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1968–2018 In the last years, we witnessed an alarming increase of violent attacks against indigenous peoples. In fact, more than ever before in recent times, indigenous human rights defenders are being killed, attacked or harassed in their endeavours to protect their land. States – while not necessarily the perpetrators – are unwilling or unable to protect indigenous peoples and are even, in some cases, collaborating with the perpetrators.
The past 30 years have seen remarkable progress in the recognition of indigenous peoples’ rights at a global level. Important milestones are the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the UN General Assembly in 2007 and the establishment of international and regional human rights mechanisms mandated to monitor the realisation of indigenous peoples’ rights.
To indigenous peoples, land is central. Their collective rights to land are often not recognised, placing them in an extremely vulnerable situation. For indigenous peoples, and in particular women, the right to land and territory guarantees the reproduction of their way of life and enables them to exercise their right to their own development. Land is becoming an increasingly scarce resource, and land grabbing is a major threat to indigenous peoples’ future.
Unfortunately, this progress is still not fully reflected in indigenous peoples’ situation at national and local levels. The implementation gap continues to grow as states rarely respond adequately to the recommendations made by human rights mechanisms. The rights and wellbeing of indigenous peoples tend to be largely ignored.
Indigenous peoples are still disproportionately impacted by climate change due to their close dependence on natural resources. Indigenous peoples therefore generally strongly support actions and commitments to be part of the solutions. They are, however, increasingly experiencing threats to their rights from large-scale climate initiatives, such as biofuel production and hydropower, when installed on their lands and territories without their consent. This disrupts how indigenous peoples for centuries have lived sus-
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tainably, in harmony with nature. With biodiversity under threat, we must also value indigenous peoples’ knowledge of ecosystems and sustainable practices.
followers. Therefore, we will continue working hard to increasing support and fostering a global movement for indigenous peoples’ rights and in creating real change for indigenous peoples.
Indigenous peoples worldwide still face discrimination in many ways: through lack of recognition of their mere existence and their right to determine their own identity; in policies that undermine or discriminate against their land and natural resource-based livelihoods; and in practices that prevent them from fully and effectively participating in decision-making. Indigenous women also experience multiple forms of discrimination: because of their indigenous identity, their gender, and often also because of poverty.
In the pages that follow you will read about some of the many results that IWGIA in close cooperation with partners have supported. I would therefore also like to thank all of you who have been supporting us on this journey. Julie Koch Executive Director, IWGIA
This context emphasizes the urgent need to turn the gains and results achieved at the international level into real changes for indigenous peoples on the ground. In the year of our 50th anniversary, we revamp our efforts to make this happen. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a major step in the right direction. The UN system and nation states have shown collaborative efforts in agreeing on 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Both global agreements create a window of opportunity for indigenous peoples to advance their rights. Goal 17 to revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development is key for us. In our 50 years defending indigenous peoples’ rights, our partnership approach and collaborative action has been at the core of our work, whereby we empower and facilitate partners to be the drivers of change. We know we cannot fulfil our ambitions alone. We need partners, donors, supporters and Intro
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IWGIA in a nutshell
IWGIA is an international human rights organisation promoting, protecting and defending indigenous peoples’ rights. For 50 years, IWGIA has supported the fight for indigenous peoples’ rights. We work through a global network of indigenous peoples’ organisations and international human rights bodies. We promote the recognition, respect and implementation of indigenous peoples’ rights to land, cultural integrity and development on their own terms. The recognition of IWGIA’s profound expertise on indigenous peoples’ rights is reflected in IWGIA’s consultative/observer status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the International Labour Organisation (ILO), UN Organisation for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO), the UNFCCC, the Arctic Council, the ACHPR and the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
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WHO ARE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES? The ultimate beneficiaries of IWGIA’s work are indigenous peoples around the world. The term indigenous peoples is a common denominator for distinct peoples who through historical processes have been marginalised and denied their right to control their own development. For indigenous peoples, self-identification is the basic principle in claiming and asserting indigenous identity. Indigenous peoples present a vast spectrum of differentiated organisational representations depending of their history, relationship with the State, level of recognition and other contextual factors. Some well-known indigenous peoples include: the Maasai, the Inuit, the Ogiek, the Maori, the Sami, the Mapuche, the Karen, the Naga and many more. It is estimated that there are more than 370 million indigenous people spread across 70 countries worldwide. 50 years defending indigenous peoples’ rights
OUR PATH TO CHANGE
EMPOWERMENT
DOCUMENTATION
HOW DO WE MAKE A CHANGE? We foster change by: • Documenting indigenous peoples’ conditions and the human rights breaches they experience, thus contributing to global knowledge and awareness of indigenous peoples’ situations • Supporting indigenous peoples’ own organisations to act and their capacities to access human rights bodies
ADVOCACY
VISION Our vision is a world where indigenous peoples fully enjoy their rights.
