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X-WR-CALNAME:The Living Forest: A Proposal for Indigenous-Led Conservation 
 and Climate Change Mitigation
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DESCRIPTION:In honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2025\, the Department of 
 Anthropology is hosting an invited talk with Tulio Viteri\, the Director o
 f International Relations for the Indigenous Kichwa community of Sarayaku 
 in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Mr. Viteri will give a presentation on the Livin
 g Forest Proposal\, a grassroots initiative for Indigenous-led conservatio
 n and climate change mitigation. In 2012\, Sarayaku declared the entirety 
 of their rainforest territory as Kawsak Sacha–Selva Viviente (The Living
  Forest\, in Kichwa and Spanish respectively). The declaration was a forma
 l act of collective governance which institutionalized Sarayaku’s commit
 ment to revalorize ancestral notions of nature and enact a pioneering mode
 l of environmental protection based on traditonal knowledge. In 2018\, Sar
 ayaku launched a proposal for Indigenous-led territorial protection and co
 nservation entitled “Kawsak Sacha–The Living Forest\, A Living and Con
 scious Being: The Subject of Rights.” With this new proposal\, Sarayaku 
 began a campaign to translate the principles of the Living Forest into nat
 ional law and international environmental and climate policy. Sarayaku lea
 ders and activists have been deeply engaged in spreading their proposal to
  both Indigenous and non-Indigenous audiences. In 2015\, the Living Forest
  Proposal was presented internationally by Sarayaku delegates in Paris at 
 the UN Climate Change COP21\, and to the President of France\, François H
 ollande. Since then Sarayaku representatives have been promoting the initi
 ative to audiences all over the world\, including the Pope and the Dalai L
 ama. Their political campaign deploys a diverse range of strategies to ins
 titutionalize the Living Forest as a framework for territorial governance\
 , conservation\, and climate change mitigation at regional\, national\, an
 d international scales.\n\nSpeaker Bio: Tulio Viteri has travelled abroad 
 extensively as the Director of International Relations for the community o
 f Sarayaku. Most recently\, he has given lectures on the Living Forest Pro
 posal at the 2024 UN Science Summit and the 2025 UN Climate Week\, both in
  New York City.
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LOCATION:Park Hall\, 265
SUMMARY:The Living Forest: A Proposal for Indigenous-Led Conservation and C
 limate Change Mitigation
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 or-indigenous-led-conservation-and-climate-change-mitigation
CATEGORIES:Lectures and Discussions
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