Asia
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Indigenous Baram communities celebrate timber company’s withdrawal from their lands
Indigenous communities in Sarawak win a landmark victory as the Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) and international timber certifier visit Sarawak to inspect timber operations. Read more ▸
A legal victory for Orans, sacred community-conserved areas
The Supreme Court of India’s clear and specific guidelines are a positive step towards ensuring the conservation of 25,000 orans covering an area of about 600,000 hectares. Read more ▸
Orans
Orans are sacred groves—community-conserved woodland areas around temples or shrines dedicated to lokdevta (folk deities), saints, and local heroes in Rajasthan, India. Read more ▸
Alert: Adivasi communities in Bastar, India, face escalating state violence while resisting land grabs and destructive mining
The Adivasis demand appropriate recognition of their constitutionally guaranteed and internationally acknowledged Indigenous rights. Read more ▸
Thawthi Taw-Oo Indigenous Park: Karen People in Burma establish new conserved territory
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 ▸
COP16 negotiations: ICCA Consortium Southeast Asia shares recommendations for ASEAN member states
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 ▸
QMCS
Qingdao Marine Conservation Society National NGO China Website
OCHA
Organization for Community and Humanitarian Assistance National NGO Afghanistan Website
Cindy Julianty
Policy and Advocacy Coordinator for Southeast Asia, on behalf of NTFP-EP Asia
Asami Segundo
Regional Coordinator for Southeast Asia, on behalf of NTFP-EP
Recap: Webinar on challenges and opportunities in pastoral territories of life in Asia
The ICCA Consortium Members Shan Shui Conservation Center and Kalpavriksh facilitated the webinar, which was held on March 22, 2024; four speakers from different countries with long experience in grassland conservation and development were invited to share stories from their regions. Read more ▸
Regional Assembly discusses Southeast Asia registry and fund for ICCAs—territories of life
The fifth regional assembly of the ICCA Consortium Southeast Asia took place on March 8, 2024, in Subic, Philippines. Read more ▸
India: KRAPAVIS organizes workshop on Orans for desert pastoralist communities
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 ▸
Southeast Asia: Challenges and Ways Forward
Documenting ICCAs passes on traditional knowledge and history, and enables the world to see that ICCA custodians have concrete, nature-based solutions to help reach global conservation targets. Read more ▸
Van Gujjar Tribal Yuva Sangathan |
Van Gujjar Tribal Yuva Sangathan |
