IIFB COP16 Side Event: Outcomes of the TRɄA World Summit on Traditional Knowledge related to Biodiversity

Date: 21 October, 2024

Time: 6pm COT

Venue: Magdalena - Contact Group 2 meeting room, Plaza One. Cali, Colombia

Interpretation: English & Spanish

Details:

This side event will present the outcomes of the TRɄA World Summit on Traditional Knowledge Related to Biodiversity, an event that gathered more than 150 representatives of governments and Indigenous Peoples and local communities from 7 socio-cultural regions for an informal dialogue, from the 26 to 29 August 2024, in Bogota, Colombia.

The objective of the TRɄA World Summit was to increase visibility of traditional knowledge related to biodiversity and to highlight Indigenous Peoples and local communities’ contributions to nature conservation and climate action, to achieve the goals of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) and the Paris Agreement.

This side event is organized by the IIFB, the Government of Colombia, the Mesa Permanente de Concertación (MPC), the International Women Biodiversity Network (IWBN), the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, IUCN, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, GIZ, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, SwedBio, Campaign for Nature, Nia Tero, Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Oregon State University, the Indigenous Information Network, Sotz´il  and the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact.