The publication “Celebrating Territories of Life in Southeast Asia” by the ICCA Consortium features stories of Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ territories of life. It highlights the region’s traditional knowledge and governance systems and sustainable livelihood practices. Read more ▸
The success of Indigenous solutions to pressing conservation challenges in Burma/Myanmar is well-known despite the insurmountable violence and hardships that Indigenous Peoples face in the country. Read more ▸
On December 10, 2022, at the UN Biodiversity Summit, CBD COP15, a delegation of Indigenous leaders from Burma will speak about the successes of Indigenous solutions to pressing conservation challenges despite the insurmountable violence and hardships that indigenous peoples in Burma face. Read more ▸
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After two years of online-only meetings, the ICCA Consortium Southeast Asia Regional Assembly gathered in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in October. Read more ▸
A study on Adivasi women’s kitchen gardening in western India highlights women’s expertise and knowledge in household food production, transformation, and consumption. María Villalpando Páez led the study in collaboration with the Kalpavriksh Environmental Action Group (ICCA Consortium Member). Read more ▸
Indigenous Peoples and local communities from nine countries in Asia shared their aspirations and recommendations in a preparatory meeting and a forum that led to the launch of the Api-Api Declaration. Read more ▸
There are innumerable examples around the world of community-based conservation initiatives with unique governance and management systems and the use of traditional knowledge. These efforts have gained recognition on the national level and within global environmental policies, but there is still a huge gap that exists in bringing visibility to Community Conserved Areas (CCAs), especially in the context of South Asia. Read more ▸
Consultation organized by ICCA Consortium Members KRAPAVIS and Kalpavriksh delves into communities’ concerns with protected areas, potential implications of draft global targets on area-based conservation, and domestic legal tools and locally determined strategies to strengthen community rights in this context. Read more ▸
Stephen (“Steve”) Tauli – a staunch defender of the Indigenous Cordillera Peoples in the Philippines – was abducted on 20 August 2022 by armed men believed to be state security forces and found alive more than 24 hours later. Read more ▸
By Neville Yapp with LEAP – Land Empowerment Animals People (ICCA Consortium Member),Persatuan Komuniti Kampung Mumiang, andForever Sabah In the mangroves of the Kinabatangan estuary, fluorescent… Read more “Mangrove, moon, and the tides: the story of progress in the Mumiang Locally Managed Marine Area of the Suluk People” ▸
We are pleased to announce a new regional coordination team for East Austronesia and the Pacific Islands, and a new African regional focal point for international policy. Read more ▸
During the latest session of the FAO’s Committee on Agriculture, Nahid Naghizadeh delivered a side event presentation on the importance of mobility and nomadic and pastoral peoples in managing biodiversity and food systems, drawing from deep experience in Iran. Read more ▸
In Nagaland, India, the Rengma Village Council Chairman Forum (RVCCF) resolved to have a community conserved area in each village in the Tseminyu District, which already boasts 70% forest cover. Read more ▸
The assembly provided a valuable opportunity for relationship building, peer learning and exchange, and joint visioning and planning amongst the Members and Honorary members in the region. Read more ▸
“Our world order and community rules are based on the all-species harmony. Our communities are embedded in the all-species habitats as the custodians and connected to all beings.’’ Read more ▸
The portal will be later expanded to all other South Asian countries. On the portal, communities can share data, case studies, multimedia content, and maps of the Community Conserved Areas (CCAs) and share their experience documenting, sustaining, and defending these territories of life. Read more ▸
Two hundred forty-seven representatives of Indigenous Peoples and local communities gathered in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, for the 2nd Asia Parks Congress, from 24-29 May 2022, endorsed the Api-Api Declaration. Read more ▸
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