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Indigenous knowledge around water governance: sessions not to miss at World Water Week

Indigenous knowledge around water governance: sessions not to miss at World Water Week

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The UNDP-SIWI Water Governance Facility, in partnership with ILO, is convening two events about indigenous groups that help to outline indigenous worldviews and concerns around water and water governance. More importantly, they will present the approaches being taken by indigenous peoples to address those challenges.

The fully digital World Water Week is fast approaching (23-27 August 2021), and over the course of the week, a diversity of voices will address climate change and values across the water sector.

As the global community searches for answers to the challenges of climate change, COVID, and water security, it is important to recognise the role of indigenous communities in this conversation.

Indigenous managed territories, whether formally recognised or not, cover close to 38 million sqkm of terrestrial land area.

Such territories encompass important headwaters, water towers, wetlands, and freshwater ecosystems. Whilst indigenous communities continue to be affected by climate change and COVID, exacerbating existing inequities and marginalisation, it should also be acknowledged that indigenous communities have much knowledge to impart on values-led approaches to land and water governance.

The UNDP-SIWI Water Governance Facility, in partnership with ILO, is convening two events about indigenous groups that help to outline indigenous worldviews and concerns around water and water governance. More importantly, they will present the approaches being taken by indigenous peoples to address those challenges.