Date of publication
June 17, 2017
Document Reference #
A/HRC/35/28/Add.2
Publishing Organization
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Document Type
Country Visit Report
Country
United States of America
Original Document
95. The stifling of civil society groups involved in natural resource governance poses difficulties for the achievement of Goals 13, 14 and 15, related to climate change and the sustainable management of the planets natural resources. In paragraph 33 of the 2030 Agenda, States made a commitment to the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and seas, freshwater resources, forests, mountains and dry lands and to the protection of biodiversity, ecosystems and wildlife. States cannot achieve those goals without engaging with indigenous and other communities that own or manage natural resources.