MISSION Our mission is to promote, protect and defend indigenous peoples’ rights. We exist to ensure a world where indigenous peoples can sustain and develop their societies based on their own practices, priorities and visions.
• Advocating for change in decision-making processes at local, regional and international level, including active engagement in international networks. Intro
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IWGIA at a glance 2017 PARTNERS
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Strategic and project partners around the world in Asia in Africa in Latin America
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DOCUMENTATION
Engaged with more than 15 human rights mechanisms and UN agencies 183 indigenous representatives supported in the last 3 years
19 publications, reports, urgent alerts and briefing notes raising awareness of indigenous peoples’ rights
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8 targeted countries and 21 strategic partners protecting indigenous peoples’ land rights
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THE INDIGENOUS WORLD 31 editions of unique annual report on indigenous rights The Indigenous World, including 59 detailed country reports and12 articles on defining global processes in 2017 Contributors: 70 distinguished experts, indigenous activists and scholars
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partnerships in our Climate and Conservation actions
Headquarters: Copenhagen Number of staff: 15
projects in partnership with indigenous peoples
More than 100 global press hits yearly
WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT IWGIA IWGIA has acquired the reputation as being the global expert organisation on indigenous issues. By drawing on strong expertise and high-ranking academic researchers in its documents IWGIA succeeds in ensuring that advocacy for indigenous peoples’ rights is based on evidence and detailed knowledge. – Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), Review 2016
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Our global breakthroughs
IWGIA has high ambitions. In 2017 we developed an ambitious organisational strategy that sets out the directions for our work. Before 2030 we will work hard to have a world where systematic discrimination is no longer tolerated, where indigenous peoples’ rights are respected and their knowledge valued in climate change and conservation actions, and where indigenous peoples determine the future of their land. To realise our ambitions, we need to strengthen the global movement for the rights of indigenous peoples. We are ready to intensify our own work with partnerships, cooperation and advocacy worldwide. Our three-year goals are:
We will work hard to have a world where systematic discrimination is no longer tolerated.
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Strong international and regional bodies address and secure rights of indigenous peoples By the end of the three years, we want to see that key financial mechanisms are addressing indigenous peoples’ rights; that data on indigenous peoples has been gathered and is being used by international bodies; that violations of indigenous peoples’ rights have been addressed by human rights mechanisms and grievance procedures, and that a number of countries have changed laws, policies and practices to secure the rights of indigenous peoples and protect indigenous rights defenders.
Indigenous peoples are organised to better claim and exercise their rights at national, regional and international levels By the end of the three years, we want to see that the contribution of indigenous peoples to sustaining biodiversity, and mitigating and adapting to climate change, is being increasingly recognised; that indigenous peoples are successfully taking action against land dispossession and pushing for increasing land security; that indigenous peoples are engaging successfully in international and regional mechanisms; that self-governance in targeted countries is more sustainable, and that more indigenous peoples are organised.
