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DECLARATIONS AND STATEMENTS RELATED TO AGROECOLOGY
In ascending chronological order


NO to Nature Based "Solutions"! Statement -- 25 Mar 2022 


The Jena Declaration -- 18 Mar 2021


Manifesto of Piaraçu -- 20 Jan 2020 


Uluru Statement from the Heart ​
First Nations National Constitu
tional Convention, Uluru, NT, Australia -- 26 May 2017


Resolution on the Protection of Sacred Natural Sites and Territories 
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, meeting at its 60th Ordinary Session, Niamey, Republic of Niger -- 22 May 2017 ​


Statement of Indigenous Kahu‘āina Guardians of Sacred Lands 
2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress, Honolulu, Hawai‘i -- 1-10 Sep 2016


Marabá Declaration: International Conference on Agrarian Reform 
Marabá, Para, Brazil -- 17 Apr 2016 
See also:
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Every Day Should Be International Day of Peasants' Struggles 
Adrian Bebb and Ramona Duminicioiu, euobserver -- 18 Apr 2016


Declaration on Plant Variety Protection and Seed Laws from the South-South Dialogue
Durban, South Africa -- 27-29 Nov 2015


Declaration on Land Grabbing & Just Governance in Africa 
Limuru, Kenya -- 22-26 Nov 2015


Agroecology - The Bold Future of Africa 
Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa -- 26 Oct 2015


Don't Be Fooled!  Civil Society Says NO to "Climate Smart Agriculture” and Urges Decision-Makers to Support AgroEcology -- Sep 2015


Final Recommendations of the Regional Seminar on AgroEcology in Latin America and the Caribbean [Portuguese Version] 
Seminar organised by the FAO, Brazilian Government, civil society and social movements, Brasilia, Brazil -- 24-26 June 2015


Declaration of the International Forum for AgroEcology 
Nyéléni, Mali -- 27 Feb 2015
See also: 
​Nyéléni Declaration from 27 Feb 2007


Asunción Declaration: A Resounding NO to GE Trees! 
Asunción, Paraguay -- 27 Sep 2016 


Africa-US Food Sovereignty Statement 
Seattle Conference -- 13 Oct 2014
See also:
Africa-US Food Sovereignty Summit Report


World Conference on Indigenous Peoples: Outcome Document
UN General Assembly -- Approved 22 Sep 2014
(See "Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples" from 2007 for related resources, below)


Climate-Smart Greenwash: Why we Reject the Global Alliance on Climate-Smart Agriculture 
[NGO open letter to the UN Climate Summit, 23 Sep 2014] -- Sep 2014 
See also:
UN-masking Climate Smart Agriculture 
La Via Campesina [press release] -- 23 Sep 2014


​Civil Society Organizations Address G7/G8 Governments on the "New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Africa" 
Pan-Africanist International -- 21 Sep 2014 


Scientists Praise and Challenge FAO on AgroEcology [open letter to the International Symposium on Agroecology for Food and Nutrition] -- 18-19 Sep 2014 
See also:
Only Small Farmers and AgroEcology Can Feed the World [Article reporting on the speech by Prof. Hilal Elver, the new UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, coinciding with the FAO International Symposium on Agroecology for Food and Nutrition]
Nafeez Ahmed, The Ecologist -- 23 Sep 2014 


Towards Food Sovereignty in Africa: Nurture the Environment and Put Farmers at the Centre 
Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), issued from Lome, Togo -- 19 July 2014


Yvapuruvu Declaration: Seed Laws - Resisting Dispossession 
Alianza Biodiversidad, Red por una América Latina Libre de Transgénicos, and Vía Campesina World Seeds Campaign -- Paraguay 17-18 Oct 2013


Statement to the African Regional Meeting of the 2013 World Economic Forum 
African Women's Development Fund -- 04 May 2013


African Statement on AGRA (Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa) -- 25 Sep 2012


Civil Society Statement of Concern on the 2nd Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change:  Hanoi, Viet Nam, 3-7 September 2012


Declaration on Seed Freedom: Dr. Vandana Shiva, Navdanya, India
Global Campaign on Seed Freedom -- Launched 22 June 2012 at Rio+20 Conference


Lusaka Declaration: Mainstreaming Organic Agriculture into the African Development Agenda 
2nd African Organic Conference, Lusaka, Zambia -- 02-04 May 2012


Statement on Common African Customary Laws for the Protection of Sacred Natural Sites 
Custodians' Meeting, Nanyuki, Kenya -- 28 Apr 2012


Declaration on the Principles for the Oversight of Synthetic Biology
Friends of the Earth, International Center for Technology Assessment, ETC group -- 13 Mar 2012


Declaration on the Current State of Food and Agriculture Policy in Eastern and Southern Africa 
Eastern & Southern Africa Farmers' Forum -- 31 Aug 2011


Shashe Declaration
20 Jun 2011


Kolongo Appeal
20 Nov 2010


Declaration for Living Change
16 Sep 2010


Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth 
22 April 2010


Graz Declaration: Freedom for Diversity 
5th European Seed Meeting, Graz, Austria -- 25-27 Mar 2010


Bole Declaration
25 Nov 2009


Carta Agroecológica de Curitiba (Portuguese)
Second Latin American Agroecological Congress -- 12 Nov 2009


Potato Park Declaration on Agrobiodiversity Conservation and Food Sovereignty
29 Sep 2009


Declaration of Rights of Peasants - Women and Men 
La Via Campesina, Seoul -- Mar 2009


International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 
UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) -- 2009


Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 
UN General Assembly, 107th Plenary Meeting, 61/295 -- Adopted 13 Sep 2007

See also:
World Conference on Indigenous Peoples: Outcome Document
UN General Assembly, 69th Session -- Approved 22 Sep 2014
Global Indigenous Preparatory Conference for World Conference on Indigenous Peoples: Alta Outcome Document
Alta, Norway -- 10-12 Jun 2013
Indigenous Tribal Peoples Convention 
International Labour Organization, No. 169 -- 1989 (Entry into force: 05 Sep 1991)


Nyéléni Declaration
27 Feb 2007


The "Right to Water" Resolution - H.Con.Res. 468 (108th Congress)
Expressing the Sense of the Congress with Respect to the World's Fresh Water Resources
Introduced into the House of Representatives by Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL09) -- 25 Jun 2004


Valley of a Thousand Hills Declaration 
08 Mar 2002


The "AFRICA" Resolution - H.Con.Res. 260 (107th Congress) 
Introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA35) -- 01 Nov 2001


Declaration of Support for African Smallholder Farmers 
Africa Trade Policy Working Group, Washington, DC, USA -- 2001


African Model Legislation for the Protection of the Rights of Local Communities, Farmers and Breeders, and for the Regulation of Access to Biological Resources 
Organization of African Unity (later renamed the African Union) -- 2000


Earth Charter (English Version)     Earth Charter (Portuguese Version) 
Approved March 2000 at UNESCO, launched June 2000


Indigenous Tribal Peoples Convention 
International Labour Organization, No. 169 -- 1989 (Entry into force: 05 Sep 1991)
(See "Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples" from 2007 for subsequent and related resources, above)


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