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COP10, October 18th 2010

COP10, October 18th 2010. Secretariat. WELCOME YOU TO THIS SIDE EVENT ON Article 10(c) - customary sustainable use: Examples, Obstacles, Solutions, and Community Initiatives. Customary use of biological resources. To provide community food sustainance

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COP10, October 18th 2010

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  1. COP10, October 18th 2010 Secretariat WELCOME YOU TO THIS SIDE EVENT ON Article 10(c) - customary sustainable use:Examples, Obstacles, Solutions, and Community Initiatives

  2. Customary use of biological resources To provide community food sustainance • shifting cultivation or rotational farming • foraging, hunting and fishing • wood, honey, nuts, forest fruits, palms and other NTFP

  3. (continued) • home-building • tools • boats, nets • traditional medicines

  4. continued • Hammock- making • Pottery, weaving, beading • musical instruments • clothing

  5. Lands & resources communally managed • spiritual beliefs and cosmological views guide the care of territories and resources (deep respect for nature and interconnection with past and present generations) • customs and rituals when interacting with natural resources • ‘seeking permission and good fortune’ • being respectful and avoiding upsetting the spirit beings

  6. Customary laws and rules for sustainable use • unwritten rules and laws make sure that over-use is prevented and that there will be enough left for future generations. • Do not waste or overuse (take only what you need) • Make sure a resource can recover • Avoid taboo, sacred or otherwise special areas or species

  7. Community control mechanisms • Dependency (destroying nature = destroying your future) • Internal control (elders, traditional institutions) • Spiritual beliefs (spiritual sanctions when balance between man and nature is upset by incorrect use)

  8. Threats to customary sustainable practices • Lack of secure land and resource rights • Lack of recognition of customary laws and institutions • Imposed protected areas and conservation policies • Lack of recognition and respect for the importance of customary sustainable use for biodiversity protection • External pressures on traditional lands (no FPIC) • Mainstream education and assimilation policies

  9. Community initiatives to enhance implementation of Article 10(c)

  10. Documenting customary use and customary laws • The studies explain about customary management systems and the important role of customary laws & institutions. • And demonstrate value of customary practices and traditional knowledge

  11. Initiatives to protect and maintain traditional knowledge and practices (skills) related to sustainable resource use Karen and Hmong in Thailand organise youth camps to pass on indigenous culture and knowledge related to the environment and customary use Indigenous education festival in Suriname

  12. Participatory videoing

  13. Community land use mapping Total area: 15,337 Rai Farming: 1,730 (11.2%) Use Forest: 7,210 (47%) Conservation 5,855 (38.2%) Govt Project: 364 (2.4%) Settlements: 178 (1.2%) [total forest area: 85.2%] Rotational fields 935 Rai Ritual forest 1,593 Rai Public land 51 Rai Burial grounds 296 Rai Community conserved forest 1,297 Rai Use forest 7,159 Rai Traditional forbidden forest 67 Rai Spring area 2,602 Rai Government reforestation 232 Rai Paddy 795 Rai Settlement 178 Rai Queen project 132 Rai Grazing area Result = Communal land titles are recognized by government

  14. Maps demonstrate and clarify traditional occupation and customary use of resources • Maps are a tool to assert more secure land and resource rights • Support dialogue and negotiation processes with outside actors

  15. Addressing equity in protected area management Example: Thailand • ‘Joint Management of Protected Areas Project’ in Ob Luang National Park. • Has resulted in: • improved access and resource use in and around the protected area • more involvement in the decision-making and management of the protected area. • River basin committee: improved collaboration between different sectors

  16. Methods: mapping out community land use zones in areas overlapped by the Ob Luang National Park

  17. Development of the Participatory Model for Identification and Recognition of Forest People (ParMoRec) in the Sundarbans (Bangladesh) • Identifies the real traditional forest resource users • Promotes issuing of forest permits to real resource users and addresses corruption • Improves access to forest for local communities • Improves livelihoods

  18. 10(c) at COP 10 • Agenda item 6.7 (Article 8j): • We welcome the decision to include a new major component on article 10c in the revised POW on 8j • Agenda item 5.5 (Sustainable use): • ‘Address obstacles and devise solutions for 10c…’ (paragraph 2e) needs to take include: • Secure land and resource rights • Support for customary laws and institutions • Participation in management and decision making of resources • Access to education in our own culture and our own language

  19. Thank You

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