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Seventeenth meeting of the UN Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity,  Yerevan, Armenia, 19–30 October 2026

 

Agenda Item 1.

This statement is submitted to UN CBD COP17 on behalf of Cultural Survival, an Indigenous-led organization. 

 

We request that the Parties pay attention to and support the following set of issues regarding Indigenous Peoples.

By Dave Favreau (CS Staff)

Culture is not a costume, a wellness brand, or an aesthetic for corporations to exploit. Yet every day, deeply rooted Indigenous spiritual and community traditions are routinely stripped of their meaning, mass-produced by non-Indigenous corporations and sold for profit. This act is a form of cultural appropriation, which cuts off Indigenous creators from their own livelihoods and trivializes sacred histories. 

Del 24 al 27 de septiembre de 2026, Cultural Survival tuvo el orgullo de participar en Terra Madre Salone del Gusto en Turín, Italia. Organizado por Slow Food International, la Ciudad de Turín y la Región del Piamonte, Terra Madre reunió a más de 1.500 delegados de 125 países para "celebrar la biodiversidad, compartir historias y reafirmar el poder de los alimentos para tender puentes entre comunidades, culturas y fronteras".

El 5 de septiembre se conmemora el Día Internacional de las Mujeres y Niñas Indígenas del Mundo, en honor a la fortaleza, el liderazgo y la resistencia de las mujeres Indígenas a lo largo de las generaciones.

La fecha conmemora a la guerrera aymara Bartolina Sisa, quien, junto a Túpac Katari, contribuyó a liderar la resistencia aymara-quechua contra la explotación colonial española en 1780.

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