCC Parties. Any REDD mechanism that does not respect and protect the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities will fail.
We therefore demand that an unequivocal reference to rights and to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples be reinserted into the Draft COP14 Decision text on REDD.
Poznan, December 9, 2008
Signed by
The Accra Caucus on Forests and Climate Change, comprised of more than 30 civil society organizations from three tropical continents
Accion Ecologica
Friends of the Earth International
Indigenous Peoples' Forum on Climate Change
Rainforest Foundation Norway
Rainforest Foundation UK
Tebtebba Foundation
PGA's Spokeperson at Noon Briefing on Indigenous Peoples Rights
"The PGA appeals to the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change attending the 14th Conference of Parties in Poznan, Poland, to ensure that the rights of indigenous peoples, as contained in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples are respected and implemented. This includes respecting the right of indigenous peoples to have their free, prior and informed consent obtained before any climate change related project is brought into their communities. The PGA hopes that the decisions adopted in relation to reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD), will include a recognition of the UNDRIP as a framework which will underpin REDD. He further reiterates that indigenous peoples, who value the importance of maintaining a harmonious relationship with nature and who have the lightest ecological footprints, be included by Parties in designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating climate change policies and programmes at all levels. "
It is available at UN Webcast at http://www.un.org/webcast/
It is available at UN Webcast at http://www.un.org/webcast/
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2008: A SAD DAY FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2008: A SAD DAY FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
Executive Director, TEBTEBBA (Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Research and Education)
Chair, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
December 10, 2008
It is with great sadness that today, the 60th Anniversary of the adoption of the UN Declaration on Human Rights, some States have denied indigenous peoples of their rights at the 14th Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC.
This morning indigenous peoples were shocked to see the final version of the Draft Conclusions on Agenda Item 5: Reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries: approaches to stimulate action, of the 29th Session of Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA). This Document (FCCC/SBSTA/2008/L.23) removed any references to rights of indigenous peoples and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). This move was spearheaded by the same States (Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the USA) which voted against the adoption of the UNDRIP by the UN General Assembly last 13 Sept. 2008.
Furthermore, these same states used the phrase “indigenous people” instead of “indigenous peoples” with an “s” which is the internationally accepted language. The international human rights instrument on indigenous peoples' rights, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which was adopted by 144 member-states of the UN, uses Indigenous Peoples. This was a battle fought by indigenous peoples for more than 30 years within the United Nations. The “s” in peoples means that indigenous peoples have the right to self-determination (Article 3, UNDRIP) and have collective rights. The UNDRIP is an interpretation of how the existing Human Rights Covenants apply to indigenous peoples considering the historical and present injustices they are suffering from.
Witnessing the way indigenous peoples rights are undermined by the very States who took the lead in formulating and adopting the UN Declaration on Human Rights, 60 years ago, is a tragic thing.. These States are very keen to include REDD as part of the agreement on mitigation which will be agreed upon during the 15th Conference of Parties in Copenhagen which will be held in 2009. However, they obstinately refuse to recognize the rights of indigenous peoples and other forest peoples, who are the ones who sacrificed life and limb to keep the world's remaining tropical and sub-tropical rainforests.
I call upon these States to reconsider their positions and move towards recognizing indigenous peoples' rights, as contained in the UNDRIP, as a framework for the design and implementation of REDD I earnestly wish to see States and the UN system implement effectively the UNDRIP as stated in Article 42. The Declaration has to be implemented in all arenas, whether at the local and national level and at the global level, including by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and its protocols.
I congratulate the Parties who insisted that the language of rights and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples remain in the draft conclusions. I know they fought hard for these and I certainly hope they will continue to do this in the future negotiations. Indigenous peoples will continue to oppose the REDD mechanisms if their rights are not recognized by States and the UN, including the UNFCCC and the World Bank. They are very vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change, but they are also providing the solutions to climate change. Their traditional knowledge on forests and biodiversity is crucial for the methodological issues being tackled under REDD. Their participation in designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating REDD policies and proposals has to be ensured. Their free, prior and informed consent has to be obtained before any REDD mechanism is put into place in their territories. It is their right to decide whether to accept REDD or not.
I welcome paragraph 6 of the Draft Decision which calls for an Expert meeting on REDD before the 30th SBSTA session. This Expert meeting should be used to go more deeply into the methodological issues relevant for indigenous peoples. However, it should also be linked with the policy issues which will be discussed under the Ad-Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA). Enhanced policies and measures for REDD should be linked with methodologies proposed by the SBSTA. Indigenous peoples participation in this Expert Group meeting was acknowledged in the Draft Decision and it is my hope that this is implemented.
I call on the Ministers who will be speaking before the High-Level Ministerial Segment to reiterate the importance of recognizing and implementing the UNDRIP in REDD decisions and mechanisms. I call on the Ministers to pledge more financial and technical support for indigenous peoples to be able to contribute more substantially to mitigation efforts.
I urge indigenous peoples to continue being vigilant and active in influencing and monitoring the climate change negotiations, policies and programmes at the national and global levels. We have to use the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as an instrument which will ensure our survival and dignity especially in the face of the multiple crisis the world faces. The climate change crisis, the economic downturn and the destruction of biodiversity and cultural diversity are serious threats to our continuing existence. But if we strongly unite amongst ourselves, with other civil society organizations, with States who are willing to do all they can to genuinely address these, then there is hope for the earth and the future generations.