National policies, institutions and plans adequately account for indigenous peoples’ rights to land and natural resources
Indigenous women and youth are actively involved in decision-making related to decisions affecting their lives
By the end of the three years, we want to see that land tenure security has increased in a number of communities; that climate actions are increasingly taking indigenous peoples’ rights into account; that relevant national action plans are in place; and that violation of indigenous peoples’ rights by the private sector and by governments has levelled off and is no longer increasing in targeted countries.
By the end of the three years, we want to see that indigenous women are actively engaged in achieving SDG5; that international networks of indigenous women and youth are strong voices in international fora; and that IWGIA has mainstreamed all project and programme work to include women and youth as key actors.
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LAND RIGHTS
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Indigenous peoples often share collective land rights, but the ownership of land is not properly documented or officially recognised. Therefore indigenous peoples’ lands are vulnerable for natural resource exploitation.
Loss of land and natural resources undermine economic security, sociocultural cohesion and human dignity of indigenous peoples around the world. Territorial self-governance, mobilisation, rights-awareness and legal strategies are helping to protect indigenous peoples’ rights to their land. Deforestation, mineral, oil, and gas extraction; expansion of plantations, national parks, agribusiness, dams and infrastructure. These are some of the industries, indigenous peoples are up against, when they defend and protect their land. Indigenous peoples have long stood at the frontline of resistance against land grabbing. By uniting and organising themselves, indigenous peoples are protecting their territories from the influx of businesses, settlers, and other dominant or armed groups. However, indigenous peoples’ resistance has in many cases been answered with criminalisation, violations, brutality and murder. INDIGENOUS PEOPLES EVICTED AND DISPLACED Indigenous peoples have again and again proven to be strong, resilient and able to organise and defend themselves. Indigenous peoples still occupy many of their ancestral territories, they maintain their unique cultures, and act as guardians of much of the world’s cultural and biological diversity. Land Rights
The global race for economic growth and the increasing material consumption and trade have negative consequences for indigenous peoples. Their lands and territories are being appropriated, grabbed, sold, leased or simply plundered and polluted by governments, private companies and powerful individuals. Along with this, discriminatory government policies or armed conflicts also force indigenous peoples to uproot and leave their traditional land. With the loss of land and natural resources follows a loss of traditional livelihood practices. It disrupts the intergenerational transfer of traditional knowledge, undermines the social organisation and traditional institutions, while cultural and spiritual practices are lost. All of which causes poverty, social disintegration, and loss of human dignity. TERRITORIAL SELF-GOVERNMENT AND LEGAL VICTORIES In countries such as Panama, Nicaragua, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia in Latin America, indigenous peoples have won territorial self-governance building on the fundamental principle of self-determination within the international indigenous peoples’ rights legal framework. In Africa, Asia and Russia, there are discussions on decentralisation, local governance and political representation of indigenous peoples.
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Within the regional human rights systems such as the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the Inter-American Human Rights system, indigenous peoples have won historic victories of the right to land.
IWGIA’S WORK FOR LAND RIGHTS IWGIA has for a number of years assisted partners and indigenous communities in Latin America, Africa and Asia on land and human rights issues. This has contributed considerably to the enabling legal framework and the titling of large indigenous territories in Latin America and to increased land rights awareness and mobilisation among indigenous communities and organizations in Africa and Asia.
We support land rights work conducted by indigenous organisations/ communities in our target countries to mobilize and empower indigenous communities on land rights issues and make them effective advocates for their own cause. This includes: Capacity development of indigenous organisations; Community awareness raising and empowerment; Monitoring and documentation of land rights violations and best practices in land defence; Land rights advocacy towards duty bearers from local to global level.
Nevertheless, secure land rights and territorial self-governance remain the most critical and urgent global issues for indigenous peoples and are key aspects for achieving IWGIA’s overall objective of securing indigenous peoples’ rights to self-determined sustainable development. IWGIA conducts analysis and documentation and undertakes direct IWGIA land rights advocacy. Based on our documentation work, IWGIA engages directly in land rights advocacy by calling attention on land grabbing/land rights violations.
