"This is an unprecedented moment in the history of multilateral agreements on the environment," Camila Romero, an Indigenous representative from Chile, told delegates after the measure was adopted. "Parties have recognized the constant need for our full and effective participation, our knowledge and innovations, technology and traditional practices."
The delegates also agreed on a measure giving people of African descent a specific role in the new subsidiary body, though initial details were vague.
The UN conference aims to implement measures contained in the 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Diversity Framework agreement, which seeks to stop the current rapid human-driven deterioration of nature by 2030.
The decision was the first big breakthrough to be achieved at the UN COP16 summit in Cali, Colombia, attended by delegations from some 200 countries.
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