There is no choice left for us but to continue contributing what we can to help bring down greenhouse gas emissions, to strengthen our values and systems which are respectful of nature, to assert our rights contained in the UNDRIP and to be in solidarity with the most vulnerable sections of society. We should continue practicing our low-carbon and sustainable traditional livelihoods. At the same time we should demand that resources be made available for us to adapt to climate change.
I reiterate the imperative for the Annex 1 countries to carry the heavier burden of mitigating climate change. As these are the countries which have mainly caused climate change, it is just fair that they be the ones to lead the way. Meeting their legally binding targets for reducing their greenhouse gas emission is the main path towards mitigation. REDD, if properly designed and implemented can still contribute to mitigation. However, I believe that forests should not be used as carbon offsets for Annex 1 countries. Thus, emissions trading of forest carbon may not be the right approach. Rewards, both monetary and non-monetary, to indigenous peoples and other forest peoples for protecting the forests maybe a better track to take.
Let it not be said that the richest and most powerful reneged on their duty to save this world and to respect the rights of those who have contributed the most to mitigating climate change.
Thank you.
Contact: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, email: vicky@tebtebba.org
mobile: +63-9175317811
www.tebtebba.org
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
Executive Director, TEBTEBBA (Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Research and Education)
Chair, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
December 10, 2008
It is with great sadness that today, the 60th Anniversary of the adoption of the UN Declaration on Human Rights, some States have denied indigenous peoples of their rights at the 14th Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC.
This morning indigenous peoples were shocked to see the final version of the Draft Conclusions on Agenda Item 5: Reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries: approaches to stimulate action, of the 29th Session of Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA). This Document (FCCC/SBSTA/2008/L.23) removed any references to rights of indigenous peoples and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). This move was spearheaded by the same States (Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the USA) which voted against the adoption of the UNDRIP by the UN General Assembly last 13 Sept. 2008.
Furthermore, these same states used the phrase “indigenous people” instead of “indigenous peoples” with an “s” which is the internationally accepted language. The international human rights instrument on indigenous peoples' rights, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which was adopted by 144 member-states of the UN, uses Indigenous Peoples. This was a battle fought by indigenous peoples for more than 30 years within the United Nations. The “s” in peoples means that indigenous peoples have the right to self-determination (Article 3, UNDRIP) and have collective rights. The UNDRIP is an interpretation of how the existing Human Rights Covenants apply to indigenous peoples considering the historical and present injustices they are suffering from.
Witnessing the way indigenous peoples rights are undermined by the very States who took the lead in formulating and adopting the UN Declaration on Human Rights, 60 years ago, is a tragic thing.. These States are very keen to include REDD as part of the agreement on mitigation which will be agreed upon during the 15th Conference of Parties in Copenhagen which will be held in 2009. However, they obstinately refuse to recognize the rights of indigenous peoples and other forest peoples, who are the ones who sacrificed life and limb to keep the world's remaining tropical and sub-tropical rainforests.
I call upon these States to reconsider their positions and move towards recognizing indigenous peoples' rights, as contained in the UNDRIP, as a framework for the design and implementation of REDD I earnestly wish to see States and the UN system implement effectively the UNDRIP as stated in Article 42. The Declaration has to be implemented in all arenas, whether at the local and national level and at the global level, including by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and its protocols.
I congratulate the Parties who insisted that the language of rights and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples remain in the draft conclusions. I know they fought hard for these and I certainly hope they will continue to do this in the future negotiations. Indigenous peoples will continue to oppose the REDD mechanisms if their rights are not recognized by States and the UN, including the UNFCCC and the World Bank. They are very vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change, but they are also providing the solutions to climate change. Their traditional knowledge on forests and biodiversity is crucial for the methodological issues being tackled under REDD. Their participation in designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating REDD policies and proposals has to be ensured. Their free, prior and informed consent has to be obtained before any REDD mechanism is put into place in their territories. It is their right to decide whether to accept REDD or not.
I welcome paragraph 6 of the Draft Decision which calls for an Expert meeting on REDD before the 30th SBSTA session. This Expert meeting should be used to go more deeply into the methodological issues relevant for indigenous peoples. However, it should also be linked with the policy issues which will be discussed under the Ad-Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA). Enhanced policies and measures for REDD should be linked with methodologies proposed by the SBSTA. Indigenous peoples participation in this Expert Group meeting was acknowledged in the Draft Decision and it is my hope that this is implemented.
I call on the Ministers who will be speaking before the High-Level Ministerial Segment to reiterate the importance of recognizing and implementing the UNDRIP in REDD decisions and mechanisms. I call on the Ministers to pledge more financial and technical support for indigenous peoples to be able to contribute more substantially to mitigation efforts.
I urge indigenous peoples to continue being vigilant and active in influencing and monitoring the climate change negotiations, policies and programmes at the national and global levels. We have to use the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as an instrument which will ensure our survival and dignity especially in the face of the multiple crisis the world faces. The climate change crisis, the economic downturn and the destruction of biodiversity and cultural diversity are serious threats to our continuing existence. But if we strongly unite amongst ourselves, with other civil society organizations, with States who are willing to do all they can to genuinely address these, then there is hope for the earth and the future generations.
