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First CBD Indigenous Peoples meeting closes with some progress, disputes over terms

Published 16:30 on October 31, 2025 / Last updated at 16:30 on October 31, 2025 / and / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean), International (UN Nature & Biodiversity Talks), Nature & Biodiversity (Policy)

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The first meeting of an Indigenous Peoples-focused group under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) closed in Panama on Thursday with progress on participation rules, rumblings of discontent over terminology, and a heavily bracketed set of recommendations to take forward to COP17.
The first meeting of an Indigenous Peoples-focused group under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) closed in Panama on Thursday with progress on participation rules, rumblings of discontent over terminology, and a heavily bracketed set of recommendations to take forward to COP17.


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