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To: 1. empower indigenous peoples to develop and use indigenous frameworks to assess the impact of climate change on their communities and ecosystems 2. to develop and implement strategies for building indigenous resilience and adaptive strategies to mitigate impacts 3. to enhance biocultural diversity for food sovereignty and self determined development or “Buen Vivir.”
Headquarters
Association for Nature and Sustainable Development (ANDES) Calle Ruinas 451, Cusco
Location
Peru
Region served
Global
Membership
i. Association Andes, ii. Indigenous Peoples Consortium on climate Change, iii. Call of the Earth Group, iv. Traditional Knowledge Initiative of the Institute of Advanced Studies (United Nations University) v. International Institute for Environment and development vi. OXFAM-NOVIB vii. Christensfund vii. Land is Life
The Indigenous Peoples' Biocultural Climate Change Assessment Initiative (IPCCA) is an international indigenous research initiative arising out of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, where it was noted:[1]
" .. cultures that support TK [Traditional Knowledge] around the world are often living in marginal ecosystems, such as the Arctic, mountains, deserts and small islands ..[which are] .. often the sources of key ecosystem services .... most vulnerable to climate change"
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At the Seventh Session of the Permanent Forum, held from 21 April to 2 May 2008, it was recommended that:[1]
" ..the United Nations University – Institute of Advanced Studies, university research centres and relevant United Nations agencies conduct further studies on the impacts of climate change and climate change responses on indigenous peoples who are living in highly fragile ecosystems".
From this recommendation, a formal Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Assessment Initiative was formed between the United Nations University's Institute of Advanced Studies and a number of non-United Nations partners; with an indigenous led steering committee coordinated by a secretariat housed within the Association for Nature and Sustainable Development (ANDES), Peru; and an objective:[3][4][5]
"To empower indigenous peoples to develop and use indigenous frameworks to assess the impact of climate change on their communities and ecosystems and to develop and implement strategies for building indigenous resilience and adaptive strategies to mitigate impacts while enhancing biocultural diversity for food sovereignty and self determined development or “Buen Vivir.”"
^ abUnited Nations University Traditional Knowledge Initiative "Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Assessment: Background" webpage[permanent dead link] Accessed 5 December 2009
^"Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Assessment". Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2009-12-05.
^United Nations University Climate Change Activities "Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Assessment (IPCCA) webpage Accessed 6 December 2009
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