Empowering Zambezi communities to manage their own fisheries
The river and the floodplain were in robust health and yielded up to three thousands tonnes of fish annually. Regrettably, this is no longer true. Read more ▸
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ICCAs in Zambia: a hopeful moment!
By: Vincent Ziba, ICCA Consortium Coordinator for East and Southern Africa The population of Zambia, according to the 2010 census information, numbers 15 million… Read more “ICCAs in Zambia: a hopeful moment!” ▸
Tasmania – After a long journey, World Heritage Area delivers Indigenous rights
By: Emma Lee and Fiona Hamilton, Board Directors for melythina tiakana warrana Aboriginal Corporation. Our peoples, Tasmanian Aboriginal peoples, have suffered global injustice as… Read more “Tasmania – After a long journey, World Heritage Area delivers Indigenous rights” ▸
Philippine ICCAs secures support from the GEF
By: Tanya Conlu, NTFP-EP and ICCA Consortium South-East Asia Coordinator and Dave de Vera, PAFID, and ICCA Consortium Honorary member The Global Environment Facility… Read more “Philippine ICCAs secures support from the GEF” ▸
On dangerous ground
Report by: Global Witness report, June 20. 2016 Global Witness documented 185 killings of land and environmental activists across 16 countries in 2015 –… Read more “On dangerous ground” ▸
Kawawana, une solution bleue
Par: Salatou Sambou, coordinateur pour les écosystèmes marins et côtiers en Afrique de l’ouest Le « Forum Régional pour les Océans, les côtes et le… Read more “Kawawana, une solution bleue” ▸
First National Workshop on ICCAs in Myanmar
By: Amalia Maling, WWF Myanmar and ICCA Consortium nominated honorary member In line with the Promise of Sydney vision, POINT (the organization currently facilitating… Read more “First National Workshop on ICCAs in Myanmar” ▸
Primera Asamblea de Iniciativa Comunales
Por: Por Pablo Domínguez, profesor e investigador de Antropología ambiental de la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, y miembro de iComunales y el Consorcio ICCA La… Read more “Primera Asamblea de Iniciativa Comunales” ▸
2nd United Nations Environment Assembly- delivering on the 2030 Agenda
By: Yolanda Sikking, Isis Alvarez and Jeanette Sequeira, Global Forest Coalition The 2nd United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) met during May 23 – 27… Read more “2nd United Nations Environment Assembly- delivering on the 2030 Agenda” ▸
Deliberating Conflict, Peace and Resolution at the 15th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
By: Yolanda Sikking and Jeanette Sequeira, Global Forest Coalition The Fifteenth Session of the Permanent Forum of Indigenous Issues took place from 9 –… Read more “Deliberating Conflict, Peace and Resolution at the 15th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues” ▸
Community views on CCRI during a national workshop in Narok, Kenya
By Yolanda Sikking and David Kureeba, Global Forest Coalition The Indigenous Information Network (IIN), in collaboration with Global Forest Coalition (GFC), organised a Community… Read more “Community views on CCRI during a national workshop in Narok, Kenya” ▸
Tajikistan organized the first CCRI national workshop among GFC groups in 2016
By: Yolanda Sikking and Andrey Laletin, Global Forest Coalition Using participatory processes to involve communities from the very beginning, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC)… Read more “Tajikistan organized the first CCRI national workshop among GFC groups in 2016” ▸
Engaging with “the commons” in Bern…
By Iris Benes, ICCA Consortium Honorary Member and Brod Ecological Society (BED) The International Association of Study of Commons (IASC) is an organization devoted… Read more “Engaging with “the commons” in Bern…” ▸
TICCA en Mesoamérica: evento regional de intercambio de conocimientos y aprendizaje
Por: Albert M. Chan-Dzul, Coordinador de la Región Mesoamérica Consorcio TICCA, Felipe Gómez Gómez, Miembro del Comité directivo Consorcio TICCA, Oswaldo Chayax Tesucún, Miembro… Read more “TICCA en Mesoamérica: evento regional de intercambio de conocimientos y aprendizaje” ▸
Protected Areas in the Congo Basin: Failing People and Biodiversity?
By: Aili Pyhälä, Ana Osuna Orozco and Simon Counsell, the Rainforest Foundation UK A new report on the effectiveness and impacts of the protected… Read more “Protected Areas in the Congo Basin: Failing People and Biodiversity?” ▸
Regional Meeting in Beirut stresses indigenous peoples’ role in food security and sovereignty
By: Ghanimat Azhdari, Co-coordinator for West Asia on behalf of CENESTA Women and men from 12 countries and 20 organisations and networks including members… Read more “Regional Meeting in Beirut stresses indigenous peoples’ role in food security and sovereignty” ▸
Mothers or lesser sisters? The strange case of “conserved areas”
By: Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend, ICCA Consortium Global Coordinator[1] In late January 2016, in a cold but rather unusually sunny Cambridge (UK), a bunch of scientists… Read more “Mothers or lesser sisters? The strange case of “conserved areas”” ▸
COP Out: The hollow promise of the Paris climate deal
By: Hannibal Rhoades, Gaia Foundation If you’ve been following international media coverage of the climate change agreement recently signed into being by world governments… Read more “COP Out: The hollow promise of the Paris climate deal” ▸
La legitimidad de la reclamación sobre el Parque Nacional Rapa Nui
Por: José Aylwin, Abogado, Co Director Observatorio Ciudadano, Miembro del Comité directivo del Consorcio TICCA En ejercicio de los derechos que les han sido… Read more “La legitimidad de la reclamación sobre el Parque Nacional Rapa Nui” ▸
Costa Rica reconoce los cuatro modelos de gobernanza de áreas protegidas– un paso fundamental para la conservación y el respeto de los derechos humanos!
Por: Vivienne Solís Rivera, CoopeSoliDar R.L y miembro del Comité Director del Consorcio TICCA y Marvin Fonseca Borrás, CoopeSoliDar R.L Costa Rica es un… Read more “Costa Rica reconoce los cuatro modelos de gobernanza de áreas protegidas– un paso fundamental para la conservación y el respeto de los derechos humanos!” ▸
