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 ▸
Global
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework takes important steps for social and environmental justice
After years of negotiations and many COVID-induced delays, Indigenous Peoples and local communities successfully advocated for key forms of recognition, marking a new minimum standard in the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. The ICCA Consortium’s international policy team provides an initial analysis of the key outcomes of COP15. Read more ▸
Direct biodiversity financing to Indigenous Peoples and local communities should be a priority
Opinion: All donors—governments and private charities—should remove procedural barriers against direct funding to Indigenous People and local community organizations. Read more ▸
ICCA Consortium Position Paper on target 3 of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
ICCA Consortium Position Paper: Ensuring and enabling recognition and support for territories of life in the language and implementation of target 3 and broader Global Biodiversity Framework. Read more ▸
A Rights-based Path for People and Planet
The fourth paper of the series by “Human Rights and Biodiversity Working Group” highlights what it takes to integrate a human rights-based approach in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and how it can be done during the UN Biodiversity Summit COP15. Read more ▸
Pre-CoP15 dialogue initiates north-south collaboration on Indigenous and community leadership in conservation
Indigenous and community leaders from North America and the global South come together to build relations and strengthen a global solidarity movement around Indigenous and community-led responses to the global biodiversity and climate crises. Read more ▸
Dialogue on Indigenous and community leadership in conservation: Enhancing North–South collaboration for the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
On December 6, Rights and Resources Imitative, the Conservation through Reconciliation Partnership (CRP), and the ICCA Consortium—in partnership with the Canadian Research Chair in Human Rights, Health, and the Environment, Montreal International and the Christensen Fund—will co-host a pre-COP15 dialogue on Indigenous and community leadership in conservation. Read more ▸
Invitation to the virtual workshop on “rangelands and pastoralism: towards a global initiative for pastoralists’ territories of life”
ICCA Consortium, in collaboration with UNDP’s Global Support Initiative for ICCAs (GSI), the GEF Small Grants Programme, and the International Support Group for the IYRP, is pleased to announce a second virtual workshop on this topic. The overall aim of the workshop is to initiate a collaborative global initiative that is deeply supportive of pastoralists’ territories of life and their self-determined priorities and plans. Read more ▸
Dana+20 manifesto renews call to recognize and respect the rights of Mobile Peoples
The manifesto is a call to action for governments, conservationists, businesses, and other stakeholders and duty-bearers to recognize and respect the rights of Mobile Peoples and to deepen mutual understanding about the place of mobile ways of life in the future of our world. It was issued after a four-day meeting on the 20th anniversary of the Dana Declaration on Mobile Peoples and Conservation. Read more ▸
Key ICCA Consortium events at COP15
Side events at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Read more ▸
The Journey to COP15
Learn more about our engagement in the official post-2020 process through the updates below, starting with the most recent. Read more ▸
What are we advocating for in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework?
The ICCA Consortium has advocated for several critical issues in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Learn more about these issues through reports, resources, blogs, and news from our membership and allies worldwide. Read more ▸
Perspectives and experiences of Indigenous Peoples, local communities and their organizations and allies in the global movement for territories of life
Learn more about the diverse perspectives and experiences of Indigenous Peoples and local communities, as well as their supporting organizations and allies, on key issues concerning their territories of life and in the context of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Read more ▸
The evidence base for a human rights-based global biodiversity framework
Territories of Life: 2021 Report shows the undeniable role of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in ensuring a healthy planet for all and the urgent actions required to support them Read more ▸
Towards the future Global Biodiversity Framework: ICCA Consortium at UN CBD COP15
In the final stretch of UN negotiations of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, the time is now to recognize Indigenous Peoples and local communities as central to sustaining the diversity of life on Earth. Read more ▸
The future of food: the diversity of food sovereignty systems at the local level is the backbone of global food security
World Food Day 2022: ICCA Consortium’s statement of solidarity with Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Read more ▸
Recap of 2022 UN Ocean Conference: the power of collective action and community resilience in the face of local-to-global challenges
The 2022 United Nations Ocean Conference was held in Lisbon, Portugal, from June 27 to July 1, 2022. The ICCA Consortium and several Members and community partners from twelve island and coastal countries attended the conference. Together, we highlighted the self-determined priorities of Indigenous and community custodians of island, coastal and marine territories of life, and of artisanal and small-scale fishers, in a conference that was otherwise focused on status quo approaches to ocean conservation and economic priorities. Read more ▸
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 ▸
Community fisheries and the 2022 United Nations Ocean Conference
During the recent United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, the ICCA Consortium supported the participation of various Member organizations, fishers, and representatives of Indigenous and local communities. Vivienne Solís Rivera and Marvin Fonseca (CoopeSoliDar R.L, ICCA Consortium Member) recount how participants from Indigenous and local communities made an impact in securing better recognition of their rights and more holistic conservation of the oceans. Read more ▸
Reflections from the 2022 UN Ocean Conference: A long way to go
Many UN member states participating in the UN Ocean Conference still have a long way to go towards recognizing Indigenous Peoples and local communities as part of the solutions to restoring our aquatic ecosystems. Read more ▸
