Enhancing meaningful Indigenous leadership and collaboration in international environmental governance forums

Melanie Zurba; Sandie Suchet-Pearson; Ryan Bullock; Ameyali Ramos Castillo; Kevin Chang; Ricky Archer; Eli Enns; Pasang Dolma Sherpa; Ramiro Batzin; Osvaldo Munguia; Anastasia Papadopoulos; Bryanne Lamoureux; Charlotte Greenlees; Melika Habibi; Ahmad Hameed; Richie Howitt

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103864

Enhancing meaningful Indigenous leadership and collaboration in international environmental governance forums

Melanie Zurba^*, Sandie Suchet-Pearson, Ryan Bullock, Ameyali Ramos Castillo, Kevin Chang, Ricky Archer, Eli Enns, Pasang Dolma Sherpa, Ramiro Batzin, Osvaldo Munguia, Anastasia Papadopoulos, Bryanne Lamoureux, Charlotte Greenlees, Melika Habibi, Ahmad Hameed, Richie Howitt

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This is the first global empirical study that specifically explores the perspectives of Indigenous peoples, people working for Indigenous Peoples’ Organisations (IPOs) and people working in other relevant roles (e.g., conveners of large environmental NGOs) on the barriers to meaningful and effective participation in global environmental governance forums. A total of 30 key informant participants were interviewed for this study. Participants were invited based on their engagement with and/or their interest in Indigenous participation and leadership related to environmental governance. Inductive analysis of the interview data revealed that ‘capacity barriers’, ‘representation, grouping and disconnect’, ‘inclusion and exclusion’, and ‘insights for how to proceed in the future’ to be important primary themes for discussion. Secondary themes were also determined for each primary theme to highlight the key issues and to develop implications and recommendations for enhancing meaningful Indigenous leadership and collaboration in international governance forums.

Original language	English
Article number	103864
Pages (from-to)	1-9
Number of pages	9
Journal	Environmental Science and Policy
Volume	162
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103864
Publication status	Published - Dec 2024

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Environmental governance forums
Global environmental governance
Indigenous participation
Participation
Policy-making

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Zurba, M., Suchet-Pearson, S., Bullock, R., Castillo, A. R., Chang, K., Archer, R., Enns, E., Sherpa, P. D., Batzin, R., Munguia, O., Papadopoulos, A., Lamoureux, B., Greenlees, C., Habibi, M., Hameed, A., & Howitt, R. (2024). Enhancing meaningful Indigenous leadership and collaboration in international environmental governance forums. Environmental Science and Policy, 162, 1-9. Article 103864. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103864

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