Joji Cariño

Joji Carino (Ibaloi-Igorot, from the Cordillera region of the Philippines) is an active advocate for Indigenous peoples’ human rights at the community, national and international levels. She is currently a Senior Policy Advisor with the Forest Peoples Programme (UK).

Her work has covered indigenous knowledge and traditional occupations; cultural and biological diversity; and international standards on forests and biodiversity, water and energy, extractive industries, and food and agriculture. 

She is co-lead author of Local Biodiversity Outlooks: Contributions of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities to the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity (2011-2020) and to renewing nature and cultures. Current focus is on community-based mapping and monitoring as tools for local governance and the coordination of a global network of Centres of Distinction on Indigenous and Local Knowledge.

She has served as a member of the UN Secretary General’s Scientific Advisory Board (UNSAB) and as Commissioner on the World Commission on Dams. She is a current member of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food).