The Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and COP16:Advancing Peasants’ Rights in Biodiversity Conservation

Prior to the COP 16 to the Convention on Biological Diversity in October 2024, the UN Working Group on the Rights of Peasants released the following statement on the interrelation between the Convention and UNDROP. They argued that the COP is a critical space and moment for advancing the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, as they are both dependent on biodiversity and central actors in its conservation.

Carlos Duarte, member of the Working Group, has participated in the elaboration of two other publications on the subject. The first one before the COP : Towards an international recognition of the environmental component of peasantry – Pathways from the Convention on Biological Diversity. This article discuss the “environmental dimension of the peasantry” in international environmental law, using the Convention on Biological Diversity as an example. The second publication was published after the COP, as review of the integration of rural communities : COP16 and Peasants: the Great Transformation of the 21st century.