Land rights at CBD COP17
WE HAVE A MISSION, WILL YOU HELP US?
Only 7% of countries’ national biodiversity reports measured the land rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities. And just one country, Kenya, reported in full.
That’s a big gap. Small farmers, pastoralists, Indigenous Peoples and local communities look after much of the world’s nature, yet many have no secure rights to their land. The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework will not succeed unless they do, and if their rights aren’t counted, they are easy to leave out of national plans.
At CBD COP17 in Yerevan, we are calling on countries to:
- report on community land rights in their next national reports
- strengthen the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities across the framework
- count women’s land rights, with land data broken down by sex
Our mission: make sure the people who care for the land are counted, and protected.
COME PREPARED
A technical guide for governments and communities
REPORTING ON THE KUNMING-MONTREAL GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK (KM-GBF) HEADLINE INDICATOR 22.1
ILC co-led events
time | location
18 October
ALL DAY | BLUE ZONE | CR4
Gender and Environment Data | 2nd Conference
Bridging Gender-Biodiversity Data for Global Targets
Location: CR4, Blue Zone
Co-organisers: Women4Biodiversity, UN Women, UNDP
19 October
13.15h | ASHTARAK | BLOCK 2, FLOOR 3
Headline indicators for Targets 2, 5, 7, 10 and 22: methodological updates and country experiences
Location: Ashtarak | NGOs Group meeting room - Block 2, 3rd Floor
Co-organisers: FAO
13.15h | APARAN
Pastoralists as guardians of biodiversity: strengthening land rights and access to natural resources
Location: Aparan - JUSCANZ meeting room
Co-organisers: UNDP, IMPACT, IYRP
13:15h | LASTIVER | YOUTH GROUP MEETING ROOM
Building gender-responsive biodiversity data systems— addressing the gender data gap and women's participation for effective implementation and monitoring of the KMGBF
Location: Youth Group meeting room
Co-organisers: UN CBD Women's Caucus, WEDO, UNEP-WCMC , IIED, UN Women, W4B
20 October
10:00h | women's hub
Women's Land Rights as the Thread Linking Biodiversity, Climate and Land: Introducing the Women's Land Rights Initiative
Location: Women's Hub
Co-organisers:
22 October
11:00 | Mongolia Pavilion
Pastoralists and Land Tenure Data as a Bridge from UNCCD to CBD
Location: Mongolia Pavilion
Co-organisers: ILC, JASIL, Women4Biodiversity
9:00 | GeoBon Data to Action Pavilion
Closing the Gap on Target 22 and Environmental Human Rights Data
Location: GeoBon Data to Action Pavilion
Co-organisers:
18:15H | Bjini
Making Indigenous and Community Conservation Visible: Strengthening KMGBF Reporting through Existing Global Platforms
Location: Bjini - Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Group meeting room
Co-organisers: ICCA Consortium | IIFB | FPP | IUCN | UNEP-WCMC | IUCN CEESP | WCPA | ILC | WRI | Indigenous Navigator
29 October
15:45h | GeoBon Data to Action Pavilion
Advancing Indicator 22.1 on Land Tenure and Land Use through National Partnerships
Location: GeoBon Data to Action Pavilion
Co-organisers: ILC | FAO | WRI | FPP
ILC member-led events
time | location
19 October
18:15H | Bjini
Advancing women's land rights in collective contexts and the KMGBF
Location: Bjini
Co-organisers: FPP, CIPDP, OPDP-Ogiek
15H | Vayk
Indigenous-led biocultural data and community-based monitoring: experiences from Northern Kenya
Location: Vayk
Co-organisers: IMPACT
22 October
16:30H | Talin
Community-based monitoring of biodiversity and human rights: the Indigenous Navigator's Biodiversity Module
Location: Talin
Co-organisers: AIPP, Tebtebba, CNTI
27 October
15H | Youth Pavilion
Making Change Happen at the First Mile: Connecting Youth Networks,
Smallholder Farmers and Indigenous Peoples' Organisations for
Biodiversity Impact
Location: Youth Pavilion
Co-organisers: IFAD | GYBN | IPAF | AFA | INOFO
ILC at the COPs
