Rudolph C. Ryser, a member of the Capella University faculty in the School of Public Service Leadership (Minneapolis, MN) and Chairman of the Center for World Indigenous Studies (Olympia, WA) has been awarded a Fulbright - Garcia Robles Scholarship to conduct research in western México and deliver four lectures on globalization and non-profit organizations at the Universidad del Valle de Atemajac (UNIVA) in Puerto Vallarta, México during the 2011-2012 academic year, according to the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Fulbright-Garcia Robles Scholars are selected by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (US) and the U.S.-Mexico Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange (COMEXUS)
Fulbright Scholars are selected on the basis of their high academic and professional merit, their research proposal, the potential benefits to both countries, and the applicant's ambassadorial skills promoting mutual understanding. ...
Environmental Sovereignty Project
The Environmental Sovereignty Project is hosted by the CWIS and coordinated by the Southern Indigenous People's Center. It serves as a clearinghouse for legal information and resources, with a particular focus on climate change and indigenous peoples worldwide. The Project monitors developments in international environmental law and maintains a database of environmental law resources that are specifically designed to meet the needs of indigenous peoples.
This initiative aims to further assist in the education and training of indigenous peoples and to meet the broader goal of indigenous peoples achieving sovereignty over their territories and resources. This project offers immediate and free access to information and legal resources to empower and educate indigenous communities everywhere.
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August 28, 2011
CWIS Chair Designated Fulbright-Robles Scholar
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July 01, 2011
CWIS Food Security, FAO and the UNNWP
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization authorized the establishment of the Committee on World Food Security which in turn asked it High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) to undertake a year-long study on climate change and food security. The Panel will seek to identify effective food security strategies to reduce the adverse affects of climate change on the availability of food and nutrition among the most vulnerable regions and populations. The Center for World Indigenous Studies makes several recommendations for the focus of this High Level Panel of Experts study on food security...
"The only way to protect and preserve wild plants and animals is to leave them in the care of indigenous communities that have cultures directly connected to the continuity of those things," (quoting Rudolph Ryser) This approach ensures biodiversity while maximizing effective strategies for responding to the adverse effects of climate change. Implementing this approach ... -
June 12, 2011
Quinault Nation on UNDRIP - US Senate Hearing
Quinault President Fawn Sharp spoke
before the US Senate Committee on
Indian Affairs on 9 June calling for the
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and
enact legislation as necessary to
effectuate the principles enunciated in
the Declaration, particularly those
relating to free, prior, and informed
consent, protection of intellectual
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February 28, 2011
Rwanda Sixth Country to Sign International Protocol on Genetic Resources
Building momentum towards entry into force, Rwanda today became the sixthcountry to sign the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization.
This latest signature follows the signing of the Protocol by Mexico on Thursday, 24 February 2011.
The Nagoya Protocol, a landmark treaty that links conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity with development, was agreed by the 193 Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity at the Aichi- Nagoya Biodiversity Summit in October 2010. -
June 15, 2010
Convention on Biological Diversity
The objectives of this Convention, to be pursued in accordance with its relevant provisions, are the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources, including by appropriate access to genetic resources and by appropriate transfer of relevant technologies, taking into account all rights over those resources and to technologies, and by appropriate funding.
Article 8 (j)
(j) Subject to its national legislation, respect, preserve and maintain knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities embodying traditional lifestyles relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and promote their wider application with the approval and involvement of the holders of such knowledge, innovations and practices and encourage the equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of such ... -
May 24, 2010
International Convention on Social and Economic Rights