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Tokyo Office, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) Shinbashi SY Bldg. 4F, 1-14-2, Nishi-shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0003, Japan TEL: +81-3-3595-1081 FAX: +81-3-3595-1084 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.iges.or.jp IGES is an international research institute conducting practical and innovative research for realizing sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region. Copyright © 2017 IGES. All rights reserved. Cover photo credits; Indigenous Peoples’ Foundation for Education and Environment (IPF) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Editors: Wilfredo V. Alangui, Kaoru Ichikawa, Yasuo Takahashi Editorial support: Wataru Suzuki, Yoichi Sakurai, Satomi Tanaka, Tomoshi Ichikawa, Emma Fushimi ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgements The IPBES-JBF Sub-regional Dialogue Workshop on Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK) for South-East and North-East Asia sub-region was implemented by IGES as a part of the Capacity Building Project for the implementation of IPBES Asia-Pacific Regional Assessment of the IPBES. This project is supported by the Japan Biodiversity Fund (JBF) funded by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOEJ) through the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD). IGES would like to thank Indigenous Peoples’ Foundation for Education and Environment (IPF), Thailand for their cooperation and support in conducting the workshop. Although every effort is made to ensure objectivity and balance, the contents of the report does not imply IGES endorsement or acquiescence with its conclusions or the endorsement of IGES funders. IGES maintains a position of neutrality at all times on issues concerning public policy. Hence conclusions that are reached in IGES publications should be understood to be those of the authors and not attributed to staff-members, officers, directors, trustees, funders, or to IGES itself. i Table of Contents 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background ........................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Objectives ........................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Expected outputs ............................................................................................... 2 1.4 Organisational structure and key partners: ..................................................... 3 1.5 Workshop Programme: ...................................................................................... 3 2. Summaries and key points of presented cases ....................................................... 6 2.1 Forest, Communities and Ecosystems: The case of Huay Hin Lad Nai community ............................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Assessment of the role of Karen’s ecological knowledge to sustain biodiversity, ecosystems and ecosystem services in northern Thailand .............. 10 2.3 Status and changes of local rice varieties: a case study from four villages in Po E commune, Kon Plong district, Kon Tum province, Central Highlands of Vietnam .................................................................................................................. 15 2.4 Sustaining indigenous forest management system: the case of saguday in Sagada, Philippines ............................................................................................... 18 2.5 Biodiversity Requirements of the Begnas Ritual System in Sagada, Northern Philippines ............................................................................................................. 20 2.6 Learning Indigenous Earth Wisdom from the Ibaloy People’s baeng home gardens, Cordillera, Philippines. ........................................................................... 23 2.7 Climate Change in the Eastern Himalayas: Advancing Community-Based Scientific Capacity to Support Climate Change Adaptation ................................ 25 2.8 Indigenous peoples’ knowledge on edible and medicinal plants: a new trend of indigenous peoples’ diets: a case study of a Karen indigenous community in northern Thailand ................................................................................................. 27 2.9 Local Biodiversity Restoration for Food Banks in the Highland Community of Thailand ................................................................................................................. 29 3. Summary of discussion .......................................................................................... 31 ii 3.1 Dialogue with Local Participants .................................................................... 31 3.2 Dialogue with Selected ILK Holders and Experts in South-East and North- East Asia ................................................................................................................ 35 3.3 Writing Session ................................................................................................ 45 3.4 ILK Sub-regional Networking in South-East and North-East Asia ............... 52 3.5 Closing .............................................................................................................. 53 4. Proposal of a sub-regional ILK network for IPBES in South-East and North-East Asia ............................................................................................................................ 54 4.1 Background ...................................................................................................... 54 4.2 Preliminary proposal of IGES for the sub-regional networking and facilitation related to ILK......................................................................................................... 55 4.3 Outline and major results of the questionnaire survey .................................. 55 4.4 Outline of the discussion at the South-East and North-East Asia Sub-regional workshop ................................................................................................................ 57 4.5 Proposal of a Sub-regional ILK Network for IPBES in South-East and North- East Asia ................................................................................................................ 58 Annex 1: Participants list Annex 2: Participants of the Dialogue with Local Communities (14 October) Annex 3: results of the participatory activity (15 October) Annex 4: PPT slides on cases presented (15-16 October) Annex 5: Sub-regional ILK networking Annex 6: Village visit (17 October) iii 1. Introduction 1.1 Background The IPBES Sub-Regional Dialogue Workshop on Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK) for the South-East and North-East Asia region that was organised by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand on 14-18 October 2016. This sub regional workshop was conducted to follow up on the outcomes of the Regional Dialogue Workshop on ILK for the Asia Pacific Region that was held in June 2016, also in Chiang Mai, and organised by the IPBES Task Force on ILK (TF ILK). Prior to the sub-regional workshop, IGES made an open call for submission of case studies on ILK, biodiversity and ecosystem services from the South-East and North-East sub-regions of Asia through the IGES website. All submissions were carefully reviewed by a workshop organisation committee1, and applicants were selected based on the quality of their submissions and relevance to IPBES assessments. The sub-regional workshop was successfully completed as described in this report. It featured a dialogue with ILK holders from northern Thailand on 14 October, case study presentations and chapter writing sessions during the main workshop on 15 and 16 October, and a visit to a Karen people’s village on 17 October. The workshop was made possible through the assistance of the Indigenous Peoples’ Foundation for Education and Environment (IPF) which made logistical arrangements and provided substantive input during the workshop; the IPBES Task Force on ILK which provided technical support, and the Japan Biodiversity Fund which gave financial support through the Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity. We also acknowledge the contributions of the participants during the discussions and in enriching the workshop outputs. 1.2 Objectives The objectives of the sub-regional workshop were to: • Further consolidate the outcome of the Regional ILK Dialogue Workshop for the deliverables to the IPBES Regional Assessment for Asia and the Pacific; • Identify additional cases to fill knowledge/information gaps in terms of regional and thematic balance, as well as to further populate key points shared at the regional dialogue workshop with more concrete case studies; • Build relationships, respect, mutual understanding and trust between and among ILK holders, ILK experts, assessment authors, and Task Force members; • Enhance capacity and empowerment of ILK holders, ILK experts and assessment authors to co- produce inputs to the IPBES Regional Assessment for Asia and the Pacific; and • Facilitate the processes of identifying sub-regional hubs, nodes and focal points for ILK. 1 Described in detail in section 1.4 1 1.3 Expected outputs With the above objectives, the sub-regional workshop aimed to produce