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Indigenous Peoples
Slow Food believes that it is senseless to defend biodiversity without also defending the cultural diversity of indigenous peoples. The right of peoples to have control over their land, to grow food, to hunt, fish and gather according to their own needs and decisions is fundamental to protect their livelihoods and defend the biodiversity of indigenous breeds and varieties.
According to the State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (SWIR), the total population of indigenous peoples is around 370 million, or less than 6 per cent of the global population, and they occupy 20 per cent of the earth’s territory. As the original inhabitants of a land, they possess unique cultures, languages and customs, but throughout history this has been eroded through the confiscation of their lands, the displacement of communities, cultural suppression and even genocide. Today this continues through land grabbing. The survival of indigenous peoples is proof of the resilience of these traditional societies, held together by their identity – their culture, language and traditions linked to a geographical area and the historical links with the environment that they have inhabited and depended on.
In 2011 Slow Food organized Indigenous Terra Madre to bring together food communities from around the world to exchange their expertise and raise a collective voice on how traditional knowledge and sustainable use of natural resources can contribute to developing good, clean and fair food systems. The next Indigenous Terra Madre meeting will be held in Meghalaya, northeast India, in 2014.
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Italy | 27/10/2012 | Indigenous people speak up about their right to food sovereignty, threatened by the negative consequences of...
Italy | 09/08/2012 | On the occasion of the 18th International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Slow Food looks ahead to the...
India | 29/06/2012 | The daring collectors of wild honey in southern India who risk life and limb to carry on an ancient tradition…
United States | 02/06/2012 | Slow Food President Carlo Petrini First Outside Speaker to Address the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous...
Kenya | 16/05/2012 | From Nakuru to Pokot: third journal entry following a trip to visit Slow Food and Terra Madre projects in...
United States | 14/05/2012 | Carlo Petrini's speech to the 2012 United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York...
India | 14/05/2012 | The age-old food traditions and welcoming smiles of the Indigenous Khasi people of northern India captured on...
04/05/2012 | From Nairobi to Nakuru: second journal entry following a trip to visit Slow Food and Terra Madre projects in...
27/04/2012 | From Nairobi to Gachie: first journal entry following a visit to Slow Food and Terra Madre projects in East...
Sweden | 26/07/2011 | Moving on from Indigenous Terra Madre with a shared statement to guide work to safeguard Indigenous...
Sweden | 26/07/2011 | An Indigenous Sami from northern Sweden, Jungle Svonni now lives in the Peruvian jungle where he has learnt...
United States | 20/07/2011 | Recently indigenous people from around the world met in Jokkmokk, Sweden, to share traditional knowledge on...
Sàpmi | 25/06/2011 | The protection of traditional knowledge was one of the many topics covered during Indigenous Terra Madre in...
Sàpmi | 20/06/2011 | Videos and pictures from the Indigenous Terra Madre Meeting
Sàpmi | 17/06/2011 | Urbi “Jungle” Svonni returns home to the Swedish Sápmi territory for the...
Sweden | 19/01/2011 | Local food systems, traditional knowledge, diversity of indigenous languages and conservation of...
Italy | 16/11/2010 | Indigenous communities from around the world speak up at Terra Madre as part of the newly formed Indigenous...
Italy | 13/08/2010 | Indigenous communities in the spotlight at Terra Madre 2010
Italy | 09/08/2010 | Indigenous people are the original inhabitants of a land, possessing their own culture, language and customs...
Brazil | 02/08/2010 | Indigenous communities in the spotlight at Terra Madre 2010
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Others Slow Themes
Each year the welfare of the millions of animals raised for their milk, meat and eggs for human consumption...
Slow Food believes that it is senseless to defend biodiversity without also defending the cultural diversity...
Slow Food launched a global campaign to stop land grabbing in 2010.
The term ‘land grabbing’ is used to...
Important decisions are being made for the future of food production across Europe, and Slow Food is working...
Fish: It’s a slippery issue. Hidden underwater, our marine resources are not easy to study or understand....
Water is the essence of life. Not only do we use it to grow our food, to replenish and clean our bodies, it...
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