First published on 03/31/2012, and last updated on 04/15/2017
The Conference brought together IP leaders from ancestral domains representing the country’s key biodiversity areas, government representatives, local and international NGOs, UN agencies, and cooperation agencies from numerous countries to discuss the critical role that IPs and their customary laws and traditional activities have played and do play in conserving a variety of natural environments in the Philippines.
The Manila Declaration, composed by the Indigenous participants during the Conference, was presented and signed on 30 March, 2012.
This conference, solely dedicated to the subject of ICCAs, was a momentous event for drawing attention to ICCAs both within the Philippines, as well as the global context.
Bringing together Indigenous Peoples’ leaders from ancestral domains representing the Philippines’ key biodiversity areas, local and international NGOs, UN agencies, and cooperation agencies from numerous countries, the conference explored the current status of ICCAs, and ways to fully recognize and appropriately support them in the country.
The first National Conference on ICCAs
Key documents from the conference:
- The ICCA Consortium’s Press-Release of the Conference
- The ‘Manila Declaration’
- The NewCAPP conference summary
- The programme schedule
- Some reflections and recommendations for support groups
- Proceedings
