Resources

AIR TRUST WEBSITE SECTIONS:

• AIR Trust at the Human Rights Council
• AIR Trust at the Convention on Biological Diversity
• AIR Trust at the World Intellectual Property Organisation
• AIR Trust & Digital Sequence Information
• The NZ Government & Māori
• Indigenous Cooperation Arrangements

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Māori & the United Nations DVD/video (2008)

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OTHER USEFUL LINKS:

United Nations Bodies & Indigenous Rights

• Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
• The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 
• The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
• The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 
• UN Treaty bodies 
• UN Voluntary Fund to facilitate the participation of indigenous and local communities

UN Conventional on Biological Diversity & Global Biodiversity Framework

• UN CBD meetings schedule
• UN/FAO Framework for Ecosystem Restoration Monitoring
• National Biodiversity Strategies & Plans Accelerator
• UNEP Restoration Explorer 

The Nagoya Protocol

• Nagoya Learning Portal
• the New Zealand government’s position on the Nagoya Protocol

Intellectual Property & WIPO Traditional Knowledge Treaty

• 2024 WIPO Diplomatic Conference on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge

Plant Medicine, Botanical Drugs & Natural Health Products 

• Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (Germany)
• Best practice in research – overcoming common challenges in phytopharmacological research

Biodiversity & Indigenous Peoples NGOs 

• Society for Ecological Restoration
• Standards of Practice to Guide Ecosystem Restoration (SER)
• Forest Peoples’ Program – Local Biodiversity Outlooks Report 2020
• Indigenous Navigator – UNDRIP Monitoring Framework
• RARE – inspiring change so nature and people thrive
• World Bank: Unlocking Private Finance for Nature

Kaitiaki, Taonga & Bioprospecting

• Nio Tero – Biocultural Monitoring 
• What is Biopiracy?

Indigenous Rights & Drug Policy

• Harm reduction, racial justice, Indigenous Peoples rights: UN Human Rights Council breaks new ground on drug policy (IDPC)
• Drug Policy & Indigenous Peoples
• Stuck in the inertia of the past: Report of the 66th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (IDPC)
• CND66 (March 2023) Germany, Peru and Thailand: draft resolution – Promoting alternative development as a development-oriented drug control strategy that is sustainable and inclusive
• Cannabis & Sustainable Development (2030 edition)

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