The Huaran Declaration: Indigenous Peoples are the real solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises

The International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP) is a network of more than 50 Indigenous Mountain communities in 11 countries.

The sixth learning exchange of the International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples was held between 30 May and 4 June 2024, bringing together over 50 Indigenous Peoples, representing 137 mountain communities from Peru, Bolivia and China, and 10 villages from semi-arid Kenya, along with civil society, research, government and donor organisations from Peru, Bolivia, China, Kenya, UK, US and France. 

The learning exchange explored the challenges facing Indigenous mountain and semi-arid communities, and solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises that are enshrined in Indigenous Peoples’ ancestral knowledge systems, conservation practices, ways of life and biocultural heritage territories. It led to the Huaran Declaration, reaffirming rights to ancestral territories, self-determination and food sovereignty, as well as setting out calls to UNFCCC Parties meeting at COP29 and CBD Parties meeting at COP16.