The ICCA Consortium at WILD10 (Salamanca, Spain) October 7-11, 2013

The Consortium joined forces with WILD10 to organise a number of events and offer speakers for presentations during the Indigenous & Community Lands & Seas Forum (ICLS Forum) that took place in Salamanca (Spain) on 8-10, 2013.

The descriptions of two main events are available here:

  1. Indigenous peoples, traditional communities, “wilderness” and nature – Exploring a revealing paradox
    In this panel discussion representatives of indigenous peoples and traditional communities from various continents illustrated – with words, pictures, presence and sounds – their notion and experience of “nature”.
    English | French | Spanish
  2. Governing wilderness”? Why? Who? How?
    This workshop introduced and discussed the concept of “governance” of protected areas and of nature/wilderness in general and explored how indigenous peoples and traditional communities understand the idea of governing/ being governed by nature.
    English | French | Spanish

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