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04/23/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/23/2021 18:29 Experts in Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Call for Greater Participation of Indigenous Peoples Sustainable Development Decisions Climate change - and the megaprojects aimed at attenuating its effects - are presenting life-threatening challenges to traditional ways of life, experts told the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues today, as participants explored ways to better include indigenous people in the sustainable development decisions affecting their survival, especially at the United Nations. It would also be critical for indigenous peoples to build and strengthen partnerships with United Nations agencies in advancing the [Sustainable Development Goals] based on indigenous peoples perspectives, needs and aspirations, said Joan Carling of the

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