The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) will be holding its Indigenous Summit 2020 online event from 7 – 9 December 2020 to promote and discuss Indigenous-led innovation in Earth observations data, science and technology.
This event builds on the outcomes of the GEO Indigenous Hackathon earlier in 2020, to bring together Indigenous knowledge and state-of-the-art science and technology, as well as the global GEO community.
According to UNEP, at least a quarter of the world’s land area is owned, managed, used or occupied by Indigenous peoples and local communities numbering more than 370 million in some 90 countries. While nature in these areas is degrading less quickly than in others, the threats posed by climate change and biodiversity loss to Indigenous lands and communities need urgent attention from policy and business leaders.
The themes to be explored during the three-day event will cover COVID-19, Women Empowerment, Education, Climate Action, Disaster Risk Reduction, Indigenous Data Sovereignty, Knowledge Transfer.
The Organizing Committee comprises Titus Letaapo, Samburu tribe, Kenya, James Rattling Leaf Sr., Rosebud Sioux tribe, South Dakota, US, Mario Vargas Shakaim, Shuar Nation, Ecuadorian Amazon, Diana Mastracci, GEO Secretariat, Communications consultant and Steven Ramage, GEO Secretariat, Head of External Relations.
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UNSPBF works closely with GEO to improve the availability, access and use of open Earth observations to help deliver the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In November 2019, UNSPBF hosted a high-level Working Group on Big Data and Digital Ecosystems for the Environment during GEO Week 2019 in Canberra.
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