There is no choice left for us but to continue contributing what we can to help bring down greenhouse gas emissions, to strengthen our values and systems which are respectful of nature, to assert our rights contained in the UNDRIP and to be in solidarity with the most vulnerable sections of society. We should continue practicing our low-carbon and sustainable traditional livelihoods. At the same time we should demand that resources be made available for us to adapt to climate change.
I reiterate the imperative for the Annex 1 countries to carry the heavier burden of mitigating climate change. As these are the countries which have mainly caused climate change, it is just fair that they be the ones to lead the way. Meeting their legally binding targets for reducing their greenhouse gas emission is the main path towards mitigation. REDD, if properly designed and implemented can still contribute to mitigation. However, I believe that forests should not be used as carbon offsets for Annex 1 countries. Thus, emissions trading of forest carbon may not be the right approach. Rewards, both monetary and non-monetary, to indigenous peoples and other forest peoples for protecting the forests maybe a better track to take.
Let it not be said that the richest and most powerful reneged on their duty to save this world and to respect the rights of those who have contributed the most to mitigating climate change.
Thank you.
Contact: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, email: vicky@tebtebba.org
mobile: +63-9175317811
www.tebtebba.org
jueves, 4 de diciembre de 2008
Side Event sobre Impactos del Cambio Climatico en los Pueblos Indigenas / Polonia
En uno de los side events sobre los impactos del cambio climatico a los pueblos indigenas con una revision de algunas acciones de adaptacion y mitigacion. Pueden revisar en la siguiente pagina web, donde esta la informacion diaria de los que sucede aqui en Poznan - Polonia. http://www.iisd.ca/climate/cop14/enbots/
miércoles, 3 de diciembre de 2008
Declaracion de los Pueblos Indigenas / Poznan - Polonia
General Statement from the International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change
The International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC), representing Indigenous Peoples from different parts of the world, met from 27–29 November 2008 here in Poznan, Poland, to prepare for the Fourteenth Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC. The following are some of the perspectives, concerns and proposals discussed, and we also reiterate our earlier statements made in, among others, COP 13 in Bali, the REDD meeting in Accra and the Quito Declaration.
We take this opportunity to emphasize that for us discussions on climate change, and in particular on forests, CDM and REDD, are not academic or financial discussions and negotiations. They affect our lives, our cultures, and our rights. Indigenous Peoples live in and with the forests. We have maintained and enriched the forests over many centuries. We are the rightful owners and guardians of our lands, territories and forests, and we have ancestral traditional knowledge of the management of ecosystems, forests and natural resources. We are rights-holders in these discussions, not stakeholders.
In addition to being rights-holders, climate change affects everyone on Earth, and our peoples, particularly indigenous women and our children, are among the most vulnerable to such changes. We did not cause climate change, we do not emit greenhouse gases, we do not destroy the forests; yet flooding, landslides, drought and food shortages and many other hazards threaten our peoples disproportionately. Worse, many of the mitigation and adaptation schemes being discussed in UNFCCC and related processes threaten our rights and our very existence.
Still, governments and the international community continue to ignore our voices and our rights. Decision-takers unfortunately give priority to short-term economic gains, and commodify our lives and territories, instead of pursuing long-term sustainable development results. While everyone recognizes that respect for human rights is fundamental to development, the Parties and UNFCCC processes ignore this basic precondition.
Following are some of our concerns and proposals; regrettably we do not have the time to elaborate in more detail but will hopefully be given the opportunity to do so in the following sessions.
We strongly reject the fact that climate change and forest policies, programmes and projects, including REDD and CDM schemes, are made without our full and effective participation, and without our free, prior and informed consent, which is contrary to internationally recognized principles of human rights and good governance. Proposed ‘scientific’ mitigation and adaptation solutions, methodologies and technologies being discussed in, among others, the ad-hoc working groups LCA, KP, SBI, and in SBSTA do not reflect Indigenous Peoples’ cosmovision and our ancestral knowledge. So-called ‘consultations’ with us, often only take the form of simply informing our communities. Consultations should not be limited to specific communities and organizations but should involve all affected and involved indigenous peoples, including our representative organizations.
Governments, the UN System, the World Bank, and other institutions and organizations violate the principle of FPIC by not providing full access to complete information to us while we and our communities are the ones directly impacted by such schemes. They also have weak policies and directives on Indigenous Peoples, so their claim of adherence to their policies is by far not a guarantee for respecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights. Governments and others also employ the divisive tactic of consulting or engaging with organizations that they selectively choose.
In spite of the advances in the recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ rights, including the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, some States in the countries where we live, continue to deny our existence as Indigenous Peoples and our rights to our lands, territories and resources.
On the specific issue of REDD, we reiterate our previous and long established opposition to the commercialization of forests and life. The potential negative impacts of such a program have been confirmed by the UN-REDD Programme Framework Document and other reports. In spite of this, the UN, the World Bank and many countries and others institutions still push forward this scheme. Worse, some governments and academics even blame us for unsustainable forest management, while it are the extractive industries, oil exploitation, hydroelectric projects, infrastructure construction, land conversion for bio and agrofuel projects, and commercial and illegal logging, that are the real causes of deforestation and forest degradation. In addition, the discussion on reducing emissions of greenhouse gases at source, has been sidelined with the millions of dollars and euros being waved for REDD.
We may also need to discuss at some point in time, the ecological debts, that especially industrialized countries have with the Indigenous Peoples of the world.
