LatinAmericanSummitII ClimateChangeanditsImpactonIndigenousPeoples:PostCopenhagen Lima,January2526,2010 LimaDeclaration FortheLifeoftheMotherNatureandHumankind

TheparticipantsattheLatinAmericanSummitIIonClimateChangeanditsImpactonIndigenous Peoples:PostCopenhagen,gatheredinLima,PeruonJanuary25and26,2010,havingengagedin effortstoanalyzetheresultsoftheCopenhagenmeetingandourparticipation: Recognizing that we, the Indigenous Peoples have an inherent right to sovereignty, self determination,andautonomy,withfulldecisionmakingcapacityindeterminingeconomic,social, cultural, and environmental policies that ensure our welfare as peoples and recognize our individual and collective rights to lands and territories, natural resources, biodiversity and intellectualproperty; Recognizingthatindigenouswomenandmenareparticipatingasprotagonistsintheworkforfull recognitionoftherightsofIndigenousPeoples,andthatwehavetraditionallyassumedarolein thepreservationofthenaturalandculturalheritageofourpeoplesandinfoodproductioninour communities; Consideringthatwe,theIndigenousPeoples,continuetobeaffectedbytheimpactsofclimate change, in particular global warming, which adversely and unequally affect our territories, disrupting ways of life, health, culture, the economy, water resources, and natural resources in general,aboveallthelifeofpeoples; Affirming that the impact of climate change includes the food security crisis, disease, loss of traditionalknowledgeandpractices,theunderminingofourownorganizationalandgovernment structures, thereby upsetting the balance of ecological, socioeconomic and spiritual relationships; ReaffirmingtheagreementsenteredintobytheStatepartiesandotherrelevantstakeholdersin establishingthecurrentnormativelegalframeworkonrights,whichincluderesolutions,specific recommendations,anddeclarationsthatguaranteerespectfortherightsofourpeoples; Concerned that despite the principles of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeandtheKyotoProtocol,setforthintheirpreambleparagraphsregardingtheneedforcivil society to play an active role, nonetheless the full and effective participation of Indigenous Peopleshasnotbeenconsideredindiscussions,planning,andimplementationofactionstoallow ustostrengthenourownsystemsandancestralstrategies;

Affirmingthatourterritoryisthespiritualbaseofouridentityandphilosophy,whereourlawof origin and autonomy are rooted, where we exercise our government and laws and develop our worldview,andthatnonethelessthecontinuousadverseeffectsofclimatechangeinterruptthe due intergenerational transfer of traditional knowledge and the enjoyment of sovereignty as a fundamentalhumanright; Recognizingthatcurrentnationalandinternationalregulatoryframeworksarenotbasedonthe cultural reference points of Indigenous Peoples and hence reflect inadequate, inefficient strategiesforcopingwiththeconsequencesofclimatechange. Aneedthereforeexiststotakealookatthisprocessfromtheviewpointofancestralwisdomin ordertoidentifystrategies,lessons,andwaysofcopingwiththecurrentcrisisatalllevels; BearinginmindtheexperienceofIndigenousPeoples,aswellasthemultiplelessonslearnedon theimpactsofclimatechange;havinganalyzedanddiscussedtheimpactsandconsequencesof programsandoffersforclimatechangemitigationandadaptation,fromtheviewpointofwomen and men of the Indigenous Peoples and new generations, whose lives have been rooted in the ecosystems of Mother Earth for thousands of years, we now present the following declaration andPlanofAction: PLANOFACTION To seek effective consensus, strategies and solutions based on the knowledge of Indigenous PeoplestobuildaunifiedproposalinresponsetoClimateChange. GeneralActions: 1. To continue efforts for building and consolidating the Regional Indigenous Latin American Forum on Climate Change as a participatory mechanism, open to representativesofIndigenousPeoples,thatgeneratesdialogue,discussion,andanalysisin order to achieve full and effective participation in regulatory and operational mechanisms,respectingtheprincipleoffree,priorandinformedconsent,aswellasthe effective participation of all stakeholders: women, men, children, and youth in that process. 2. Tocreateallianceswiththevarioussectorsofcivilsocietyinvolvedinthestruggletoroot outtheoriginsandovercometheeffectsofClimateChange,aswellasallianceswiththe governments of the region in search of effective consensus, strategies and solutions basedontheknowledgeofIndigenousPeoplestobuildaunifiedproposalinresponseto Climate Change, taking our proposals into account as an added value to the arguments presentedatinternationalforumsonclimatechange. 3. To have the Regional Indigenous Latin American Forum on Climate Change serve as a source of information on processes of regional relevance, establishing the necessary mechanismstoeffectivelydisseminatesuchinformationatacontinentallevel.Thisforum willbestructuredasanavenueforongoingdiscussionamongindigenousrepresentatives; itsmemberswillincludetheparticipantsintheLatinAmericanSummits,aswellasother organizationswhomayjoin.

