Reply To: Session 2

[Science4biodiversity_moderator]

Raki Ap questioend
How Indigenous Peoples can and should play an important role in the ‘Data Gap’.

UN FCCC underlined the importance of Indigenous Peoples whose way of life have preserved more then 80% of worlds biodiversity.
At the same time more then 97% of world deforestation happens on those crucial Indigenous Lands.

I represent the people of West Papua, which is part of world largest tropical island and one of Earth’s best preserved flora and fauna hotspots.
Governments as Indonesia is closing West Papua for NGO’s how can we still get credible data from such a crucial area.

I see the importance of academic and institutional data sharing, at the same Time I miss the most essential stake holders and best Protectors of the earth’s biodiversity.
How can we support Indigenous Peoples in credible data collecting? Because they have the will but have been kept out important meeting such as this one.