We put the following recommendations forward to the UNFCCC:
1. To ensure a rights-based approach in the design and implementation of climate change policies, programmes and projects. In particular, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples must be recognized, implemented and mainstreamed in all of the Convention activities;
2. We demand the immediate creation of an Expert Group on Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples with the full participation and representation of Indigenous Peoples, taking into account the example of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) that includes indigenous experts. The Expert Group should discuss, analyze and take decisions, on foot of equality: The ecological debt that industrialized countries have with Indigenous Peoples of the world, as since time immemorial we have been cleaning up the world that others are contaminating; Adaptation; Mitigation; Vulnerability; and all other issues related to climate change that impact on Indigenous Peoples. We would be happy to actively support efforts to identifying potential donors to cover the budgetary consequences of such decision;
3. With regard to the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol we equally call for our full and effective participation in the elaboration of policies and proposals on climate change beyond 2012;
4. We demand restitution of our ancestral lands, territories and resources that have been taken away from us, and respect for our rights over our lands, territories and resources, for our own governance systems and decision-taking processes, for our right of free, prior and informed consent, including our right to say ‘no’, and our right to not be forcefully displaced or removed or militarized;
5. Moreover, we expect that the Parties will ensure and promote our full and effective participation in all policy-making and decision-taking levels of the Convention. Among others, we request the recognition of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change as advisory body to all bodies of the UNFCCC, that our major indigenous networks are recognized as organizations with consultative status; that relevant human rights mechanisms are fully involved and be asked their expert opinion on mitigation and adaptation measures being proposed or implemented under the UNFCCC;
6. We call for the suspension of all REDD initiatives and carbon market initiatives in Indigenous territories until such a time that Indigenous Peoples’ rights are fully recognized and promoted;
7. Furthermore, we request that independent, sufficient and unconditional funds and resources be made available and/or accessible to us, enabling us to contribute concretely and participate at relevant negotiations, and to educate our peoples on issues of climate change.
8. Finally, Mr. Chair, we call for the urgent creation and/or accessibility of funds for climate change emergencies or natural disasters such as floods, in indigenous communities.
Declaración General del
Foro Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas sobre Cambio Climático
El Foro Internacional de Pueblos Indígenas sobre Cambio Climático (FIPICC) que cuenta con representación de los Pueblos Indígenas de las diferentes regiones del mundo se reunió del 27 al 29 noviembre 2008 aquí de Poznan, Polonia, en preparación para el decimocuarta Conferencia de las Partes a la CMNUCC. Lo siguiente son algunas de las perspectivas, preocupaciones y propuestas que discutimos. Afirmamos algunas de nuestras declaraciones en ocasiones anteriores tales como la COP13 en Bali, la reunión de REDD en Accra y la declaración de Quito.
Aprovechamos esta oportunidad para reiterar que para nosotros las discusiones sobre cambio climático, y en particular sobre bosques, MDL y REDD, no son meras cuestiones teoréticas ni financieras, sino para nosotros están en juego nuestras vidas, nuestras culturas y nuestros derechos. Los Pueblos Indígenas quienes vivimos en y con los bosques los cuales hemos mantenido y enriquecido por siglos, somos los poseedores legítimos y guardianas de nuestras tierras, territorios y bosques. Además nosotros tenemos conocimientos tradicionales sobre el manejo de ecosistemas, bosques y recursos naturales. Nosotros titulares de derechos en estas discusiones, no partes interesadas.
Además de ser titulares de derechos, nuestros pueblos y sobretodo las mujeres y los niños somos entre los más perjudicados por el cambio climático que afecta a toda las personas en la Tierra. Nosotros no causamos el cambio climático. Nosotros no emitimos los gases del efecto invernadero. Nosotros no destruimos los bosques. Sin embargo las inundaciones, derrames de lodo, sequias y escasez de alimentos y muchos otros peligros amenazan de una forma desproporcionada a nuestros pueblos. Peor aún, muchas de las estrategias de mitigación y de adaptación de la CMNUCC amenazan nuestros derechos y nuestra existencia misma.
Sin embargo, los gobiernos y la comunidad internacional siguen ignorando, nuestras voces y nuestros derechos. Desafortunadamente, aquellos que toman decisiones dan prioridad a las ganancias económicas de corto plazo, y comercializa nuestras vidas y territorios al lugar de promover resultados del desarrollo sostenible de largo plazo. Todo el mundo reconoce que el respeto para los derechos humanos es fundamental para el desarrollo, sin embargo las Partes y los procesos de la CMNUCC ignoran este prerrequisito básico.
Las siguientes son algunas de nuestras preocupaciones y propuestas. Desafortunadamente no tenemos tiempo para entrar en más detalle pero esperamos contar con la oportunidad de hacerlo en las reuniones subsecuentes.
Rechazamos fuertemente las políticas, programas y proyectos sobre bosques y cambio climático, incluyendo los esquemas de REDD y MDL, que están hechos sin nuestra participación plena y efectiva y sin nuestro consentimiento libre, previo e informado, lo cual es contrario a los principios internacionalmente reconocidos de los derechos humanos y la buena gobernabilidad. Las propuestas soluciones, metodologías y tecnologías “científicas” de mitigación y adaptación que se discuten en los grupos de trabajo LCA, KP, SBI y SBSTA entre otros, no reflejan la cosmovisión indígena ni nuestros conocimientos ancestrales. Las supuestas ”consultas” con nosotros suelen consistir solamente de proporcionar información unilateral a nuestras comunidades. Las consultas no deben ser limitadas a comunidades y organizaciones específicas sino involucrar a todos los pueblos indígenas involucrados y afectados, incluyendo a nuestras organizaciones .representativas.
