Follow their action in the dedicated website: Save Ekuri Forest!

The ICCA Consortium has written (February 29, 2016) to top national authorities in Nigeria to express its serious concerns regarding a impending so called “super-highway” expected to be built across the Ekuri community forest in Cross River State— one of Nigeria’s last and most precious surviving rainforests.

Work to begin clearing the forest for the “super-highway” is said to be imminent in Ekuri’s land and has seemingly already begun in neighbouring land, engendering the desperation of local communities.

This initiative, which is proceeding in absence of any environmental and social impact analysis and certainly without the Free, Prior and Informed Consent of the relevant communities– violates international obligations in terms of human rights and indigenous peoples’ rights and is squarely in contradiction with CBD and UNFCCC obligations to which Nigeria has freely adhered.

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The Journey to Kunming (Part II): Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Make Their Voices Heard in First Official Meeting of Post-2020 Process

From organising demonstrations to delivering statements in UN plenary sessions, representatives of indigenous peoples and local communities around the world are creating an “ecosystem” of collective actions for rights-based approaches and intergenerational equity — and tackling the drivers of biodiversity loss as key elements of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Read more ▸

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