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INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' CAUCUS:
On behalf of several indigenous
organizations throughout the world, the Indigenous Peoples' Caucus
stated that indigenous homelands harbor more endangered plant and
animal species than all the world's natural reserves. The Caucus
called upon Governments to: implement the Convention's stated
requirements that Governments respect, protect and encourage the
sustainable traditions of resource use; establish an Indigenous
Peoples' Division, staffed by indigenous people, in the
Secretariat; and incorporate the indigenous perspective on
property, ownership and knowledge into Convention issues, such as
intellectual property rights and benefit-sharing.