Gobiernos, el sistema de la ONU, el Banco Mundial y otras instituciones violan el principio del consentimiento libre, previo e informado al no darnos acceso a la información completa a pesar de que somos los más directamente perjudicados por tales esquemas que es contrario al principio de consentimiento libre, previo e informado. Tienen políticas y directrices débiles sobre los pueblos Indígenas, así que su supuesto apego a sus políticas no garantice que respeten los derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas. Además también sucede que los gobiernos y otros emplean tácticas de “divide y conquistarás’’ y solo consultan con las organizaciones que seleccionen y aproaban.
A pesar de los avances en el reconocimiento de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas, incluyendo la aprobación de la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas, algunos estados los países donde vivimos siguen negando a reconocer la existencia de los Pueblos Indígenas y nuestros derechos a nuestras tierras, territorios y recursos.
Sobre el tema específico de REDD, reiteramos nuestra oposición previa y ya establecida a la comercialización de bosques y vida. Los potenciales impactos negativos fueran confirmados en el Documento Marco del Programa de la ONU sobre REDD y otros informes. A pesar de eso, la ONU, el Banco Mundial y muchos países y otras instituciones siguen impulsando este esquema. Peor aún algunos gobiernos y docentes están intentando echarnos la culpa por el manejo no sustentable de los bosques, aunque son las industrias extractivas, incluyendo la explotación petrolera, los megaproyectos hidroeléctricos, la construcción de infraestructura, la conversión de tierra para proyectos de agrocombustibles y la actividad maderera comercial e ilegal que son las verdaderas causas de la deforestación y degradación forestal. Además, la discusión sobre la reducción de emisiones mismas de los gases del efecto invernadero en lugar de origen parece haber sido marginalizada por los millones de dólares y euros destinados a REDD.
Hacemos las siguientes recomendaciones a la COP:
1. Asegurar que se utiliza el enfoque de derechos humanos en el diseño e implementación de las políticas, programas y proyectos sobre cambio climático. En particular, la Declaración de la ONU sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas debe ser reconocida, implementada e integrada en todas las actividades de la Convención;
2. Exigimos la inmediata creación de un Grupo de expertos sobre Cambio Climático y los Pueblos Indígenas con la participación plena y representación de los Pueblos Indígenas, tomando en cuenta el ejemplo del Foro Permanente sobre las Cuestiones Indígenas (FPNUCI) que incluye expertos indígenas. El Grupo de Expertos debe discutir, analizar y concertar, en pie de igualdad: La deuda ecológica que tienen los países industrializados con los Pueblos Indígenas del mundo, toda vez que por tiempo inmemorable estamos limpiando el mundo que ellos contaminan; Adaptación; Mitigación; Vulnerabilidad; y todos otros referidos a cambio climático que tienen impactos a los Pueblos Indígenas. Estamos en la mejor disposición de apoyar activamente los esfuerzos para identificar los donantes potenciales para sufragar las implicaciones presupuestarias.
3. En cuanto a la implementación del Protocolo de Kyoto, hacemos un llamado para nuestra participación plena y efectiva en la elaboración de políticas y propuestas sobre cambio climático después de 2012;
4. Exigimos la restitución de nuestros tierras, territorios y recursos ancestrales que nos han sido despojados; y el respecto a nuestros derechos a nuestras tierras, territorios y recursos, a nuestros propios sistemas de gobierno y procesos de toma de decisión, nuestro derecho al consentimiento libre, previo e informado incluyendo nuestro derecho a decir “no” y nuestro derecho a no ser reubicados a la fuerza ni desplazados, ni militarizados;
5. Además, esperamos que las Partes van a permitir, asegurar y promover nuestra participación plena y efectiva en la toma de decisiones y la formulación de políticas en todos los niveles de la Convención. Entre otros, solicitamos que se reconozca el Foro Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas sobre Cambio Climático como órgano asesor en todos órganos del CMNUCC, y que nuestras principales redes indígenas son reconocidas como organizaciones con estatus consultativo; que los mecanismos relevantes sobre derechos humanos sean plenamente involucrados y que se les soliciten sus opiniones expertas sobre las estrategias de mitigación y adaptación propuestas e implementadas por la CMNUCC.
6. Hacemos un llamado por la suspensión de todas las iniciativas de REDD y iniciativas de mercados de carbono en los territorios indígenas hasta que los derechos de los pueblos indígenas están plenamente reconocidos y promovidos.
7. Además, solicitamos que fundos y recursos independientes, suficientes y incondicional sean disponibles y accesibles para nosotros, que nos permitan contribuir concretamente y participar en las negociaciones pertinentes y educar nuestros pueblos sobre el tema de cambio climático.
8. Por último, Sr. Presidente, hacemos un llamado para la creación urgente de y/o acceso a fondos para responder a las emergencias de cambio climático o desastres naturales tales como inundaciones en comunidades indígenas.
The International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC), representing Indigenous Peoples from different parts of the world, met from 27–29 November 2008 here in Poznan, Poland, to prepare for the Fourteenth Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC. The following are some of the perspectives, concerns and proposals discussed, and we also reiterate our earlier statements made in, among others, COP 13 in Bali, the REDD meeting in Accra and the Quito Declaration.
