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appropriate interaction between a variety
of stakeholders and indigenous peoples
and local communities. It also links to the
Traditional Knowledge Commons, an
open source non-commercial research
platform.
The United Nations Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii
The Permanent Forum is
one of three UN bodies
mandated to deal
specifically with
indigenous peoples’
issues. The others are
the Expert Mechanism on
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the
Special Rapporteur on the Situation of
Human Rights and Fundamental
Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples. The
Permanent Forum is an advisory body to
the Economic and Social Council with a
mandate to discuss indigenous issues
related to economic and social
development, culture, environment,
education, health and human rights.
Among other things, it seeks to promote
implementation of the UN Declaration
on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
(UNDRIPs). The UNPFII produced some
guidelines for FPIC in 2005, in relation to
mining, which came out of a technical
workshop.
The Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT)
www.ethicalbiotrade.org/resources
The resources section of the UEBT
website provides several documents that
may be of interest to readers. For
example, it includes three case studies of
benefit-sharing in practice, including one
dealing with biocultural dialogues. The
Ethical BioTrade standard also
specifically addresses the issue of prior
informed consent. Please find the direct
links below:
n Benefit-sharing in practice: biocultural dialogues
http://tinyurl.com/uebt-bd
Full URL: www.ethicalbiotrade.org/news/wpcontent/uploads/UEBT.note2_.BioCultural.Dialogue.BenefitSharing.2O12.pdf
n Benefit-sharing in practice: Talapetraka
http://tinyurl.com/uebt-talapetraka
Full URL: www.ethicalbiotrade.org/news/wpcontent/uploads/UEBT.note3_.Talapetraka.Be
nefitSharing.2O12.pdf
n Benefit-sharing in practice: Villa Andina
http://tinyurl.com/uebt-villa-andina
Full URL: www.ethicalbiotrade.org/news/wpcontent/uploads/UEBT.note1_.VillaAndina.Be
nefitSharing.2O12.pdf
n STD01: Ethical BioTrade Standard – 201204-11
http://tinyurl.com/uebt-std01
Full URL:www.ethicalbiotrade.org/news/wpcontent/uploads/STD01-Ethical-BioTradeStandard_2012-04-11_ENG.pdf
Visualisation in Participatory
Programmes (VIPP) community of
practice
http://vipp.wordpress.com
This community of practice was
established by a core group of VIPP
facilitators and trainers. It offers a space
for exchange and consultation about
facilitation for fellow facilitators
worldwide. The members of the VIPP
community of practice share the same
practice of facilitation, even if they work
in different fields. VIPP now has a
Spanish website, where you can find
details of the Spanish VIPP manual:
www.vipp.es