Video: In Costa Rica, the Cahuita people want shared governance in the national park to continue
Government agencies in Costa Rica have announced a plan that will undermine the shared governance model in the Cahuita National Park. Read more ▸
Community Fisheries
Local diving and ecological monitoring teams bring new hope for marine conservation in Madagascar
Articles illustrate how communities in southwestern Madagascar’s locally managed marine areas have made progress to build their capacity for ecological monitoring and expansion of the marine reserves. These LMMAs are part of the MIHARI Network (ICCA Consortium Member) and are supported by Blue Ventures (ICCA Consortium Member). Read more ▸
Mangrove, moon, and the tides: the story of progress in the Mumiang Locally Managed Marine Area of the Suluk People
By Neville Yapp with LEAP – Land Empowerment Animals People (ICCA Consortium Member),Persatuan Komuniti Kampung Mumiang, andForever Sabah In the mangroves of the Kinabatangan estuary, fluorescent… Read more “Mangrove, moon, and the tides: the story of progress in the Mumiang Locally Managed Marine Area of the Suluk People” ▸
Indigenous fisheries and agriculture in Pongso no Tao coastal and marine territory of life
“Our world order and community rules are based on the all-species harmony. Our communities are embedded in the all-species habitats as the custodians and connected to all beings.’’ Read more ▸
Statement of solidarity with the people of the sea on the occasion of the 2022 UN Ocean Conference
The ICCA Consortium urges governments and the UN to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ territories of life as a critical imperative and opportunity to usher in transformative change for the oceans. Read more ▸
The five priorities in the Small-Scale Fisheries Call to Action
As the 2022 United Nations Ocean Conference starts in a few days, artisanal fishers organizations from Asia, Africa, the Pacific, Europe, and South and Central America have joined together to make their voices heard. Together, we call on governments to give small-scale fisheries their rightful place at the center of public policies for exploiting and conserving the oceans Read more ▸
Webinar: A journey through coastal and marine territories of life
Making waves in ocean conservation. Read more ▸
Hawaii celebrates progress on Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Areas
This year, World Oceans Day saw fishing communities on Maui and Hawaii islands celebrate milestones in progress towards adopting rules for Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Areas (CBSFA). The rules reflect the wisdom and practices of kupuna (elder practitioners) and the passing on and preservation of ike (knowledge) to a younger generation of fishers so that they can continue to feed their families from the abundance of their “ice box” in the ocean. Read more ▸
‘One can think of life after there are fish in the canoe’
ICCA Consortium Member Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo (KUA) shares stories about the struggle of communities to re-establish their relationship with the ocean and one and a half generations of effort to secure legal recognition of oceanic territories of life in Hawaiʻi. Read more ▸
Successful locally-led fisheries governance in Tanzania: Communities meet to share lessons learned
Mwambao Coastal Community Network (ICCA Consortium Member) reports from the last annual network meeting and share lessons learned about community-led coastal and marine governance in Zanzibar islands and north-eastern Tanzania. Read more ▸
‘Year of the Limu’ starts in Hawaiʻi: Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo (KUA) to coordinate the year-long activities celebrating seaweed
Hawaiʻi Governor signs community-driven “Year of the Limu” proclamation, acknowledges critical role of seaweed in Hawaiʻi’s culture and environment. Read more ▸
2nd National Congress of Small-Scale Artisanal Fishers and Mollusk Gatherers of Costa Rica
The 2nd National Congress of Small-Scale Artisanal Fishers and Mollusk Gatherers of Costa Rica was held on November 8, 9 and 10, 2021. Read more ▸
Support Indigenous and community fisheries, safeguard against exclusionary protected areas and so-called “blue economy”
ICCA Consortium Solidarity Statement on World Fisheries Day 2021. Read more ▸
ICCAs – territories of life organize first national assembly in Senegal
Two years after its creation, ANAPAC SENEGAL has brought together ICCA stakeholders of Senegal and some countries of the West African sub-region to discuss what has been done to date and define new directions. Read more ▸
World Oceans Day 2021: Indigenous and local community voices
On World Oceans Day, ICCA Consortium Members took part in global events that amplified Indigenous and local community voices for sustaining and defending the bio-cultural diversity of our oceans. Read more ▸
Salween: Indigenous Karen peoples’ aquatic commons and fisheries under Burmese military assault
Karen environmental leader Paul Sein Twa took part in the recently concluded Twentieth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. He spoke as a panelist in a side event titled “Indigenous peoples’ inland small-scale fisheries for healthy food systems.” This article is an adaptation of his speech. Read more ▸
Celebrating youth leadership in Madagascar
New Honorary member Vatosoa Rakotondrazafy received a Top 100 Young African Conservation Leaders Award for her work with the MIHARI Network (Member) and fishing communities across Madagascar. Read more ▸
In Pictures: Pongso no Tao fishers celebrate migratory fisheries and wildlife
Indigenous fishers in Pongso no Tao consider the presence of migratory whales and birds as a good sign to start their migratory fishing season. Read more ▸
Loko I’a fishponds, story of Hawai’i communities restoring fisheries and traditional food system
‘Our ancestors made sustainable use of resources from the top of the mountains down to our oceans and even past our horizon.’ Read more ▸
Lake Budi: an initiative for biocultural restoration led by Mapuche-Lafkenche communities
Learn about the Budi Anumka Association, an initiative led by Mapuche-Lafkenche Indigenous communities for biocultural restoration in Lake Budi Read more ▸
