Indigenous Insights

Stewarding the Earth

Engage the real change makers.

Indigenous messages. Conserving and protecting nature.

  • Stewarding the Earth is back with a focus on advancing the visibility of Indigenous women’s leadership

    Stewarding the Earth has returned at COP 27!

    In 2023, a cohort of three emerging Indigenous women leaders women will share insights and stories to demonstrate the importance of Indigenous women and girls in environmental action – and to inspire Indigenous girls and emerging women leaders.

    Learn more and meet the cohort

  • Indigenous Insights - Stewarding the Earth is a global communications campaign amplifying messages from Indigenous leaders on conservation and environmental action.

    The campaign was designed in 2021 to help raise attention to The World Summit of Indigenous Peoples and Nature (IP Summit). The IP Summit was the first of its kind, hosted within the context of IUCN’s World Conservation Congress and is a culmination of collaborative planning among IUCN’s Indigenous Peoples Organisation members (IPOs) to establish Indigenous priorities, areas of collaboration, and call upon the global community to play supportive and enabling roles by respecting and supporting Indigenous rights and leadership roles.

  • A Global Indigenous Agenda for the Governance of Indigenous Lands, Territories, Waters, Coastal Seas and Natural Resources

    The development of these priorities was led by IPOs, with IUCN’s support, to build and cohere views from Indigenous Peoples from across regions though several regional forums. The result of this process was embodied in a Global Indigenous Agenda for the Governance of Indigenous Lands, Territories, Waters, Coastal Seas and Natural Resources (Global Indigenous Agenda), which was unveiled at the IP Summit.

    Read the Global Indigenous Agenda

  • A critical time to highlight Indigenous priorities

    This means the months leading up to the Summit were critical for awareness raising about the Agenda. It also means the subsequent months were crucial for ensuring Indigenous priorities were presented, discussed and adopted by intrenational policy framework negotiations, such as for the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Scroll below and use this site to explore messages on why and how Indigenous solutions can help the globe protect Indigenous rights and achieve conservation and climate goals.

    Read about IUCN's work with Indigenous Peoples

  • Thank you for joining us on this journey

    This campaign closed in December 2021 - thank you for supporting Indigenous messages and priorities. This site remains a resource for the global community as it takes actions to implement commitments.

Amplifying indigenous insights.

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    Thematic messages

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    Indigenous leaders from throughout the globe

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    Indigenous organisations

Explore the campaign. Hear from indigenous leaders.

  • “Let us make a sincere commitment to save Mother Nature together!”

    Ramiro Batzin, Director of Sotz’il and IUCN Councillor, calls for the international community to support an indigenous agenda for biodiversity action.

    Indigenous governance systems

  • “To ensure abundance for future generations, we can look to our indigenous food systems.”

    Brenda Asuncion, Hui Mālama Loko Iʻa Coordinator of Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo (KUA), calls for the international community to support resilient indigenous food systems

    Indigenous food systems

  • “Join us in this call to the IUCN Congress and the world!”

    Florina Lopez (RMIB-LAC), a Guna leader from Panama, Luz Fernandez (FIMI), a Wayuu leader from Venezuela, and Lola Cabnal (Ak’Tenamit), a Maya Q’eqchi’ leader from Guatemala, reaffirm that their leadership as indigenous women is vital for the protection of Mother Earth.

    Indigenous women's leadership

  • “We must ensure that Indigenous Peoples are included in decision-making and climate and conservation finance.”

    Hipólito Acevei, Antolina González, Taguide Picanerai and Flordelina Yegros from Federación por la Autodeterminación de los Pueblos Indígenas (FAPI), Paraguay, call for the international community to recognise Indigenous Peoples as biodiversity and climate change leaders and to include them in environmental decision-making.

    Indigenous climate and biodiversity solutions

  • "We fight daily to defend our Mother the Amazon Forest – a battle that takes many lives.”

    At UNFCCC COP26, Gregorio Mirabal - COICA’s General Coordinator - calls for the international community to support the 80 x 25 motion to avoid the point of no return.

    Indigenous conservation of the Amazon

  • “We Indigenous Peoples say ‘It is time to move forward!’ "

    Ramiro Batzin, Director of Sotz’il and IUCN Councillor, summaries a year of achievement in advancing Indigenous priorities across environment policymaking.

    Indigenous environmental priorities

  • Stewarding the Earth is back!

    Stewarding the Earth returns at COP 27 with a focus on advancing the visibility of Indigenous women’s leadership

    Indigenous Women's Perspectives

A global collaboration.

Presenting indigenous solutions.

Indigenous Insights - Stewarding the Earth is a collaboration between the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Forest Farm Facility (FFF) and IFNOTUSTHENWHO? to support IUCN Indigenous Peoples Organisations in amplifying indigenous priorities for people and nature.

 
 
 

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