First Indigenous and local knowledge dialogue for the monitoring assessment

Location: Montreal, Canada. 

As part of its long-standing commitment to working with Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) and enhancing participation by Indigenous Peoples and local communities, the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services (IPBES) is organizing an ILK dialogue workshop that will bring together Indigenous Peoples, local communities and assessment authors to discuss the new IPBES assessment of monitoring of biodiversity and “nature’s contributions to people”.

Aims of the dialogue workshop

The first Indigenous and local knowledge dialogue aims to provide a platform for discussion between Indigenous Peoples, local communities and authors about potential goals, themes, questions, challenges, opportunities, resources and other issues relating to the monitoring assessment from the perspective of Indigenous Peoples and local communities. 

Specific aims of the dialogue include:

• Developing recommendations from Indigenous Peoples and local communities for key themes or questions for the assessment, which will help to shape an ILK narrative for the assessment and direct the collection, synthesis and analysis of information;
• Discussing challenges, risks, opportunities and potential benefits from the assessment from the perspectives of Indigenous Peoples and local communities;
• Beginning to develop case studies of relevance to the assessment;
• Determining key experts who can contribute to the assessment as contributing authors or participants in future dialogue workshops and review processes; and   
• Identifying resources and sources of information that could be included in the assessment.