What is Joan Carling?
[[File:Champions of the Earth 2018 Award winnders.jpg|thumb|Champions of the Earth 2018 Award winnders including Joan Carling (centre)]] [[File:TribalPhilippinesTraditionalRange.png|thumb|Indigenous peoples of the Philippines]] '''Joan Carling''' (born 1963)<ref name=cv>{{cite web|url=https://www.unngls.org/IMG/pdf/Joan_Carling_CV.pdf|title=Joan O. Carling: cv|publisher=United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service|accessdate=17 May 2019|language=}}{{Dead link|date=May 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> is an indigenous Filipino [[human rights]] activist and [[environmentalist]]. She has protected the rights of the native and discriminated peoples for over twenty years. She has served as Secretary General of the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP). She was a chairperson of the Cordillera People's Alliance in the [[Philippines]]. Carling has also contributed to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. She has also contributed to the [[:en:Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation|REDD+ activities]]. She has served as a member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFii). In September 2018, she was given the Champions of the Earth Lifetime Achievement Award from the United Nations Environment Programme. It was in recognition of her work as an environmentalist and a defender of human rights.<ref name=cifor>{{cite web|url=https://www.cifor.org/forestsasia/speaker/joan-carling/|title=Joan Carling|publisher=Forests Asia|year=2014|accessdate=17 May 2019|language=|archive-date=2 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602181007/https://www.cifor.org/forestsasia/speaker/joan-carling/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.unep.org/championsofearth/laureates/2018/joan-carling|title=Joan Carling: Environment and indigenous rights defender|publisher=United Nations Environment Programme|year=2018|accessdate=17 May 2019|language=|archive-date=17 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517112457/http:/