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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Deadline: October 27, 2017

Keepers of the Earth Fund

Cultural Survival is pleased to announce the Keepers of the Earth Fund (KOEF) Call for Applications. The KOEF is a small grants fund that supports Indigenous values-based community development.  These grants have supported Indigenous-led projects on the leading edge of solutions to the most pressing issues for Indigenous Peoples everywhere.  

The first world conference for one of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the UN Ocean Conference, focused on SDG Goal 14: Life Below Water, to “conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.”  Fiji and Sweden co-chaired and coordinated the June 5 - 9, 2017 global gathering at the UN headquarters in New York. More than 6,000 people from all sectors of society attended the conference where 150 events and 41 exhibits were held.
This week marks the 2017 High Level Political Forum at the United Nations in New York, discussing the first year of  implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  The goals are part of an agenda looking towards eradication of poverty other indicators of well being for people and the planet by the year 2030, as an extension to the earlier Millennium Development Goals which concluded in 2015. The High-Level Political Forum is the central platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, and provides for the full and effective participation of all States Members of the United Nations and States members of specialized agencies.

 

Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement signals a complete disregard of human rights, Indigenous rights, climate justice, and the future of this planet in the interest of greed, wealth, acquisition, and the continued conquest of Mother Earth. Indigenous Peoples around the world will feel the impact. Cultural Survival strongly condemns the backing out of the agreement.

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