The Role of Intermediaries in Enabling Direct Funding for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Reflections From the Practice of Rainforest Foundation US Read more ▸
Publications
Sustaining Provider-Country Confidence in the Multilateral Mechanism for Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources
Allocation, provenance, and certificate recognition shape provider-country confidence in the digital sequence information (DSI) Multilateral Mechanism Read more ▸
Recognition is Only the Beginning: Indigenous and Traditional Territories After Target 3 of the Global Biodiversity Framework
As countries prepare to translate international biodiversity goals into national policy, the recognition of Indigenous and Traditional Territories must preserve the distinction between territorial governance and conservation classification Read more ▸
Accompanying and deepening the movement of ICCAs–territories of life in Indonesia
Established to promote recognition and mobilize support for ICCAs–territories of life at the national level, the Working Group ICCAs Indonesia (WGII) has been working closely alongside Indigenous and traditional communities. Having now evolved into a formal, membership-based association, Perkumpulan Gerakan Konservasi Rakyat Nusantara (Association of the Indonesian People’s Conservation Movement), it collaborates closely with the ICCA Custodian Network of Indonesia to advance this shared mission. Read more ▸
Rights of Artisanal Fishers and Fishworkers in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has a long way to go to uphold human rights and rights of fishers and fishworkers. In Bangladesh, customary tenure rights are not legally recognized; access exists as an “opportunity” or “privilege” for artisanal fishers and fishworkers, not as a protected right. Furthermore, traditional community-led governance and management of fisheries are not legally recognized. Read more ▸
Kampung Dagat: A Tidung fishing community in Borneo revitalizing adat and protecting rivers, wetlands, and forests
This case study examines how Kampung Dagat has navigated intersecting pressures and how
its experience illuminates both the possibilities and the limits of community-led conservation
and self-determined development in Sabah Read more ▸
ICCAs—territories of life, and Indigenous and Traditional Territories (ITTs)
Reflections, positions, and proposals in the context of KMGBF Target 2, Target 3, and draft guidelines for ITTs Read more ▸
CBD COP16 and Resumed Session: context and reflections from participants
By ICCA Consortium COP16 and Resumed Session (16.2) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD): context and reflections from participants Compilation and editing: Neema… Read more “CBD COP16 and Resumed Session: context and reflections from participants” ▸
Enabling Pathways for Rights-based Community-led Conservation
Technical Report Read more ▸
The Calamian Tagbanwa reclaim and revitalize ancestral waters in the Philippines
As a maritime Indigenous People, custodians and guardians of their ancestral waters in the Western Pacific—the Tagbanwa People of the Calamian Islands are navigating complex legal issues in the Philippines to reclaim, govern, and manage their ancestral domains. Read more ▸
Marine and coastal territories of life in Mesoamerica
Pochet Ballester, G., Acosta, M., & Sánchez Campos, R. (2025). Marine and coastal territories of life in Mesoamerica: A legal analysis from the perspectives of small-scale fisheries (V. Solis Rivera, M. K. Uddin, & C. Jarrett, Eds.; L. Åkerson & D. Campos Rubio, Trans.). ICCA Consortium. https://doi.org/10.70841/my6731g Read more ▸
Technical Analysis of the Global Biodiversity Framework
By the ICCA Consortium In the early hours of December 18, 2022, Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Kunming-Montreal… Read more “Technical Analysis of the Global Biodiversity Framework” ▸
Indigenous People in Nicaragua face a surge in Gold Rush violence
A report by the Oakland Institute reveals that the cost of gold mining expansion is borne by the Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities in the Caribbean Coast Autonomous Regions, who face incessant violence and colonization of their lands. Read more ▸
Advancing Human Rights-based Approaches to Target 3 Implementation: A working paper
HRBWG et al. (2024). Advancing Human Rights-based Approaches to Target 3 Implementation. A working paper developed by members of the Human Rights and Biodiversity Working Group and participants in the international workshop on Advancing Rights and Equity in Conservation (Nanyuki, 2024). Read more ▸
From Agreements to Actions: A guide to applying a human rights-based approach to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
A guide to offer additional support and specific examples for Parties, decision-makers, non-state actors, and rights holders involved in biodiversity policy on implementing a human rights-based approach in the Global Biodiversity Framework. Read more ▸
New guidelines: Recognising territories and areas conserved by Indigenous peoples and local communities (ICCAs) overlapped by protected areas
ICCA Consortium members develop Good Practices Guidelines on Protected and Conserved Areas Series volume published by IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas. Read more ▸
New report: Myanmar’s environmental human rights defenders continue to resist the military junta
The report published by the “All Burma Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance (ABIPA)” illustrate the state of environmental human rights in Myanmar and the strategies pursued by the defenders in the face of violent crackdowns by the military rulers. Read more ▸
Book: Fifty Indigenous Leaders’ Voices for Nature and People in Indonesia
The Working Group ICCAs Indonesia (WGII), a member of the ICCA Consortium, recently launched the English version of the 2021 book “Suara Masyarakat Adat untuk Alam dan Manusia.” The collection of interviews in the book demonstrates that customary governance systems effectively protect biodiversity and ecosystem functions in Indigenous territories of life. Read more ▸
The mobile version of the self-strengthening guidance is now available in Mandarin, Spanish and French
We plan to launch Portuguese, Swahili, Russian, and Hindi translations of the self-strengthening guidance later in 2023. Read more ▸
