DANA + 20: MOBILE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, CONSERVATION, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, AND CLIMATE CHANGE TWO DECADES AFTER THE DANA DECLARATION

The Refugee Studies Centre convened a Dana+10 workshop, again in Wadi Dana, to review progress since 2002 and to consider how the principles of the Dana Declaration hold true not only in the context of conservation, but with regards to the extractive industries. Now, twenty years since the Dana Declaration, the Refugee Studies Centre has partnered with Oxford's School of Geography and the Environment to take stock of achievements and progress over the past two decades, and to consider emerging and evolving challenges. Over the four days of the workshop, the 40 participants made presentations, discussed the continuing or emerging issues in their homelands and met in plenary and small breakout groups. Formal presentations from academics on the histories of Indigenous rights, significance of Wadi Dana for the Dana Declaration, trends in conservation over the past 20 years and the evolution of international human rights law for Indigenous Peoples were made. Representatives of Mobile Peoples led, chaired and moderated the sessions and themes addressed, which included land rights, legal mechanisms and more equitable knowledge exchange and partnerships between academics and Mobile Peoples. Here, detailed summary of each of the sessions during the four days of meetings as well as the workshop program, list of participants and prepared statements for public distribution are presented.