To celebrate the upcoming International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples on Saturday 9th August, the Transformative Pathways Project, the National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA) Initiative, and the ICCA Registry, together with UNEP-WCMC's partners, are hosting a spotlight event on Indigenous and community-led biodiversity mapping and monitoring.

This event is open to anyone who is interested to learn more about the critical role that Indigenous Peoples and local communities are playing in mapping and monitoring the state of biodiversity in their lands and territories, the methodological techniques involved, and how Indigenous and community-led mapping and monitoring can better support governments to make evidence-informed decisions about biodiversity. Participants at this event will have an opportunity to:

• Hear the stories of Indigenous Peoples and local communities who are leading efforts to map and monitor biodiversity through a film screening of "Mapping and Monitoring on Indigenous Territories" produced by LifeMosaic as part of the Transformative Pathways Project.
• Engage in a dialogue with panellists and participants on the challenges, opportunities and future pathways for scaling-up Indigenous and community-led biodiversity mapping and monitoring.

Time and Location

This is a hybrid event. It will be held in-person at the Main Seminar Room (David Attenborough Building, Cambridge UK), and online on Zoom, on Friday 1st August 2025 from 16:00 - 18:00 BST.

Registration

To sign-up to the event, please register below and please let us know if you are attending online or in-person. We look forward to seeing you there!