StrategiesandSolutionsbasedontheKnowledgeofIndigenousPeoples: 1. We propose that the Group of Latin American and Caribbean Member States (GRULAC) create specific mechanisms of participation for Indigenous Peoples in decisionmaking processesoverissuesrelatedtoClimateChange,including: The establishment of a regional roundtable that serves as an avenue for discussion among Indigenous Peoples, who in turn shall assume a commitment to broadly disseminatetheinformationobtained. The National Commissions on Climate Change would design, plan, schedule, and monitor effective policies at a national level in the operating and regulatory realms, maintaining an open line of communication with institutions of the State, as applicable. These entities responsibilities would include a sound analysis of environmental protection instruments at a national level for the defense of natural resources. The establishment of effective mechanisms for official participation by indigenous representatives in the Conference of the Parties as members of official government delegations,iftheIndigenousPeoplesthemselvessodecide. CreationofaGroupofExpertsonClimateChangecomprisedbytherepresentativesof IndigenousPeoples,entrustedwithanalyzingimpactsonIndigenousPeoplesandwith monitoring the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on ClimateChange. 2. WeinsistthattheStatespromptlyapplylegalharmonizationmeasures,therebyturning the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples into a catalyzing instrument, implemented across the board in operating and political realms by the standardplayers,whilefollowinguponsuchspecificrecommendationasresultsfromthe meeting of Indigenous Experts on Article 42 convoked by the Permanent Forum on IndigenousIssues. ExperiencesofIndigenousPeoplesregardingtheImpactofClimateChange: 1. We urge the agencies of the United Nations system, national governments, and the international cooperation community, including international organizations and social movements to recognize the environmental plans proposed by Indigenous Peoples includingourrighttolands,territories,andalltheresourcesthereininkeepingwiththe UNDeclarationontheRightsofIndigenousPeoples. 2. We propose that alternatives be created, promoting the administration, use, management, and conservation of natural resources within a framework of respect for therightsofIndigenousPeoplesandthatsuchrightsserveasthefoundationforcreating community economic models based on traditional knowledge, from and with an indigenousviewpoint,thuseliminatingpaternalisticpractices. 3. We call for creating actions of solidarity within the framework of Indigenous Peoples mobilizations against extractive industries at a national and international level, considering the harmful effect that such industries have played on the welfare of the communityandinparticularonthehealthofwomen,childrenandourelders. 3

SupportforIndigenousPeoplesPlansandProgramsrelatedtoClimateChange: 1. We urge the States to promote education, training, and capacity building for children, adolescents,andyouth,inordertobuildgreaterknowledgeaboutandrecognitionofthe harmful impact of climate change on everyday life, and in order to broaden the IndigenousPeoplesenvironmentalrightsmovement,thusguaranteeinggreateraccessto informationondecisionmakingprocessesrelatedtoaspectsthataffecttheirlives. 2. Wedemandthatmultinationalcompanies,agenciesoftheUnitedNationsSystemand/or relevantplayersstoptheuseofgeneticallymodifiedseedsthatposeathreattothefood securityofIndigenousPeoplesandhencetolivingahealthylife.Welikewisedemandthe institution of programs that promote food sovereignty, in order to achieve sustainable agriculture and so contribute to attaining the Millennium Development Goals, with special attention to issues involving the reduction of poverty, hunger, and infant and maternalmortality. 3. We call upon the international cooperation community, including bilateral and multilateralentitiesandothers,torespectandpromoteflexiblemodelsintheirinternal policies, so as to provide direct access to these programs and promote an environment conducive to greater transfer of technology and of knowledge, promoting full participationofIndigenousPeoples. Lima,January26,2010 Signers:
Argentina ElizabetGonzlezNationalCouncilofIndigenousWomen,CONAMI JorgeNahuelMapuceConfederationofNeuquen MarianaLpezInternationalForumofIndigenousWomen,FIMI Bolivia JuvenciaHuarachiNationalConfederationofIndigenousPeasantWomenNativetoBolivia,CNAMIB JudythRiveroNationalConfederationofIndigenousWomenofBolivia,CNAMIB Chile CeciliaFloresNationalAymaraCouncilofMalkus,Tallas HortenciaHidalgoAutonomousAymaraCouncil Colombia HenryCabriaOrganizationofIndigenousPeoplesoftheColombianAmazon,OPIAC CostaRica DonaldRojasIndigenousCouncilofCentralAmerica,CICA CarlosBrenesCICARUTA Ecuador PedroEnqueriWaoraniNationalityofEcuador JuanCarlosJintiachCoordinatingBodyofIndigenousOrganizationsoftheAmazonBasin,COICA UnitedStates MnicaAlemanInternationalForumofIndigenousWomen,FIMI NataliaCarusoInternationalFormofIndigenousWomen,FIMI AndreaCarmenInternationalIndianTreatyCouncil,CITI Guatemala RamiroBatzinIndigenousCouncilofCentralAmerica,CICA FranciscoCaliCERDInternationalIndianTreatyCouncil Mexico

