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Protecting our maíz civilizations: autonomy, reparations, and restorative justice Text of Strategy Brief  |   Protecting Maize Biocultural Diversity  |   17th Session UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)   La Morenita-La Mujer Grande, Xilonen, Santa Xilonen La Madre del Maiz Moderator's Note: We are pleased to share this strategy brief prepared for the  17th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)  in April 2018. The brief was the collaborative work product of dozens of meetings and gatherings over the past 5 years involving indigenous corn farmers, seed savers, and landrace progenitors. The Acequia Institute,  Asociación Andes,  Alianza Milpa, and allied indigenous maize farmers were involved in the preparation and presentation of the brief. There are three major strategic recommendations: (1) a UN fund for biosafety protection and in situ/in vivo conservation of maize landr...

Berenice Sánchez Photos by permission of Alianza Milpa Moderator’s Note: We are posting the first of two new documents recently presented to the 17th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) which convened 16-27 April 2018 at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The theme focused on “Indigenous peoples’ collective rights to lands, territories and resources.” The first intervention was delivered in person during session by Berenice Sánchez, an indigenous Nahua-Hña Hñu (Otomi) woman from the state of Mexico, Mexico, who works to defend the rights of indigenous peoples. She has participated in, presented, and organized tens of conferences, as well as national, regional, and international workshops. The intervention focuses on the strategies the UN should adopt to more effectively and proactively protect and promote traditional indigenous agroecosystems that have emerged over millennia in the major centers of origin and diversification of crops ...