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Land Rights
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We cannot wait for the state to proclaim our autonomy, we have to directly exercise it because it is our right. We are all innovating in different ways from our territories. – Wrays Pérez, the first-ever President of the Wampis Nation
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN PERU CLAIM TERRITORIAL SELF-GOVERNANCE
Project: Building a common future: Consolidating Government and Exercising Autonomy
The Wampis people manage 1,327,000 hectares for 27 registered communities in the Amazon rainforest. The right to self-determination has now been realised in Peru.
Project period: 2016-2018
IWGIA has most systematically and steadily supported the territorial claiming process in most of the Peruvian Amazon. After a long consultation process between the communities, the Wampis people of the Peruvian Amazon agreed to establish their own government on their territory with internal regulations governing the different aspects of community life. IWGIA supported their autonomy process by assisting in the titling of
Partners: Autonomous Territorial Government of the Wampis Nation and Peru Equidad
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Where: Amazonas and Loreto region, Peru
Beneficiaries: 15,000 members of Wampis Nation, 96 elected delegates from the communities and 18 thematic directors
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the Wampis territory, strengthening community organizations organizationally, and in providing legal advice with regard to drawing the governmental statues. Despite substantial achievements in land titling, extractive industries are continuing their relentless advance onto indigenous territories in search of natural resources. For the last 20 years, the Wampis have been affected by the presence of oil companies and gold mining activity on their lands. The current scarcity of fish, wild animals, fruit trees, vegetables, and raw materials for construction has placed fundamental rights such as food, health and education in a fragile condition and on the road to further deterioration. The pressure on their lands, affects indigenous youth particularly, who look Land Rights
at the future with discouragement and anxiety, making migration the only way out. A challenge to which neither the State nor the local governments offer a viable alternative solution. The Wampis Nation territorial governance aims at bringing a solution from within the communities. The Wampis people now manage 1,327,000 hectares for 27 registered communities in the Amazon rainforest, some of which were previously demarcated with IWGIA’s financial support. With the support of Peru Equidad and IWGIA, the Wampis people have drawn up their statutes and formed the Autonomous Territorial Government of the Wampis Nation (ATGWN) in 2015.
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CLIMATE ACTION
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Indigenous peoples across the world are the first to face the consequences of climate change, while they can provide alternative solutions to sustainable climate action. Indigenous peoples must, therefore, be heard in global, national and local climate action and their rights respected. Indigenous peoples are particularly vulnerable to climate change, due to their dependency on natural resources and political and economic marginalization. At the same time, they are least responsible. Indigenous peoples have through their nature dependent livelihoods and traditional knowledge a lot to offer to solutions to climate changes. Many of our world’s ecosystems and biodiversity areas are being protected and nurtured by indigenous peoples. The contributions to climate actions, through their knowledge and knowledge systems is increasingly being acknowledged and referred to in international agreements and declarations. INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FACE CLIMATE CHANGE Rising temperatures, rising sea levels and unpredictable weather hit indigenous peoples from the Amazon to the highlands of Myanmar dramatically. Indigenous peoples often live in our world’s most biodiversity-rich areas, rely on existing ecosystems and depend on nature. But changes in our climate disrupt indigenous peoples’ way of living and damage their livelihoods. Many indigenous people are being forced to relocate as their traditional lands become uninhabitable due to climate change. CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE ACTION Indigenous peoples strongly support actions and commitments that result in emissions reductions that will keep the global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees. They are, however, increasingly experiencing threats to their rights from large-scale climate initiatives, such as biofuel production and hydropower, when are being developed on their lands and territories without their consent. Climate Action
Too often, policies, projects and programs to mitigate climate change are being developed in a hurry, with no or very limited participation of indigenous peoples or concern for their rights. This violates indigenous peoples’ rights to their lands, territories and natural resources, and disrupts their sustainable livelihoods that they have practices for centuries. The recognition of the contribution of indigenous peoples to climate change actions is finally beginning to take form – with the operationalisation of the Indigenous Peoples’ Platform decided at COP23 in Bonn and the adoption of an Indigenous Peoples’ Policy by the Green Climate Fund as landmarks.