 DeliaRamrezNationalCoordinatingBody of IndigenousWomen,CONAMI SalVicenteUFICInternationalIndianTreatyCouncil BereniceSnchezRedIndgenadeTurismodeMxicoA.C.[IndigenousTourismNetworkofMexico],RITA CecilioSolisRedIndgenadeTurismodeMxicoA.C.,RITAandCIMA Nicaragua MirnaCunnighamIndigenousProfessor,UII Panama FlorinaLpezIndigenousWomenandBiodiversityNetwork EstebancioCastroInternationalAllianceofIndigenousandTribalPeoplesoftheTropicalForests RandyGonzlezRedJOVEN[YouthNetwork] OnelMasarduleFoundationforthePromotionofIndigenousKnowledge,FPCI Peru TarcilaRiveraZeaCoordinatoroftheContinentalNetworkofIndigenousWomenoftheSouthAmericanRegion FranklinGutirrezoqanchiqYouthNetwork TaniaParionaoqanchiqYouthNetwork YeneBelledNetworkofQuechuaCommunicatorsofAyacucho GuillermoAllcaNetworkofQuechuaCommunicatorsofAyacucho AlfredoaupasFederationofPeasantandIndigenousCommunitiesofVilcashuamn BeatrizCaritimariFEDEMUSHAAL PercyAmaroFederationofNativeCommunitiesoftheCentralRainforest,CECONSEC JosueFernndezRegionalAmazonianOrganizationofUcayali JuanTapayuriCORPISanLorenzo VernicaVilcaADEMUCP MelaniaCanalesFEMULucanas NibiaCutipaSumaqTIkariqFederationofWomenoftheHighAndesoftheProvinceofLampa BildaTovarNationalOrganizationofIndigenousAndeanandAmazonianWomenofPeru,ONAMIAAP OlindaCruzRiveraNationalOrganizationofIndigenousAndeanandAmazonianWomenofPeru,ONAMIAAP DalilaMoralesQuintanaNationalOrganizationofIndigenousAndeanandAmazonianWomenofPeru,ONAMIAAP AngelaChisllaNationalOrganizationofIndigenousAndeanandAmazonianWomenofPeru,ONAMIAAP GladisVilaNationalOrganizationofIndigenousAndeanandAmazonianWomenofPeru,ONAMIAAP CecilioSoriaAssociationofIndigenousCommunicatorsoftheUcayaliRegion,ACIRU DemerGonzlezOrganizationofIndigenousYouthoftheUcayaliRegion,OJIRU YoditaLujanMendozaBarrioHuancapuquio,ProvinceofVilcashuamn,Ayacucho RaydaSilvestrinaBuitronSantaRosadeHuancapuquio,ProvinceofVilcashuamn,Ayacucho EscipinPalominoCouncilmanoftheMinorCouncilofSanFranciscodePujas,VilcashuamnAyacucho KarielVilcapomaCommunityofEstanciapata,ProvinceofVilcashuamnAyacucho LucasTenorioCommunityofSanJuandeChito,VilcashuamnAyacucho RalHinostrozaProgramforSafeFoodandFoodSecurityCHIRAPAQ CleliaRiveroFEDECMA SamuelAceroHurtedFARTAC IsraelTenteisFERIAAM RamosChuintamChimpaODECONAC TrifinaKantuashODECONAC RubnPijuchantonODECONAC EdilbertoKininORPIANP ArlenRibeiraORPIO Venezuela LibradaPocaterraNetworkofWayuuIndigenousWomen NicolsBetisOrganizationofIndigenousPeoplesoftheAmazon,ORPIA