I support the Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity ontheir decision to walk out of the Working Group onProtected Areas unless their voices are trulyincorporated as priority voices (not marginalized butgiven the special attention that they merit for manyreasons). They should not just be "heard" from time totime.
The problem in this meeting reflects the problem onthe ground where PAs are implemented. It is time toface this.
Cynthia
Assistant Professor, Wofford College
South Carolina, USA
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Dear friends,
The Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples (NCIV) expresses its full support for the statement made by indigenous peoples at the Working Group on Protected Areas in Rome, Italy on February 14, 2008.We believe that the exclusion of indigenous peoples from this process is a serious violation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, as adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 13 September 2007.
Best wishes,
Mr. Leo van der VlistNetherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples (NCIV)
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I support the Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity ontheir decision to walk out of the Working Group onProtected Areas unless their voices are trulyincorporated as priority voices (not marginalized butgiven the special attention that they merit for manyreasons). They should not just be "heard" from time totime. The problem in this meeting reflects the problem onthe ground where PAs are implemented. It is time toface this.-Janis Alcorn
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Recently, I attended a talk given by a researcher at a large, international conservation group. Seeing the difficulty with which his organization strove to argue for conservation's economic viability, I asked him what other arguments for conservation had proven effective on the ground. He responded the assertions made by indigenous people for heritage preservation. The conservation world cannot afford to discard or listen only occasionally to the culturally resonant position of indigenous and other local peoples. It's long past time to incorporate more voices as working partners in conservation.
Nora Haenn, Associate Professor
North Carolina State University
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