1ª Asamblea Regional de América Latina del Consorcio TICCA

En el contexto del proceso de regionalización del Consorcio TICCA, entre el 22 y 26 de octubre, se realizará la 1ª Asamblea Regional en América Latina, en la Casa de Encuentros La Salle en la localidad de Fusagasugá, Colombia. Será un encuentro orientado a compartir las experiencias y desafíos que enfrentan actualmente los Miembros de esta red en sus países. A partir de estas realidades se definirán las prioridades de acción para los próximos dos años en la región y diseñarán los principales ejes de la estrategia y plan de acción regional 2019-2020.

En esta ocasión se ha organizado un encuentro con espacios conjuntos durante la semana, con el Centro para la Conservación y el Desarrollo Alternativo Indígena – CICADA, organización que también es Miembros del Consorcio TICCA. Buscarán levantar temas de interés común y definir espacios de colaboración en el ámbito de la investigación-acción entre ambas redes.

Vea el programa general del encuentro conjunto con CICADA AQUÍ.

Vea el programa de la 1ª Asamblea Regional de América Latina AQUÍ

A Rights-based Path for People and Planet

The fourth paper of the series by “Human Rights and Biodiversity Working Group” highlights what it takes to integrate a human rights-based approach in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and how it can be done during the UN Biodiversity Summit COP15. Read more ▸

Dialogue on Indigenous and community leadership in conservation: Enhancing North–South collaboration for the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

On December 6, Rights and Resources Imitative, the Conservation through Reconciliation Partnership (CRP), and the ICCA Consortium—in partnership with the Canadian Research Chair in Human Rights, Health, and the Environment, Montreal International and the Christensen Fund—will co-host a pre-COP15 dialogue on Indigenous and community leadership in conservation. Read more ▸

Invitation to the virtual workshop on “rangelands and pastoralism: towards a global initiative for pastoralists’ territories of life”

ICCA Consortium, in collaboration with UNDP’s Global Support Initiative for ICCAs (GSI), the GEF Small Grants Programme, and the International Support Group for the IYRP, is pleased to announce a second virtual workshop on this topic. The overall aim of the workshop is to initiate a collaborative global initiative that is deeply supportive of pastoralists’ territories of life and their self-determined priorities and plans. Read more ▸

Dana+20 manifesto renews call to recognize and respect the rights of Mobile Peoples

The manifesto is a call to action for governments, conservationists, businesses, and other stakeholders and duty-bearers to recognize and respect the rights of Mobile Peoples and to deepen mutual understanding about the place of mobile ways of life in the future of our world. It was issued after a four-day meeting on the 20th anniversary of the Dana Declaration on Mobile Peoples and Conservation. Read more ▸

Recap of 2022 UN Ocean Conference: the power of collective action and community resilience in the face of local-to-global challenges

The 2022 United Nations Ocean Conference was held in Lisbon, Portugal, from June 27 to July 1, 2022. The ICCA Consortium and several Members and community partners from twelve island and coastal countries attended the conference. Together, we highlighted the self-determined priorities of Indigenous and community custodians of island, coastal and marine territories of life, and of artisanal and small-scale fishers, in a conference that was otherwise focused on status quo approaches to ocean conservation and economic priorities. Read more ▸

The South Asia Community Conserved Areas portal is officially launched

There are innumerable examples around the world of community-based conservation initiatives with unique governance and management systems and the use of traditional knowledge. These efforts have gained recognition on the national level and within global environmental policies, but there is still a huge gap that exists in bringing visibility to Community Conserved Areas (CCAs), especially in the context of South Asia. Read more ▸