IWGIA’S WORK IWGIA supports partner organisations in target countries through direct project support to defend their rights to land and natural resources in climate actions and to actively engage in national policies and implementation measures on climate and conservation. IWGIA, together with partner organisations, is internationally engaged in supporting the implementation of indigenous peoples’ rights at national level. We focus on three areas for international advocacy, documentation and empowerment: 1.
Support the implementation of the Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Platform under the UNFCCC 2. Advocate for inclusion of indigenous peoples’ rights in key policies of The Green Climate Fund and other financial mechanisms 3. Support implementation of co-management structures for national parks and protected areas.
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“NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US” They sow water and predict rainfall. Indigenous peoples from all over the world bring their knowledge to climate negotiations. In Tanzania, the Maasai can foresee types of rainfalls from interpreting the clouds. For the Maasai in countries like Tanzania, it is important to know, whether the rain will be heavy or light because heavy rain can cause damages to livelihoods and crops.
across the circumpolar Arctic – are some of the best observers of climatic changes. Climate change has already become part of the everyday life of indigenous peoples, and many have found ways to adapt to climate changes. Nomadic pastoralists adapt to changing weather patterns by being mobile, while forest dwellers protect the biodiversity of the forest through sustainable management and resistance to industrial forestry. In the Peruvian Amazon, the indigenous peoples even “sow water” – with special plants that can enhance the water cycle underground.
Indigenous peoples around the world – including nomadic pastoralists living in arid areas, fishers in low-lying coastal areas, farmers and pastoralists in high-altitudinal zones and hunters and herders
Among the 31 decisions taken at COP23 was one of key significance for indigenous peoples: the decision on the operationalisation of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples’ Knowledge-Sharing Platform (LCIP). This platform was
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lauded by many as a step forward in enhancing indigenous peoples’ engagement in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) processes. In March 2018, the Green Climate Fund adopted an Indigenous Peoples’ Policy. This policy will guide its work, including its allocation of funding to climate actions and is an important step in the right direction. “WE CAN LEARN FROM INDIGENOUS PEOPLES” From IWGIA Senior Advisor on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Action, Kathrin Wessendorf, followed the COP23 negotiations closely together with indigenous peoples from all over the world.
through their knowledge and way of living. We can learn a lot from them,” says Kathrin Wessendorf, who has participated in the COP for six years. The developments at international level are promising. They show that persistent advocacy work is rewarded and that indigenous peoples are steadily becoming a recognised part of the solution to the challenges climate change poses to the world. “The time has now come to recognize and implement indigenous peoples’ rights in climate actions on the ground.”
“Indigenous peoples are already contributing to mitigating and preventing climate changes Climate Action
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GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
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The protection of indigenous peoples’ rights depends on their inclusion in processes that affect their lives and future. IWGIA supports indigenous peoples in accessing and benefiting from local and regional human rights mechanisms as well as the UN system and its global agendas.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ARE UNDER THREAT On the local level, the rights of indigenous peoples are still not fully realised. The situation of indigenous peoples remains alarming in many countries: From land rights to women’ rights, indigenous peoples are highly challenged on the ground.
A UN Permanent Forum is dedicated to indigenous peoples’ agendas; a UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted in 2007, and a Special Rapporteur is watching the realisation of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Every year, reports written by IWGIA show that the human rights of indigenous peoples are being violated and that indigenous rights defenders are increasingly threatened and many continue to be arrested or even murdered.