We take this opportunity to emphasize that for us discussions on climate change, and in particular on forests, CDM and REDD, are not academic or financial discussions and negotiations. They affect our lives, our cultures, and our rights. Indigenous Peoples live in and with the forests. We have maintained and enriched the forests over many centuries. We are the rightful owners and guardians of our lands, territories and forests, and we have ancestral traditional knowledge of the management of ecosystems, forests and natural resources. We are rights-holders in these discussions, not stakeholders.
In addition to being rights-holders, climate change affects everyone on Earth, and our peoples, particularly indigenous women and our children, are among the most vulnerable to such changes. We did not cause climate change, we do not emit greenhouse gases, we do not destroy the forests; yet flooding, landslides, drought and food shortages and many other hazards threaten our peoples disproportionately. Worse, many of the mitigation and adaptation schemes being discussed in UNFCCC and related processes threaten our rights and our very existence.
Still, governments and the international community continue to ignore our voices and our rights. Decision-takers unfortunately give priority to short-term economic gains, and commodify our lives and territories, instead of pursuing long-term sustainable development results. While everyone recognizes that respect for human rights is fundamental to development, the Parties and UNFCCC processes ignore this basic precondition.
Following are some of our concerns and proposals; regrettably we do not have the time to elaborate in more detail but will hopefully be given the opportunity to do so in the following sessions.
We strongly reject the fact that climate change and forest policies, programmes and projects, including REDD and CDM schemes, are made without our full and effective participation, and without our free, prior and informed consent, which is contrary to internationally recognized principles of human rights and good governance. Proposed ‘scientific’ mitigation and adaptation solutions, methodologies and technologies being discussed in, among others, the ad-hoc working groups LCA, KP, SBI, and in SBSTA do not reflect Indigenous Peoples’ cosmovision and our ancestral knowledge. So-called ‘consultations’ with us, often only take the form of simply informing our communities. Consultations should not be limited to specific communities and organizations but should involve all affected and involved indigenous peoples, including our representative organizations.
Governments, the UN System, the World Bank, and other institutions and organizations violate the principle of FPIC by not providing full access to complete information to us while we and our communities are the ones directly impacted by such schemes. They also have weak policies and directives on Indigenous Peoples, so their claim of adherence to their policies is by far not a guarantee for respecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights. Governments and others also employ the divisive tactic of consulting or engaging with organizations that they selectively choose.
In spite of the advances in the recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ rights, including the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, some States in the countries where we live, continue to deny our existence as Indigenous Peoples and our rights to our lands, territories and resources.
On the specific issue of REDD, we reiterate our previous and long established opposition to the commercialization of forests and life. The potential negative impacts of such a program have been confirmed by the UN-REDD Programme Framework Document and other reports. In spite of this, the UN, the World Bank and many countries and others institutions still push forward this scheme. Worse, some governments and academics even blame us for unsustainable forest management, while it are the extractive industries, oil exploitation, hydroelectric projects, infrastructure construction, land conversion for bio and agrofuel projects, and commercial and illegal logging, that are the real causes of deforestation and forest degradation. In addition, the discussion on reducing emissions of greenhouse gases at source, has been sidelined with the millions of dollars and euros being waved for REDD.
We may also need to discuss at some point in time, the ecological debts, that especially industrialized countries have with the Indigenous Peoples of the world.
We put the following recommendations forward to the UNFCCC:
1. To ensure a rights-based approach in the design and implementation of climate change policies, programmes and projects. In particular, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples must be recognized, implemented and mainstreamed in all of the Convention activities;
2. We demand the immediate creation of an Expert Group on Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples with the full participation and representation of Indigenous Peoples, taking into account the example of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) that includes indigenous experts. The Expert Group should discuss, analyze and take decisions, on foot of equality: The ecological debt that industrialized countries have with Indigenous Peoples of the world, as since time immemorial we have been cleaning up the world that others are contaminating; Adaptation; Mitigation; Vulnerability; and all other issues related to climate change that impact on Indigenous Peoples. We would be happy to actively support efforts to identifying potential donors to cover the budgetary consequences of such decision;
3. With regard to the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol we equally call for our full and effective participation in the elaboration of policies and proposals on climate change beyond 2012;
4. We demand restitution of our ancestral lands, territories and resources that have been taken away from us, and respect for our rights over our lands, territories and resources, for our own governance systems and decision-taking processes, for our right of free, prior and informed consent, including our right to say ‘no’, and our right to not be forcefully displaced or removed or militarized;
5. Moreover, we expect that the Parties will ensure and promote our full and effective participation in all policy-making and decision-taking levels of the Convention. Among others, we request the recognition of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change as advisory body to all bodies of the UNFCCC, that our major indigenous networks are recognized as organizations with consultative status; that relevant human rights mechanisms are fully involved and be asked their expert opinion on mitigation and adaptation measures being proposed or implemented under the UNFCCC;
6. We call for the suspension of all REDD initiatives and carbon market initiatives in Indigenous territories until such a time that Indigenous Peoples’ rights are fully recognized and promoted;
7. Furthermore, we request that independent, sufficient and unconditional funds and resources be made available and/or accessible to us, enabling us to contribute concretely and participate at relevant negotiations, and to educate our peoples on issues of climate change.
