1. The Raika have the right to make breeding decisions and breed the breeds they maintain.
This right is supported by:
Article 10 (c) of the Convention on Biological Diversity: obliges Parties to “protect and encourage
customary use of biological resources in accordance with traditional cultural practices that are
compatible with conservation and sustainable use requirements”.
2. The Raika shall have the right to participate in policy formulation and implementation processes on
animal genetic resources for food and agriculture.
This right is supported by:
Article 8 (j) of the Convention on Biological Diversity: obliges Parties to “promote the wider application
of the knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities with their approval
and involvement”.
Article 14(1) (a) of the Convention on Biological Diversity: obliges Parties to “introduce appropriate
procedures requiring environmental impact assessment of its proposed projects that are likely to have
significant adverse effects on biological diversity with a view to avoiding or minimizing such effects and
where appropriate allow for public participation in such procedures”.
Article 3 (a) of the United Nations Convention on Desertification: compels Parties to “ensure that
decisions on the design and implementation of programmes to combat desertification and/or mitigate
the effects of drought are taken with the participation of populations and local communities and that an
enabling environment is created at higher levels to facilitate action at national and local levels”.
Article 10(2) (f) of the United Nations Convention on Desertification: obliges the “effective participation
at the local, national and regional levels of non- governmental organizations and local populations, both
women and men, particularly resource users, including farmers and pastoralists and their representative
organizations, in policy planning, decision-making, and implementation and review of national action
programmes”.
3. The Raika shall have the right to appropriate training and capacity building and equal access to
relevant services enabling and supporting us to raise livestock and to better process and market our
products.
This right is supported by:
Article 12 (a) of the Convention on Biological Diversity obliges Parties to 'establish and maintain
programmes for scientific and technical education and training in measures for the identification,
conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and its components'
Article 11 of the Convention on Biological Diversity obliges Parties to ' adopt economically and socially
sound measures that act as incentives for the conservation and sustainable use of components of
biological diversity'
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