We are living in unprecedented times. The COVID-19 pandemic has irrevocably changed our world within a few short months. This has changed the nature of our and our Members’ work in support of ICCAs–territories of life.
This webpage aims at compiling information that is related to the COVID-19 pandemic and territories of life.
We are holding global calls for the ICCA Consortium membership to discuss several aspects of the pandemic, including impacts and responses within our membership and territories of life in general.
How can traditional indigenous knowledge help us cope with the pandemic? Sutej Hugu, our Regional Coordinator for East Asia, tells us of the Indigenous Taiwan Self-Determination Alliance and their reflections on the current situation. Read more ▸
Indigenous peoples and local communities who are defending their territories of life face heightened risks in the COVID-19 pandemic. Front Line Defenders reports on the impacts of COVID-19 on the safety and work of human rights defenders, and shares practical tips for the physical, emotional and digital protection of defenders working from home. Read more ▸
Albert Maurilio Chan Dzul, Coordinador del Consorcio TICCA para Mesoamérica y representante de U Yich Lu’um, A.C., comparte las reflexiones y estrategias de su organización frente a la pandemia actual, profundizando sobre resiliencia, relación espiritual con el territorio y salud mental. Read more ▸
In Canada, the Conservation through Reconciliation Partnership held a virtual dialogue on the importance of Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. With a message of great hope, Allison Bishop shares the group’s collective reflections about human relationships with nature and the opportunity that IPCAs represent to care for the natural world. Read more ▸
The ICCA Consortium organised the first round of online discussions to bring together our membership in this difficult time, to strengthen solidarity, share experiences and responses from territories of life around the world, and jointly reflect on the ICCA Consortium’s role, both now and into the future. We shared inspiring stories as well as challenges, as we considered how the ICCA Consortium could play a role in confronting and affecting the dominant paradigms that led to the emergence of COVID-19. Read more ▸
Protocolo comunitario ante la contingencia por el COVID 19.¿Cómo enfrentar la emergencia sanitaria por el COVID19 con organización comunitaria?, por Ka’ Kuxtal Much Meyaj… Read more “Protocolo Comunitario Ante la Contingencia por el COVID 19” ▸
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