By Cristina Verán

By Cristina Verán

By Cristina Verán

By Wass Puluku (Eno Neyarale and Pepeyange Yope)

By Maya Lazzaro (Quechua, CS Staff)

By CS Staff

From October 5–8, 2026, Cultural Survival staff joined the fourth biennial National Tribal Infrastructure Coordination Conference (NTICC) in Reno, Nevada, under the powerful theme, “Honoring Our Knowledges, Healing Our Mother Earth.” As a proud sponsor, Cultural Survival was honored to support this space where Indigenous Knowledge, community leadership, and collective action flourished, connections were made, and resilience was strengthened. 

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.

Del 19 al 30 de octubre de 2026, se celebrará en Ereván (Armenia) la Conferencia de las Partes (COP17) del Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica (CDB) de las Naciones Unidas.

By Pastoralist Peoples Initiative

For decades, Rendille and Gabbra communities in Kargi and Kalacha in Marsabit County, northern Kenya, have raised concerns about the environmental and health impacts of historical oil exploration activities in the area.

By Georges Theodore Dougnon (Dogon, CS Staff) 

Across Indigenous communities, young leaders are creating opportunities that connect sustainable livelihoods with the protection of their lands, cultures, and knowledge. With support from Cultural Survival’s Indigenous Youth Fellowship, Louivenzia Komases (Nama) in Namibia and Mommon Makko (Maasai) in Tanzania are putting this vision into practice.

Louivenzia Komases (Nama) from Namibia