TRɄA WORLD SUMMIT ON TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE RELATED TO BIODIVERSITY

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The TRɄA World Summit on Traditional Knowledge related to Biodiversity gathered more than 150 leaders of Indigenous Peoples and local communities from 7 socio-cultural regions and government representatives from 26 to 29 August, 2024, in Bogota, Colombia, for an informal dialogue in preparation to COP16.

The objective of the TRɄA World Summit was to increase visibility of traditional knowledge related to biodiversity and to highlight Indigenous Peoples and local communities’ contributions to nature conservation and climate action, to achieve the goals of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) and the Paris Agreement.

TRɄA means territory for the Emberá. Territory is the integral connection with Mother Nature from which Indigenous Peoples build and weave their cultural identities, their knowledge, and wisdoms. In this summit, all voices united as one, for the TRɄA, towards COP 16.

This event was organized by the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB), the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia, the Mesa Permanente de Concertación (MPC) and the International Women Biodiversity Network (IWBN), with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity as partner and with the support of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, GIZ, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, SwedBio, Campaign for Nature, NiaTero, Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Oregon State University.

This meeting was held under the Chatham House Rule. Due to space and capacity constraints, attendance was by invitation only.

TRɄA WORLD SUMMIT INFORMATION

Meeting documents Background Objectives & Topics Presentations  

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY REPORT

English version. Access here.

Spanish version. Access here.

 

NEWS & MEDIA

Live Streaming of the Opening Session. Access here.

Press release delivered on 26 August, 2024. Access here.

Press release delivered on29 August, 2024. Access here.

TRɄA World Summit Report – Session 1. Access here. 

TRɄA World Summit Report – Session 2. Access here. 

TRɄA World Summit Report – Session 3. Access here. 

TRɄA World Summit Report – Session 4. Access here. 

 

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