Slow
Food Celebrates World Indigenous Day by Announcing that Indigenous
Terra Madre 2015 Will Take Place in North East India This November
Representatives
of indigenous communities from around the world set to celebrate their
food cultures at an international meeting in Shillong
Indigenous Terra Madre 2015 (ITM 2015) – taking place from November 3 to 7, 2015 in Shillong (Meghalaya, India)
– will bring together representatives of indigenous communities from
around the world to celebrate their food cultures and discuss how
traditional knowledge and the sustainable use of natural resources can
contribute to developing good, clean and fair food systems.
The event is the result of a collaboration between Slow Food, the Indigenous Partnership for Agrobiodiversity and Food Sovereignty (Indigenous Partnership) and the North East Slow Food and Agrobiodiversity Society (NESFAS). Representatives
of indigenous communities from Canada, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia,
Chile, Argentina, Peru, Paraguay, Nicaragua, Ecuador, South Africa,
Egypt, Angola, Botswana, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali,
Senegal, Mauritania, Morocco, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia,
Tajikistan, Australia, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New
Caledonia, Fiji, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, Papua New Guinea,
Guatemala, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, China, Russia, Ukraine, Germany,
Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands will participate in the event. They
will interact and engage with representatives from global agencies
associated with the United Nations such as the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),
international organizations, research bodies, scientists and
policymakers, all of whom are increasingly turning their gaze toward
Indigenous Peoples and their long-standing practices which help to
maintain an ecological balance.
