Guide on Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples

esource rights, as well asits use and management,is an underlying cause ofbiodiversity loss amongindigenous peoples.• In the Anchorage Declarationof the IndigenousPeoples’ Global Summiton Climate Change heldin April 2009, indigenouspeoples reiterated thatthe “rights of IndigenousPeoples, affirmed by theUNDRIP, must be fullyrespected in all decisionmakingprocesses andactivities related to climatechange. This includes our rightsWhat is FPIC?(continued)affected indigenous people(s) retain the rightto refuse consent or to withhold consentuntil certain conditions are met. Consentmust be obtained without coercion, prior tocommencement of activities, and after theproject proponent’s full disclosure of theintent and scope of the activity, in languageand process understandable to the affectedindigenous peoples and communities.Source: Indigenous Peoples’ Right to Free, Prior andInformed Consent and the World Bank’s ExtractiveIndustries Review by Fergus MacKay, Forest Peoples’Programme, 2004.to our lands, territories, environment and natural resources as containedin Articles 25–30 of the UNDRIP. When specific programs and projectsaffect them, the right to Self Determination of Indigenous Peoples mustbe respected, emphasizing our right to Free Prior and Informed Consentincluding the right to say ‘no.’ UNFCCC agreements and principles mustreflect the spirit of the UNDRIP.”UNDRIP’s Articles on Traditional Lands,Resources and TerritoriesArticle 25Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain and strengthen their distinctivespiritual relationship with their traditionally owned or otherwise occupiedand used lands, territories, waters and coastal seas and other resources and touphold their responsibilities to future generations in this regard.Article 261. Indigenous peoples have the right to the lands, territories and resourceswhich they have traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used or acquired.2. Indigenous peoples have the right to own, use, develop and control the lands,territories and resources that they possess by reason of traditional ownershipor other traditional occupation or use, as well as those which they haveotherwise acquired.3. States shall give legal recognition and protection to these lands, territoriesand resources. Such recognition shall be conducted with due respect tothe customs, traditions and land tenure systems of the indigenous peoplesconcerned.142 <strong>Guide</strong> on Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples