Joan Carling

Joan Carling is an indigenous activist from the Cordillera (Philippines) working on indigenous issues at all levels for more than 20 years. (2008-2016). Carling has been appointed by the UN Economic and Social Council as an indigenous expert of UNPFII (2014 – 2016), former Secretary General of the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), and member of the Advisory Council of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance. She serves as a Member of the Steering Committee of the Indigenous Peoples Forum at IFAD. Carling is the winner of the champions of the Earth Award 2018, for lifetime achievement.