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 ▸
Other ICCAs–territories of life from Argentina and Morocco were reported last year and are in the process of being added to the Registry. Read more ▸
The park’s planning and establishment resulted from years of hard work, discussion, and coordination between communities, Karen civil society, and the Karen National Union. Read more ▸
The discussions and debates in the meeting clarified the Consortium’s path forward, positioning it better to address the challenges faced by Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Read more ▸
ICCA Consortium Southeast Asia recommends positions for the ASEAN member states to negotiate in the Sixteenth Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Read more ▸
The Amazon Node Assembly of the Red Ticca Colombia (ICCA Colombia Network) took place in Cota, Cundinamarca, from February 25 through March 1, 2024. Its objectives were to promote exchange among representatives from territories of life in the Colombian Amazon, carry out the annual ordinary assembly of the Amazon Node Network, and offer a communications training workshop to develop a strategy for the Node and the Re:wild project. Read more ▸
We, the Fokonolona guardians of the Indigenous Community Conserved Area (ICCA–territory of life) from the island of Sakatia in Nosy Be, Madagascar, denounce and oppose the land-grabbing project and the eviction of the population to build an infrastructure project by a company called Green Mada Land on our territory. Read more ▸
KRAPAVIS takes a multi-faceted approach to documentation, restoration, and sustainability of Orans and Dev-vans—the Community Conserved Areas (CCAs) of Indian desert pastoralists. Read more ▸
The event celebrated Indigenous youth’s resilience, determination, and contributions across the region while highlighting the need for collective action to address ongoing challenges. Read more ▸
To commemorate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, ICCA Latin America is organizing a communications campaign from August 8 to 31 Read more ▸
The lawsuit, which seeks to allow Ainu People to fish for salmon under their Indigenous rights, is the first of its kind in Japan. Read more ▸
Traditional fisherman and head of the village of Selkie in North Karelia, Finland, Tero Mustonen, is a well-known scholar of biodiversity, climate change, and Indigenous issues. He founded Snowchange Cooperative (ICCA Consortium Member) and is the regional representative for the Circumpolar Arctic at the ICCA Consortium Council. Read more ▸
For the first time in the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the new global biodiversity framework adopted in December 2022 recognises and commits to protecting environmental human rights defenders. During COP15, a side event co-organised by the International Land Coalition, Natural Justice, and the ICCA Consortium delved into what this means in practice and what women face on a daily basis as they defend their territories of life in diverse contexts. Read more ▸
In a special membership engagement event held in conjunction with the first session of the 2023 General Assembly, ICCA Consortium Members and Honorary members reviewed draft technical analyses and collectively discussed ideas and potential priorities for the association’s policy and advocacy work in 2023 and beyond. Read more ▸
The meeting was held on July 14 and 15, 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda Read more ▸
Dr. Ameyali Ramos (International Policy Coordinator of the ICCA Consortium from 2020-2022 and Deputy Chair of IUCN CEESP) presented on territories of life and “other effective area-based conservation measures” (OECMs) during the online Fuller Symposium on 3 November 2022. This is a lightly edited transcript of Ameyali’s presentation. Read more ▸
The 2022 Paul K. Feyerabend Awards recognize the work of Indigenous leader Josefina Tunki and human rights advocate Anuradha Mittal. Consortium Member NADA from Gambia was also awarded a grant in the same year. Read more ▸
We plan to launch Portuguese, Swahili, Russian, and Hindi translations of the self-strengthening guidance later in 2023. Read more ▸
This joint event, co-organised by the ICCA Consortium, Maliasili, Luc Hoffmann Institute, and IUCN CEESP, reflected on the core values that should guide relationships and partnerships and the power imbalances that often pervade them. Overall, the event highlighted the importance of reconceptualising partnerships from the perspective of Indigenous Peoples and local communities themselves and in the form of networks of solidarity and support. Read more ▸
The Regional Assembly was held from January 25 to 27, 2023, in Garabito, Costa Rica. Sixty-two representatives met to propose strategies related to the territories of life in the region. Read more ▸
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