Manu Caddie is an inaugural member of the Cali Fund Steering Committee, representing the Pacific region, here he writes in his role as an occasional policy advisor for Aotearoa Indigenous Rights Trust. The following version of this post has been updated from the original (31/8/26) based on additional information contained in a longer piece published … Continue reading The Cali Fund needs scrutiny, but so does the claim of contributor control.
Manu Caddie is a policy advisor for Aotearoa Indigenous Rights Trust and submitted this piece for publication to celebrate release of a government document that was politically too hot for the Coalition Government. After months of trying, bring denied initially, challenging the official decision and going through the Office of the Ombudsman to request a … Continue reading Developed, Dropped, Disclosed: The Discussion Document That Never Saw Daylight, Until Now
The Secretariat of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is currently holding a global consultation on the draft Programme of Work on Forest Biodiversity (PoW Forests), a key component of implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. This consultation seeks input on how the new global strategy for forests can halt biodiversity loss while addressing … Continue reading Protecting Forests with Indigenous Knowledge: What AIR Trust Recommends
The conference concluded unexpectedly when countries could not reach an agreement on establishing a new fund during an extensive 10-hour final plenary session that went all night and past dawn on the morning of 2 November. Delegates engaged in intense discussions late into the night, trying to address the numerous items on the agenda.
this Q+A with Air trust member katie lee riddle (rongowhakaata) was originally published by cultural survival (10/10/24) KatieLee Riddle descends from the Iwi of Rongowhakaata on the East Coast of New Zealand’s North Island. She is a Māori researcher at Te Kotahi Research Institute, an interdisciplinary research hub based at the University of Waikato in … Continue reading Digital Sequence Information Poses Risks to Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Biodiversity
Aotearoa Indigenous Rights Trust 