Agenda Item 5 (g): Items: 5 (g) Thematic dialogues: financing of Indigenous Peoples’ work and participation in the context of inter alia, development, climate, environment and biodiversity

Joint Statement to the 23rd Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) Statement on Agenda Item 5 (g): Items: 5 (g) Thematic dialogues: financing of Indigenous Peoples’ work and participation in the context of inter alia, development, climate, environment and biodiversity On the report on "Financing the future: the financial needs of Indigenous Peoples to support their actions. [...] We continue to assert that Indigenous Peoples have contributed much to the solutions of the multiple global crises and that we must be treated as rights holders, as active contributors and partners in sustainable development, climate actions, biodiversity conservation and management, as environment and human rights defenders, and not as mere vulnerable populations, victims and passive subjects. [...] With all these Indigenous Peoples initiatives and contributions raised on a global level, we continue to advocate and demand for direct access to financing, technologies and innovations for Indigenous Peoples’-led-and-managed initiatives and meaningful participation in human rights, development, climate, biodiversity and environment processes, including among other relevant agencies. [...] We reiterate our call for direct access to financial support, technologies and innovations to implement IP-led-and-managed solutions according to our priorities and our right to self- determination as enshrined under the UNDRIP. [...] It is critical for Indigenous Peoples to have direct access to dedicated financial mechanisms to strengthen and support our initiatives and knowledge systems on the maintenance, restoration, protection of our lands, territories and waters, and to enhance our inter-generational resiliency, based on our priorities, culture, values and systems of governance.