First published on 10/11/2014, and last updated on 03/11/2018
At a ceremony during the High Level Segment (HLS) of the CBD COP12, the German government, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announced a new partnership to create the largest global fund for territories and areas conserved by indigenous peoples and local communities (ICCAs).
The 5-year initiative entitled ‘Support to indigenous peoples’ and community conserved areas and territories (ICCAs) through the GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP)’ will be financed as a contribution to the achievement of Targets 11, 14 and 18 of the CBD Aichi 2020 framework, and will work in at least 26 countries at the global level. […]
The project will work to strengthen the Global ICCA Consortium […] and will engage the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) to review the contribution of ICCAs towards the global Aichi targets through the revamped WDPA.[…]
At the launch of the ICCA GSI during the HLS, the Parliamentary Secretary of the German government, Ms. Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter noted that “over the next five years, the initiative will support ICCAs as natural solutions to the internationally recognized targets on the good governance of protected areas, protection of traditional knowledge, and support towards sustainable development established by the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan, in 2012”. […]
As a contribution to the CBD Aichi targets, the Global ICCA Support Initiative will also support the effective and equitable governance of the global network of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures as part of the ‘Promise of Sydney’ to be launched at the forthcoming IUCN World Parks Congress (WPC) from 12-19 November 2014 in Australia.
Contact: Dr. Terence Hay-Edie, GEF (SGP), terence.hay-edie@undp.org