8. Finally, Mr. Chair, we call for the urgent creation and/or accessibility of funds for climate change emergencies or natural disasters such as floods, in indigenous communities.
Declaración General del
Foro Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas sobre Cambio Climático
El Foro Internacional de Pueblos Indígenas sobre Cambio Climático (FIPICC) que cuenta con representación de los Pueblos Indígenas de las diferentes regiones del mundo se reunió del 27 al 29 noviembre 2008 aquí de Poznan, Polonia, en preparación para el decimocuarta Conferencia de las Partes a la CMNUCC. Lo siguiente son algunas de las perspectivas, preocupaciones y propuestas que discutimos. Afirmamos algunas de nuestras declaraciones en ocasiones anteriores tales como la COP13 en Bali, la reunión de REDD en Accra y la declaración de Quito.
Aprovechamos esta oportunidad para reiterar que para nosotros las discusiones sobre cambio climático, y en particular sobre bosques, MDL y REDD, no son meras cuestiones teoréticas ni financieras, sino para nosotros están en juego nuestras vidas, nuestras culturas y nuestros derechos. Los Pueblos Indígenas quienes vivimos en y con los bosques los cuales hemos mantenido y enriquecido por siglos, somos los poseedores legítimos y guardianas de nuestras tierras, territorios y bosques. Además nosotros tenemos conocimientos tradicionales sobre el manejo de ecosistemas, bosques y recursos naturales. Nosotros titulares de derechos en estas discusiones, no partes interesadas.
Además de ser titulares de derechos, nuestros pueblos y sobretodo las mujeres y los niños somos entre los más perjudicados por el cambio climático que afecta a toda las personas en la Tierra. Nosotros no causamos el cambio climático. Nosotros no emitimos los gases del efecto invernadero. Nosotros no destruimos los bosques. Sin embargo las inundaciones, derrames de lodo, sequias y escasez de alimentos y muchos otros peligros amenazan de una forma desproporcionada a nuestros pueblos. Peor aún, muchas de las estrategias de mitigación y de adaptación de la CMNUCC amenazan nuestros derechos y nuestra existencia misma.
Sin embargo, los gobiernos y la comunidad internacional siguen ignorando, nuestras voces y nuestros derechos. Desafortunadamente, aquellos que toman decisiones dan prioridad a las ganancias económicas de corto plazo, y comercializa nuestras vidas y territorios al lugar de promover resultados del desarrollo sostenible de largo plazo. Todo el mundo reconoce que el respeto para los derechos humanos es fundamental para el desarrollo, sin embargo las Partes y los procesos de la CMNUCC ignoran este prerrequisito básico.
Las siguientes son algunas de nuestras preocupaciones y propuestas. Desafortunadamente no tenemos tiempo para entrar en más detalle pero esperamos contar con la oportunidad de hacerlo en las reuniones subsecuentes.
Rechazamos fuertemente las políticas, programas y proyectos sobre bosques y cambio climático, incluyendo los esquemas de REDD y MDL, que están hechos sin nuestra participación plena y efectiva y sin nuestro consentimiento libre, previo e informado, lo cual es contrario a los principios internacionalmente reconocidos de los derechos humanos y la buena gobernabilidad. Las propuestas soluciones, metodologías y tecnologías “científicas” de mitigación y adaptación que se discuten en los grupos de trabajo LCA, KP, SBI y SBSTA entre otros, no reflejan la cosmovisión indígena ni nuestros conocimientos ancestrales. Las supuestas ”consultas” con nosotros suelen consistir solamente de proporcionar información unilateral a nuestras comunidades. Las consultas no deben ser limitadas a comunidades y organizaciones específicas sino involucrar a todos los pueblos indígenas involucrados y afectados, incluyendo a nuestras organizaciones .representativas.
Gobiernos, el sistema de la ONU, el Banco Mundial y otras instituciones violan el principio del consentimiento libre, previo e informado al no darnos acceso a la información completa a pesar de que somos los más directamente perjudicados por tales esquemas que es contrario al principio de consentimiento libre, previo e informado. Tienen políticas y directrices débiles sobre los pueblos Indígenas, así que su supuesto apego a sus políticas no garantice que respeten los derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas. Además también sucede que los gobiernos y otros emplean tácticas de “divide y conquistarás’’ y solo consultan con las organizaciones que seleccionen y aproaban.
A pesar de los avances en el reconocimiento de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas, incluyendo la aprobación de la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas, algunos estados los países donde vivimos siguen negando a reconocer la existencia de los Pueblos Indígenas y nuestros derechos a nuestras tierras, territorios y recursos.
Sobre el tema específico de REDD, reiteramos nuestra oposición previa y ya establecida a la comercialización de bosques y vida. Los potenciales impactos negativos fueran confirmados en el Documento Marco del Programa de la ONU sobre REDD y otros informes. A pesar de eso, la ONU, el Banco Mundial y muchos países y otras instituciones siguen impulsando este esquema. Peor aún algunos gobiernos y docentes están intentando echarnos la culpa por el manejo no sustentable de los bosques, aunque son las industrias extractivas, incluyendo la explotación petrolera, los megaproyectos hidroeléctricos, la construcción de infraestructura, la conversión de tierra para proyectos de agrocombustibles y la actividad maderera comercial e ilegal que son las verdaderas causas de la deforestación y degradación forestal. Además, la discusión sobre la reducción de emisiones mismas de los gases del efecto invernadero en lugar de origen parece haber sido marginalizada por los millones de dólares y euros destinados a REDD.
