Participants from around the world gathered in Rome for the first meeting of the Indigenous Peoples’ Forum at IFAD. The meeting took place on 11-12 February 2013, in conjunction with the 36th session of IFAD’s Governing Council. It marks the beginning of a new chapter in the Fund’s longstanding engagement with indigenous peoples, most of whom live in rural areas and face the dual
challenges of poverty and marginalization. (...)

The article:
http://www.ifad.org/english/indigenous/forum/count.htm