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 ▸
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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 ▸
Indigenous women are leading transformative change, from within their communities to global halls of power
The ICCA Consortium’s solidarity statement for International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2022. Read more ▸
Leadership urgently needed to deliver an equitable and comprehensive global biodiversity framework
Through the major caucuses, ICCA Consortium Members and Honorary members advocated for recognition of human rights, collective lands, territories and resources of Indigenous Peoples and local communities, environmental defenders, gender equality, future generations and more in the fourth round of in-person negotiations of the post-2020 framework. Read more ▸
Statement of solidarity with the people of the sea on the occasion of the 2022 UN Ocean Conference
The ICCA Consortium urges governments and the UN to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ territories of life as a critical imperative and opportunity to usher in transformative change for the oceans. Read more ▸
The five priorities in the Small-Scale Fisheries Call to Action
As the 2022 United Nations Ocean Conference starts in a few days, artisanal fishers organizations from Asia, Africa, the Pacific, Europe, and South and Central America have joined together to make their voices heard. Together, we call on governments to give small-scale fisheries their rightful place at the center of public policies for exploiting and conserving the oceans Read more ▸
A tentative turning point: Recap of UN CBD negotiations in Geneva
We must take stock of the March 2022 negotiations in Geneva to ensure a strong outcome of the next round in Nairobi in June. Read more ▸
Webinar: A journey through coastal and marine territories of life
Making waves in ocean conservation. Read more ▸
Solidarity statement for the International Day for Biological Diversity 2022
On May 22, we mark the International Day for Biological Diversity at a time when Indigenous Peoples and local communities are still fighting for their rightful place in decisions that affect them and their territories of life. Read more ▸
Towards a ‘manifesto for territories of life’
Join us as we embark on a collective process to reflect on and articulate the ICCA Consortium’s core meaning and reason for being. Read more ▸
Solidarity Statement on International Mother Earth Day 2022
The ICCA Consortium stands in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples and local communities who are sustaining their collective lands, waters, and territories of life in the face of immense challenges and calls on decision-makers and funders to support the self-determination of these custodians and the diversification and localization of the conservation industry. Read more ▸
Decolonizing conservation in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Parties in the upcoming negotiations must align the goals and targets of the post-2020 framework with the self-determined values, visions, and leadership of the Indigenous Peoples and local communities to ensure a healthy and sustainable planet for all. Read more ▸
The 2021 Elinor Ostrom Award for Practitioners goes to Dr. Dario Novellino, Honorary member of the ICCA Consortium
Dario spent nearly three decades supporting the Indigenous Batak in the Philippines’ island of Palawan. Read more ▸
Congratulations, Tero Mustonen!
The professional fisherman and President of Snowchange (ICCA Consortium Member) received the 2021 Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize for bringing together Indigenous and local wisdom and knowledge with western science to address global climate issues. Read more ▸
In Pictures: Communities revitalize Indigenous and traditional knowledge systems and lifeways
Some of the many initiatives led by Indigenous Peoples and local communities to address challenges to their knowledge systems and lifeways. Read more ▸
Thanking Kathia Carrillo
We extend our appreciation and best wishes to Kathia Carrillo as she moves on from the ICCA Consortium’s Secretariat. Read more ▸
Thanking Thomas Niederberger
We extend our appreciation and best wishes to Thomas Niederberger as he moves on from the ICCA Consortium’s Secretariat. Read more ▸
