International Indigenous Peoples' Forum on Plastics

The International Indigenous Peoples' Forum on Plastics (IIPFP), formerly known as the "Indigenous Peoples' Caucus", is an independent group of Indigenous experts and representatives focused on upholding and centring Indigenous Peoples in all UN Global Plastics Treaty processes, including negotiations and implementation phases.

Our members have been actively engaged with the UN Global Plastics Treaty since UNEA 5.2. The IIPFP comprises Indigenous representatives from across all 7 UN socio-cultural regions (Africa, Arctic, Asia, North America, Latin America/Caribbean, Pacific, Russia/Eastern Europe) and has been formed through coordinated and structured work between members. This approach has facilitated meaningful and extensive engagement in negotiations.

MISSION & GOALS

•  Develop a culturally-safe platform for Indigenous Peoples to participate in UN Global Plastics Treaty processes and collaborate with other Indigenous representatives towards shared strategic goals.

•  Centre Indigenous Peoples' rights, sovereignty, self-determination, health, experiences, perspectives, knowledge systems, sciences, and solutions in all UN Global Plastics Treaty processes.

•  Ensure that all UN Global Plastics Treaty processes centre and reaffirm commitment to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

•  Advocate for just, community-led action and system transformation to address and prevent the harms caused by plastics across their life-cycles, including: exploration for and extraction of raw feedstocks (fossil fuel and otherwise), polymer and chemical production, manufacturing, transportation, distribution, sale, disposal, pollution, and physiological and ecological contamination.

Are you an Indigenous expert on plastic pollution wanting to participate in the UN Global Plastics Treaty?

Please apply to join our group by filling out our Registration Form!

PLENARY INTERVENTIONS

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INC SIDE EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

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RESOURCES & SUBMISSIONS

Indigenous Peoples in the Plastics Treaty.pdf
indigenous_peoples_major_group_ipmg_15082023_b_0.pdf

WRITTEN STATEMENTS BY OUR MEMBERS

INC-4 (Ottawa, Canada)

Copy of Statement of Indigenous Peoples Caucus to Opening Plenary of the INC4.pdf
inc4_-_icc_closing_intervention_29apr2024.pdf
Closing Plenary Statement _Indigenous Peoples' CAUCUS.pdf
Copy of Press Release for Closing Statement.pdf

INC-3 (Nairobi, Kenya)

Copy of Opening Plenary Statement on agenda item 4 _Thailand_Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact & Indigenous People.pdf
Copy of Agenda-Item-4_Cedar-Smoke-Society-of-Native-Nations.pdf
Copy of Intervention on Part II_12 Just Transition _CG 1_Nepal_Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact.pdf
Copy of Intervention on Part III Financing_Nepal_Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact.pdf
inuitcircumpolarcouncil - inc3.pdf
caucus_closingstatement_0.pdf
thedescendantsproject_4.pdf
appa_4.pdf

INC-2 (Paris, France)

Copy of indigenouspeople.pdf
Copy of 3. SNN Report on_ INC2.pdf
Copy of statement_on_circularity_-_appa_0.pdf
inuit_circumpolar_council inc2.pdf
Copy of indigenous_peoples_major_group_statement-agenda_item_7_0.pdf
Copy of association_for_integration_and_sustainable_development.pdf

INC-1 (Punta del Esta, Uruguay)

indigenous_peoples_and_their_communities_major_group_speech_0_2.pdf
icc_scope_objectives_and_broad_options_0.pdf