Much has been achieved by indigenous peoples since they started advocating for their right to participate in international decision-making processes. Indigenous peoples have succeeded in adopting an international legal framework, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Institutional mechanisms and procedures mandated to promote and protect indigenous peoples’ rights have been established, such as the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Special Rapporteur. At the international level, indigenous peoples have crawled up the latter in the UN system: It started with the establishment of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations in 1984 at the lowest level of the UN system, and now indigenous peoples are on the verge of getting a special status at the highest level of the UN.
IWGIA SUPPORTS THE INTERLINK BETWEEN THE LOCAL AND THE GLOBAL The linking of international commitments and national laws and is one of the biggest challenges for indigenous peoples. Therefore, IWGIA is enhancing the bridging of the existing gap by supporting the initiatives of indigenous peoples’ organisations to empower them to flag their cases in relevant international forums. They bring documentation, cases and updates from the ground to encourage change at the local level. The aim is to link decisions and policies adopted at the global level with the development of laws and policies at the local and regional level.
At the local and regional level, indigenous peoples have organised themselves and have also gained influence and spaces within the regional human rights mechanisms as the Inter-American Human Rights System and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
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THE INDIGENOUS NAVIGATOR COLLECTS DATA ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' RIGHTS With support from the EU, the online platform Indigenous Navigator has been developed for collecting community-generated data and information that visualises and identifies existing gaps in the implementation of indigenous peoples’ rights. The Indigenous Navigator provides tools to analyze and document indigenous peoples’ human rights and development, and uncovers the important links between the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the commitments put
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forward in the Sustainable Development Goals and targets, and in the Outcome Document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples. Through the questionnaires under the Indigenous Navigator, communities can generate their own data and make them available on an online data portal. This will allow other actors to access in-depth information about indigenous peoples’ situation.
The Indigenous Navigator is a collaborative initiative developed by Asia Indigenous Peoples’ Pact (AIPP), Forest Peoples’ Programme (FPP), International Labour Organization (ILO), Tebtebba Foundation and International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) with support from the European Union (EU). Explore the tools on: www.indigenousnavigator.org
The Indigenous Navigator is aimed at raising indigenous peoples’ awareness of their rights through systematic data generation. It also empowers indigenous peoples to claim their rights by using data in dialogue with policy-makers and development stakeholders at the local, national and global levels. Global Governance
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IWGIA Documentation diplomats, consultants, development workers and a wider audience use our information on indigenous peoples. The Indigenous World has been published in 31 editions since 1986.
For IWGIA, documentation goes hand in hand with promoting, defending and protecting the rights of indigenous peoples. We are monitoring and documenting the status of indigenous peoples' rights and produce solid publications and fact-based reports to strengthen and empower indigenous peoples to fight violations of their rights. Many of our publications are co-produced in close cooperation between IWGIA and our partners.
on international processes in this edition underscore this trend, which is noted across the continents.
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IWGIA hopes that the book will be used as a documentation tool and as an inspiration to raise global awareness of the rights of indigenous peoples, their struggles, their worldviews and their resilience.
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“By drawing on strong expertise and high-ranking academic researchers in its documents IWGIA succeeds in ensuring that advocacy for indigeThe compilation you have in your hands now is the unique result of nous peoples’ rights is based on evidence and a collaborative effort between indigenous and non-indigenous activists and scholars who voluntarily share valuable insights detailed knowledge. An their organisational identity and analysis. We thank them and celebrate the bonds, strengths and of community that emerge from researchers making this one-of-a who want to ofsense organising academic kind documentation tool available. combine research related to indigenous peoples For 32 consecutive years the purpose of The Indigenous World has with action against their oppression in many been to give a comprehensive yearly overview of the developments indigenous peoples gives have experienced. tensions between countries IWGIARising strong ballast.” States and indigenous peoples are reaching a tipping point and –Indigenous Danish International Development The World 2018 adds to the documented records, high- Agency lighting the increase in attacks and killings of indigenous peoples (DANIDA), April 2016 while defending their lands. The 56 country reports and 13 reports
The Indigenous World is a one-of-a-kind documentation tool, that offers a comprehensive yearly overview of the developments indigenous peoples experience around the world. The book also serves as inspiration to raise global awareness of the rights of indigenous peoples, their struggles, their worldviews and their resilience.
