Capacity Building Workshop on Biodiversity, Indigenous People Set

A three-day work­shop to explore inter­na­tional pol­icy related to indige­nous peo­ples is set for Thurs­day, March 8 through Sat­ur­day, March 10 at the Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico School of Law room #2404.

Par­tic­i­pants will review and ana­lyze inter­na­tional pol­icy related to indige­nous peo­ples and bio­di­ver­sity. Work­ing groups will be cre­ated to review and define com­mu­nity pro­to­cols as they relate to the pro­tec­tion of tra­di­tional knowl­edge asso­ci­ated to bio­di­ver­sity. A posi­tion paper on the use of the term indige­nous peo­ples and the over­all pro­tec­tion of tra­di­tional knowl­edge will be drafted.

Keynote Speaker: Winona Laduque, Seeds of Our Ances­tors, Seeds of Life, Fri­day, March 8, 9:45–10:15 a.m.

Pre­sen­ter: Yolanda Terán, Coor­di­nadora de Edu­cación de la Red de Mujeres Indí­ge­nas en Bio­di­ver­si­dad para América Latina y El Caribe, RMIB-LAC, Coor­di­nadora de Edu­cación y Cul­tura de Andes Chin­cha­suyu del Ecuador.
Pre­sen­ta­tion: Con­ven­tion on Bio­log­i­cal Diver­sity (Arti­cle 8j, Tra­di­tional Knowl­edge and RIMB). Fri­day, March 8, 10:15–11 a.m.

Pre­sen­ter: Dr. Min­dahi Bastida Muñoz, Uni­ver­si­dad Autónoma Met­ro­pol­i­tana Unidad Lerma, Méx­ico
Pre­sen­ta­tion: Nagoya Pro­to­col (nego­ti­a­tions, adop­tion and impli­ca­tions) Fri­day, March 8, 11:15 a.m.-noon

Pre­sen­ter: Six­tus Gar­cia, Artist
Pre­sen­ta­tion: Human Rights and Indige­nous Peo­ples Fri­day, March 8, 1:30 p.m.

Pre­sen­ter: Eli Mak­agon, Nat­ural Jus­tice
Pre­sen­ta­tion: The Liv­ing Con­ven­tion: Nat­ural Jus­tice and Liv­ing Com­mu­nity Pro­to­cols Fri­day, March 8, 2 p.m.

Pre­sen­ter: Jorge Gar­cia, El Cen­tro de la Raza
Pre­sen­ta­tion: Com­mu­nity Pro­to­cols for the Pro­tec­tion of Water in the Atrisco Val­ley, N.M. Sat­ur­day, March 9, 9:15 a.m.

For more pro­gram infor­ma­tion and to reg­is­ter, visit El Cen­tro de la Raza.

Spon­sor­ing orga­ni­za­tions include El Cen­tro de la Raza, Amer­i­can Indian Stu­dent Ser­vices, Office of Stu­dent Affairs, Office of Grad­u­ate Stud­ies, Indian Law Pro­gram, Alfonso Ortiz Cen­ter for Inter­cul­tural Stud­ies, Cen­ter for Social Sus­tain­able Sys­tems, Project for New Mex­ico Grad­u­ate Stu­dents of Color, and the Red de las Mujeres Indí­ge­nas sobre Biodiversidad.

Media Con­tact: Car­olyn Gon­za­les (505) 277‑5920; email: cgonzal@unm.edu