Legal Options to Secure Community–based Property Rights, Fernanda Almeida, 2015 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, The World Bank – Washington DC, March 23-27, 2015
Crossing boundaries: Legal and policy arrangements for cross-border pastoralism
Jointly published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), this publication provides recommendations to enable and secure transboundary mobility for sustainable pastoralism, an overview of several legal and policy mechanisms and several cases of successful bilateral and multilateral agreements. Read more ▸
Informe de Políticas ‘Conservación inclusiva ¿de quién?’, en Castellano
El término ‘conservación inclusiva’ ha sido adoptado recientemente por el Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial en su programa 2018-2020 para la financiación de la biodiversidad. En este contexto, el Consorcio TICCA propone aquí una definición y recomendaciones Read more ▸
Reflections on a 15-year journey to rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities
By knowing the history of an organisation, we can better understand its motivations and actions. This beautiful multimedia story provides a glimpse of the 15 biggest moments so far of ICCA Consortium Member Blue Ventures’ ongoing journey, which began in Madagascar and continues to grow with coastal communities around the world. Read more ▸
Resource extraction and infrastructure threaten forest cover and community rights
This academic research, co-authored by Nonette Royo, an ICCA Consortium Honorary member, aims to support policy innovation, using geospatial and qualitative data from Amazonia, Indonesia, and Mesoamerica to explain how infrastructure and extractive industry lead directly and indirectly to deforestation, forest degradation, and increasingly precarious rights for forest peoples. Read more ▸
Karen indigenous communities in Myanmar have officially launched the Salween Peace Park
Last month, indigenous Karen communities, the Salween Peace Park Committee, and the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN – an ICCA Consortium Member) officially launched the Salween Peace Park in the Mutraw District of Myanmar’s Kayin State. Read more ▸
Strengthening long-term and counter-historical processes of self-determination in Taiwan, province of China, a 2018 overview
In 2018, the work of the Taiwan Indigenous Conserved Territories Union (TICTU – an ICCA Consortium Member) in Taiwan was concentrated along four fronts: a mega solar-power farm project, an air force base, conflicts in traditional territories, and nuclear waste dumps. Read more ▸
Exchange of Experiences and Strengthening Capacities of Indigenous Women Leaders of Bolivia
In December 2018, in the town of Santiago de Chiquitos in Bolivia, the first Workshop of Exchange of Experiences and Strengthening of Capacities of Indigenous Women Leaders of Bolivia was held, organized by the TICCA Consortium Bolivia . Read more ▸
Newsflash #13 – December 2018
Briefings on ICCAs around the world – issue #13 Read more ▸
Adoption of our policy on “Defending Territories of Life and Their Defenders” coincides with 20th anniversary of UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders
During our XIIIth General Assembly in November, the ICCA Consortium adopted a new policy on “Defending Territories of Life and Their Defenders”, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. What does this mean to us in concrete terms? Read more ▸
Regenerating the diversity of terraced landscapes through food sovereignty
By putting farmers and peoples at the centre, food sovereignty allows the traditional custodians of terraced landscapes to regenerate a diversity of local ecologies, economies, and cultures as part of a new modernity. After briefly describing the origins and history of food sovereignty, this paper, written by Michel Pimbert, an ICCA Consortium Honorary member, highlights some of the major challenges that need to be addressed to enable the spread of food sovereignty in terraced landscapes and their associated territories. Read more ▸
La grève comme moyen efficace de défense d’une APAC – La zone de pâture intercommunautaire de Namoungou
Au Burkina Faso, les éleveuses et éleveurs Peuls ont utilisé en cette fin 2018 une façon inédite dans cette région de lutter pour la défense de leurs droits : la grève ! Vidant le marché de bétail, ils ont obtenu gain de cause. Read more ▸
UN adopts International Declaration on the Rights of Peasants
On December 17th, the 73 Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 73) in New York adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas! Now that the declaration is an international legal instrument, it is time to mobilise to support regional and national implementation processes. Read more ▸
Highlights from the 55th GEF Council Meeting and CSO Consultation
The ICCA Consortium joined Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Civil Society Organisation (CSO) Network members at the 55th GEF Council Meeting and CSO consultation. An opportunity to enhance the value of ICCAs and the need for their recognition, as well as to support a meaningful “inclusive conservation”. Read more ▸
Supporting ICCAs in Uganda: beyond revenue-sharing, ICDPs and “community” conservation
As the Uganda Wildlife Authority develops the second iteration of its Community Conservation Policy, communities and their territories should look beyond conventional “community” conservation and towards ICCAs – territories of life. This is already beginning in the Karenga Community Wildlife Area… Read more ▸
Outputs on the COP 24 of the UNFCCC
UNFCCC’s 24th Conference of the Parties began with great expectations. Despite some progress such as the creation of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform, COP24 overall was marred by insufficient ambition and action on crucial issues. Read more ▸
The commons in Italy: time to recognise their value for conservation!
On the occasion of the VIth National Conference of Applied Anthropology in Cremona, Italy, held on December 13th, 2018, two initiatives, organised by ICCA Consortium Honorary members, took place to highlight the recognition of “commons” as a crucial means to conserve biodiversity. Read more ▸
National Workshop on ICCAs held in Malaysia
A multi-stakeholder workshop organized by PACOS Trust and SGP-Malaysia called for more support for communities’ self-strengthening efforts, the establishment of a national ICCA working group and the development of a dedicated law on ICCAs—Territories of Life. Read more ▸
Strong showing of ICCA Consortium at biennial UN CBD COP 14 summit leads to important gains in key decisions
Through oral statements and direct engagement with government delegations, our Members and Honorary members present at the CBD COP 14 influenced the negotiations of several decisions, including those on traditional knowledge, protected and conserved areas, climate change, the post-2020 biodiversity framework, and more Read more ▸
Newsflash #12 – October/November 2018
Briefings on ICCAs around the world – issue #12 Read more ▸
