Amazonian Regional Workshop on
Indigenous and Traditional Territories

Amazon Regional Workshop on Indigenous and Traditional Territories (ITT)
Lima, Peru | March 24 to 26, 2026 – Workshop Summary

The Amazon Regional Workshop on Indigenous and Traditional Territories will be held in Lima, Peru, from March 24 to 26, 2026.

The Workshop is organized by the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB), the Network of Indigenous Women on Biodiversity of Latin America and the Caribbean (RMIB-LAC), the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA), the Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest (AIDESEP), with the support of the International Land and Forest Tenure Facility, and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) .

The workshop will bring together experts from Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon region to exchange experiences and knowledge on the vital role of Indigenous and Traditional Territories (ITT) in biodiversity conservation.

The workshop aims to exchange experiences of Indigenous Peoples to participate in the implementation of the new Programme of Work on Article 8(j) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), focusing specifically on Tasks 1.1 and 1.2. Likewise, participants will analyze the results of the negotiations from the first meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Article 8 paragraph j) on traditional knowledge (SB8J-1) to prepare their advocacy for upcoming global meetings: the 28th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-28), and the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-17) from October 19–30, 2026, in Yerevan, Armenia.

The global recognition that Indigenous Peoples conserve biodiversity in their ancestral territories through their own governance systems—a key element for the new global conservation paradigm—will be addressed.

The Workshop will include presentations by experts from indigenous organizations such as AIDESEP (Peru), OPIAC (Colombia), CONFENIAE (Ecuador), COIAB (Brazil), and COICA. It will also feature presentations from representatives of the Ministries of Environment of Peru and Colombia.

The meeting seeks to develop strategic recommendations to ensure that the contributions of Amazonian Indigenous Peoples effectively contribute to the fulfillment of Target 3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

This workshop takes place at a strategic moment. Following the progress made in previous meetings, the focus now is to consolidate the implementation of the new Programme of Work on Article 8(j), specifically Tasks 1.1 and 1.2, which directly link the recognition of territories with nature conservation. Lima represents a crucial stop to analyze the results of the SB8J-1 negotiations and to unify the voice of Amazonian Indigenous Peoples ahead of the upcoming SBSTTA-28 and COP-17 negotiations in Armenia. It is an unprecedented opportunity to ensure that international biodiversity governance faithfully reflects the contributions and territorial rights of Indigenous Peoples.