Harmonized Perspectives - CDKN Global

instability.Poor construction practices for roadinfrastructure.Inappropriate use of water resources.Little preparation to deal with multithreateffects.Inability to plan a harmonious development.Decline in the HDI (Human Development).Deterioration of the economic and socialbase (conflict).Population displacement related to climatechange.NationalCycle: Model of economic developmentthat leads to the scale productionwhich increases the amount of solid andliquid wastes. Which increases theproblem due to poor education on wastemanaging.Contamination by petroleumrelatedindustries, energy, mining and agroindustries(sugar, coffee, cocoa, oil palm,rice).Transportation related to the petroleum.Has not been taken with responsibilityand political commitment on conventionsand international treaties on theenvironmental field (forests, biodiversity,wetlands, etc.).The existing forest policy does notencourage the protection offorests efficiently and equitably.Forest management efforts do not focuson forest ecosystemsand reforestation rates are not sustainable(unbalanced rate of forest ecosystems).Deforestation of high risk slopes.Lack of stabilization of areas damagedby forest fires.Flora depredation by domestic andinternational demand.Reduction of potential areas forconservation and loss of habitat due tofragmentation.Increased vulnerability by changingthe native forest cover especially broadleaf 182for monocultures of conifers and othercommercial species, which has an impacton the microclimate and biodiversity.Change of land use respond to externalProfound respect for the IP for water sourcesConsultations for prevention (early warning systemsbased on indigenous and local knowledge).The worldview in its practices and wisdom contributesbalance and harmony with all living beings coexistingwith Mother nature, establishing an ongoing dialoguewith everyone.Local communities can contribute their knowledge ofspontaneous adaptation, for example, plantingsorghum or ducks in Vietnam.In the worldview of IP economic development isbalanced and based on local needs. Such is the casefor sustainable agricultural production for homeconsumption.IP can contribute wisely on good agricultural practicesand use of their own seeds for food security, inharmony with Mother Earth.Conventions and international treaties protect the IPagainst the mining and hydrocarbons exploitations.The practice of Indigenous Peoples vision showharmonized environmental issues (forest, biodiversity,wetlands, etc.). Helping the connection ofinternational conventions and treaties onenvironmental issues.IP participation in the development andimplementation of a harmonized public forest policy.From the practices and technologies of IP, forests arerespected from their own worldview, as the mainproviders of livelihoods. Plus, the contribution ofknowledge and wisdom of the IP through the activeparticipation of ancestral IP authorities, in theintegrated management plans of care and protectionof forests and biodiversity.Preserve and promote the planting of their seeds andspecies belonging to the area.Ancestral knowledge, respect in the appropriate land182 Species characteristic of tropical and subtropical forests prevailing in the Central American region.46