Hacemos las siguientes recomendaciones a la COP:
1. Asegurar que se utiliza el enfoque de derechos humanos en el diseño e implementación de las políticas, programas y proyectos sobre cambio climático. En particular, la Declaración de la ONU sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas debe ser reconocida, implementada e integrada en todas las actividades de la Convención;
2. Exigimos la inmediata creación de un Grupo de expertos sobre Cambio Climático y los Pueblos Indígenas con la participación plena y representación de los Pueblos Indígenas, tomando en cuenta el ejemplo del Foro Permanente sobre las Cuestiones Indígenas (FPNUCI) que incluye expertos indígenas. El Grupo de Expertos debe discutir, analizar y concertar, en pie de igualdad: La deuda ecológica que tienen los países industrializados con los Pueblos Indígenas del mundo, toda vez que por tiempo inmemorable estamos limpiando el mundo que ellos contaminan; Adaptación; Mitigación; Vulnerabilidad; y todos otros referidos a cambio climático que tienen impactos a los Pueblos Indígenas. Estamos en la mejor disposición de apoyar activamente los esfuerzos para identificar los donantes potenciales para sufragar las implicaciones presupuestarias.
3. En cuanto a la implementación del Protocolo de Kyoto, hacemos un llamado para nuestra participación plena y efectiva en la elaboración de políticas y propuestas sobre cambio climático después de 2012;
4. Exigimos la restitución de nuestros tierras, territorios y recursos ancestrales que nos han sido despojados; y el respecto a nuestros derechos a nuestras tierras, territorios y recursos, a nuestros propios sistemas de gobierno y procesos de toma de decisión, nuestro derecho al consentimiento libre, previo e informado incluyendo nuestro derecho a decir “no” y nuestro derecho a no ser reubicados a la fuerza ni desplazados, ni militarizados;
5. Además, esperamos que las Partes van a permitir, asegurar y promover nuestra participación plena y efectiva en la toma de decisiones y la formulación de políticas en todos los niveles de la Convención. Entre otros, solicitamos que se reconozca el Foro Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas sobre Cambio Climático como órgano asesor en todos órganos del CMNUCC, y que nuestras principales redes indígenas son reconocidas como organizaciones con estatus consultativo; que los mecanismos relevantes sobre derechos humanos sean plenamente involucrados y que se les soliciten sus opiniones expertas sobre las estrategias de mitigación y adaptación propuestas e implementadas por la CMNUCC.
6. Hacemos un llamado por la suspensión de todas las iniciativas de REDD y iniciativas de mercados de carbono en los territorios indígenas hasta que los derechos de los pueblos indígenas están plenamente reconocidos y promovidos.
7. Además, solicitamos que fundos y recursos independientes, suficientes y incondicional sean disponibles y accesibles para nosotros, que nos permitan contribuir concretamente y participar en las negociaciones pertinentes y educar nuestros pueblos sobre el tema de cambio climático.
8. Por último, Sr. Presidente, hacemos un llamado para la creación urgente de y/o acceso a fondos para responder a las emergencias de cambio climático o desastres naturales tales como inundaciones en comunidades indígenas.
martes, 2 de diciembre de 2008
STATEMENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES (UNPFII) / Poznan - Poland
STATEMENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES (UNPFII)
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
Chairperson, UNPFII
Agenda Item 2: Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD): approaches to stimulate action
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA)
2nd Meeting, 2 December 2008
Poznan, Poland
Thank you very much Madame Chair for giving me the opportunity to speak under this Agenda Item on REDD.
The 7th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues had for its special theme, Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples, specifically on the impact of climate change mitigation measures on indigenous peoples. One of the issues discussed was REDD, as this is a mitigation measure being proposed to be included in the 2010 Copenhagen Conference of Parties.
We listened closely to indigenous representatives who expressed their fears on the potential risks that can result from the implementation of REDD . In our concluding observations we expressed that one risk of REDD is that it will further reinforce the highly centralized governance and finance for forests and that discussions on this will become highly technical, thereby excluding indigenous peoples again from sharing their traditional knowledge on forests and from controlling and managing their own forests. Indigenous peoples have shown that they are the best custodians and stewards of forests. Global data coming in shows that the most of the world's remaining forests are found mainly in indigenous peoples territories.
We believe that the renewed focus on forests should be used as an opportunity to push for policy and legal reforms on forests and indigenous peoples rights. This can also be an opportunity for indigenous peoples to further enhance their traditional knowledge on forest and biodiversity conservation.
The Permanent Forum is of the view that undertaking reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation without the full and effective participation of indigenous peoples in making the design and in its implementation will lead to failure. It , therefore, calls on the international community and on the governments to ensure that the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) be used as an overarching framework for the design, methodologies, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of REDD. No REDD project should be done on indigenous peoples territories without obtaining their free, prior and informed consent.
As far as methodological issues are concerned, the Forum asserts that indigenous peoples should be involved in the development of methodologies related to REDD. Their traditional knowledge on forests and biological diversity cannot be under-estimated. Measures should be undertaken to involve them in developing these methodologies and their capacities should also be enhanced.
The reports of the various consultations we held and other UN bodies and NGOs held with indigenous peoples on this issue will be submitted to the Secretariat for your use.
Thank you, Madame Chair
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