A COP17 panel connected threats to Indigenous livelihoods in Russia with the prosecution of rights defenders, including Daria Egereva and Natalia Leongardt.

At the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17), currently taking place in Yerevan, Armenia, a dispute has emerged over the principles of Indigenous Peoples’ representation in international processes. According to Indigenous Russia, the Russian delegation has opposed extending the system of seven Indigenous sociocultural regions to all mechanisms under the Convention. Behind this seemingly procedural issue lies a much deeper question

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