Peruvian Indigenous Peoples participation at COP 23 have just started

The Amazonian indigenous peoples of Peru will be represented by the Inter-ethnic Association of the Peruvian Forest Development (AIDESEP), whose delegates are participating in COP23 through bilateral meetings with parties (countries)and civil society organizations, press conferences, alternative events, among other activities

AIDESEP, november 6, 2017.- The twenty-third edition of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP23) have just started in the city of Bonn, Germany.

Representatives, specialists and decision-makers from 197 countries are ready to to follow up on the Paris Agreement under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

As we have seen in previous editions, indigenous peoples and local communities play a fundamental role when discussing the measures to be taken to address climate change.

As protectors of forests on more than one continent, and because they are primarily affected by the consequences of the climate crisis, their voices must be heard and taken into account.

In this edition of the climate summit, indigenous peoples’representatives are now in Bonn, ready to present their ideas, proposals and achievements in terms of forest conservation, ancestral knowledge, climate strategies, among other topics.

The Amazonian indigenous peoples of Peru will be represented by the Inter-ethnic Association of the Peruvian Forest Development (AIDESEP), whose delegates are now in the event participating in bilateral meetings with parties and civil society organizations, press conferences, among otheractivities.

Photo: AIDESEP

Here we present the events of the indigenous peoples from the peruvian Amazon:

Press Conferences

FEPIKRESAM Press Conference:

Indigenous women constructing basin adaptation plans as a climate strategy

07th November

10:30 – 11:00 am at Press Room 2 * Theatre | Zone BULA 4

CODEPISAM Press Conference:

Indigenous experience of climate fund management: Case of the MDE Saweto Project in Peru

08th November

10:00 10:30 am Press Conference Room 2 Theatre | Zone BULA 4

ARPI Press Conference:

Indigenous REDD + in Peru

08th November

16:30 – 17:00 pm Zone BULA 4

FERISHAM / ORAU Press Conference:

Climate crisis, agribusiness, land traffic. Peru

08th November

17:00 – 17:300 pm Room to be confirmed.

FENAMAD Press Conference:

Indigenous Alternatives to Mining Destruction in the Amazon in Madre de Dios Perú

8th November

17:30 – 18:00 pm Room to be confirmed.

AIDESEP Press Conference:

Amazon deforestation and degradation and super highways and waterways

8th November

18:00 – 18:30 pm Room to be confirmed.

ARPI Press Conference:

Territorial defense in the Amazon

9th November

16:00 – 16:30 pm Press Conference Room 2 Zone BULA 4

FERISHAM Press Conference:

Mitigation, Climate crisis and RIA: case of San Martín, Peru

17:00 – 17:30 Press Conference Room 2 Zone BULA 4

SIDE EVENTS:

• Indigenous climate action for the compliance of the NDCs to face climate denialism

AIDESEP and FENAMAD

07th November

15:30 — 16:45 pm Indigenous Peoples Pavilion – Bonn Zone

• Climate catastrophe, Adaptation and Indigenous Peoples

ARPI, FEPIKRESAM and FERISHAM

09th November

9:30—10:50 am Indigenous Peoples Pavilion – Bonn Zone

• Bottom-up approaches to achieve NDCs

DAR Perú and CODEPISAM

10th November

9:30 – 10:50 am Indigenous Peoples Pavilion – Bonn Zone

The Amazon Indigenous Maloca Returns in COP23

A maloca is a very special place for Amazonian communities. It is a sacred center, a center in which they learn, share and meet. In this sense, the maloca is a vital center.

Its construction is not carried out according to plans but under the guidance of the sages of the community and this learning passes on from generation to generation.

That is why the Amazon Indigenous Maloca is a space that, besides being exclusive to the Amazonian indigenous peoples during the climatic summit, will be open to the public to listen, see, share and, above all, learn about the knowledge and contributions of the indigenous peoples.

The Indigenous Maloca will have a space for exhibitions, videos, publications and events. It is estimated that it will have capacity for 50 people.

This is the place chosen by AIDESEP to present their contributions and strategies to fight climate change with the various representatives and delegates from different countries of the world.

The strategies and contributions are contained in these five publications which are the result of studies and experiences of specific processes of the indigenous agenda of the last year:

Haciendo visible lo invisible (Making visible the invisible). Indigenous perspective on deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon.
El aporte de las mujeres indígenas kechwa (The Contribution of Indigenous Kechwa Women). Plan to adapt to climate change in the Cumbaza micro-basin.
REDD+ Indígena Amazónico (Amazonian Indigenous REDD+). As public policy and national program.
Estrategia climática de Aidesep (Aidesep ClimateStrategy).
Las demandas territoriales de los pueblos indígenas amazónicos (The Territorial Demands of theAmazonian Indigenous Peoples).

We will keep on reporting.