Christian Chatelain
Former Technical Advisor for Africa (Until 2024)
Africa
Aquilas Koko Ngomo
Former Policy and Advocacy Co-coordinator for Africa (2022-2024)
Central Africa regional coordination team, managed by ANAPAC-RDC
UNGA Declaration on the Right to a Clean and Healthy Environment and what this could mean for us in Africa
The UNGA Declaration focuses on tackling the three planetary crisis issues: climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. This blog by Natural Justice illustrates how the Declaration recognizes that these threats are interlinked and need to be collectively resolved to ensure the realization of the right to a clean, sustainable and healthy environment. Read more ▸
New report on implications of COVID-19 and government recovery plans on Indigenous Peoples’ rights and well-being
Published by Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) in August 2022, the report features analyses of global trends and national experiences from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (overseen by ICCA Consortium Member ANAPAC-RDC), Brazil, India, and the Philippines. Read more ▸
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 ▸
New report shows that global funding is failing the grassroots African conservation groups that are key to sustaining nature
A new report produced by Maliasili and Synchronicity Earth demonstrates that complex donor rules and reporting needs shut out smaller organizations and details how making finance simpler and more just will boost conservation impact. Read more ▸
Indigenous and community representatives from Africa condemn historical and continuing injustices in the name of conservation, set out clear demands at regional protected areas congress
On behalf of nearly 150 participants in a pre-Congress workshop co-organised by IMPACT Trust Kenya and the ICCA Consortium, Milka Chepkorir delivered the following speech during the opening plenary of the IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress on 18 July 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda. Read more ▸
New reports identify how to support environmental and human rights defenders and climate activists who face threats while striving for a healthy planet for all
Over time, environmental human rights defenders and climate activists – including Indigenous Peoples and local communities – have shared their challenges with organisations that offer support and protection against threats. New reports analyse the gaps in communication between defenders, donors and supporting organisations and present recommendations on how best to address them. Read more ▸
Indigenous Ogiek in Kenya celebrate reparations judgment from regional court
In a key moment of a long-running landmark case, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ruled in favour of the Ogiek people, including by recognising their rights to collective title, to their language, religious and cultural practices, and to consultation for any development or conservation projects on their ancestral lands. Read more ▸
Alert: Maasai in Tanzania are being forcefully evicted from their ancestral lands
Reports from the Maasai community of Loliondo in Ngorongoro District, Tanzania, indicate that people are being forcefully evicted from their ancestral lands and territories, starting on 10 June 2022. The ICCA Consortium strongly condemns this inexcusable violence against the Indigenous Maasai. Read more ▸
TALENT DES FEMMES AUTOCHTONES RURALES |
TALENT DES FEMMES AUTOCHTONES RURALES / MAHARIFA YA WA MAMA VIJIJINI |
NADA |
NADA – Nsombou Abalghe-Dzal Association |
ACDD |
ACDD – Action Pour le Développement Durable |
ASAPAC/BF |
ASAPAC/BF – Association des Aires et territoires du patrimoine Autochtone et Communautaire |
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 ▸
Tanzania: ICCA Consortium Members aim for better recognition and protection of territories of life
During the last national assembly, ICCA Consortium Members in Tanzania discussed effective advocacy strategies to fulfill the central needs to sustain the territories of life. Read more ▸
Voices from custodians of territories of life on the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Six key foundations for sustaining territories of life from deep reflection amongst ICCA Consortium Members in Africa, Asia, and Latin America on the post-2020 framework. Read more ▸
Alert: Indigenous and human rights defenders in Tanzania stand strong against threat of evictions in Ngorongoro
The Maasai community of Ngorongoro are living in fear of dispossession from their ancestral lands and territories, loss of livelihood and security of their defenders. A group of human rights defenders, including some ICCA Consortium Members, issued a statement to condemn any possible evictions and other violations of human rights in Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Read more ▸
