Time: 6:15pm, 9 December 2009
Location: Liva Weel Room, Hall C
A number of Bolivian indigenous leaders will hold an indigenous ritual, involving a blessing for
Mother Earth as part of a side event held today on “Rights of Mother Earth in the face of climate
change.”
Details of side event: Rights for Mother Earth in the face of climate change
Wednesday, 9 December, 18:15 – 19:45
Speakers: Pablo Solón Romero Orozca, Bolivian Ambassador to the United Nations
Cormac Cullinan, senior environmental lawyer in South Africa whose work in Earth
jurisprudence is internationally recognised
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz is a Kankanaey-Igorot indigenous activist from the Cordillera Region,
the Philippines,, founder and executive director of Tebtebba Foundation and Chairperson of
United Nations Permanent Form on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII).
Rafael Quispe (CONAMAQ, Bolivia) and Cristian Domingez (CSUTCB, Bolivia)
Room: Liva Weel, Bella Centre
For more information, please contact:
Nick Buxton – Email [email protected] or ring +45 26619010
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