Every year IWGIA reports on the situation of indigenous peoples worldwide. Our global report, The Indigenous World, documents the state of indigenous peoples' rights in countries on all continents with detailed country reports authored by distinguished experts, indigenous activists and scholars. ISBN: 978-87-92786-85-2
Indigenous peoples and their organisations find our reports useful in their advocacy work, while
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The rising tensions between states and indigenous peoples are reaching a tipping point and The Indigenous World 2018 adds to the documented records, highlighting the increase in attacks and killings of indigenous peoples while defending their lands. The 56 country reports and 13 reports on international processes in this edition underscore this global trend. The book is the result of a collaborative effort between indigenous and non-indigenous activists and scholars who voluntarily share their valuable insights and analysis. In this edition, 83 authors from Latin America, Africa, Asia, Arctic, Middle East and the Pacific line-up the main events impacting the lives of indigenous communities in 2017, making the book a go to reference for eveTe for everyone who wishes to be updated on the rights of indigenous peoples. The 2018 edition is dedicated to the situation of the rights to lands, territories and resources of indigenous peoples.
All the contributors to the Indigenous World are identified by IWGIA on the basis of our knowledge and network. The contributors offer their expertise on a voluntary basis, which means that not all countries or all aspects of importance to indigenous peoples are included in the book. Still, any omissions of specific country reports should not be interpreted as “no news is good news”. In fact, sometimes, it is the precarious human rights situation that makes it difficult to obtain articles from specific countries. Our books have been published in several editions and served as reference works, inspiration and documentation of the rights of indigenous peoples. IWGIA’s documentation expertise adds important value to the results achieved by IWGIA since our documentation carries high credibility and therefore provides trustworthy and effective tools for IWGIA’s own and our partners’ advocacy work.
Fact-based tools like The Indigenous World are and will be the key to ensure that the Development Agenda 2030 leaves no one behind – Danish Ambassador to the UN Ib Petersen
The Indigenous World is an untouchable book used as an entry point by anyone working on the topic – Antonella Cardone, The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Iwgia Documentation
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Financial overview FUNDING/INCOME Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Frame Grant, CSR grant NORAD, Norway CISU FAO European Union ILO Other donors
DKK
%
Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Frame Grant, CSR grant
17.789.851
43
NORAD, Norway
6.968.908
17
CISU
3.291.920
8
FAO
333.150
1
European Union
9.727.268
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ILO
2.550.156
6
Other donors
500.575
1
Total
41.161.828
100
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EXPENDITURES
Projects and Programs Cost of doing Business Development & other Activities
DKK
%
Projects and Programs
35.981.536
87
Cost of doing Business
3.898.292
9
Development & other Activities
1.282.000
3
Total
41.161.828
100
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Meet our team Julie Koch, Executive Director
Kathrin Wessendorf Team Coordinator and Senior Advisor, Climate
Søren Aarslev, Head of Finance and Administration
Lola García-Alix Team Coordinator and Senior Advisor, Global Governance
Zainab Qasim Finance Assistant
Geneviève Rose Senior Advisor, Regional Governance, Africa
Annette Kjærgaard Secretary
Astrid Hasselbalch Senior Advisor and Programme Coordinator for the Indigenous Navigator
Käthe Jepsen Programme Assistant
Pamela Jacquelin-Andersen Documentation and Communication Manager
Marianne Wiben Jensen Senior Advisor on Land Rights, Africa
Bue Bejer Heckmann Press and Communication Manager
Signe Leth Senior Advisor, Women and Land Rights, Asia
Julie Marion Donor Relations Manager and Fundraiser
Alejandro Parellada Senior Advisor, Land Rights, Latin America
Johannes Rohr Senior Advisor, Russia
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