This 8-page policy brief explains different ‘stages’ of criminalisation and their effects on individuals and communities, especially women, and sets out key recommendations for ending the criminalisation of those who defend Mother Earth. Read more ▸
This global campaign urges all of us to #StandWithDefenders by shining a spotlight on indigenous peoples and communities who are criminalised for defending their territories of life. Read more ▸
The ICCA Consortium held its XVth General Assembly from 2-3 December 2019 in Udaipur (Rajasthan, India). In this video, President Teddy Baguilat gives a short summary of the key outcomes of the Assembly and an overview of the important moments to come in 2020! Read more ▸
Representatives from indigenous peoples, afro-descendant, and peasant communities from 16 countries issued the Geneva Declaration, an urgent call for action that demands governments and companies end the violence, killing, and deliberate criminalisation of people defending their rights, their lands and their communities. Forest Peoples Programme (ICCA Consortium Member) participated in this process. Read more ▸
“Globally, there is a visible counter-trend to the destructive process of ‘development’ that the forces of capitalism, statism, and patriarchy have imposed”. In this article, Ashish Kothari (Member of the ICCA Consortium Council of Elders) introduces a new global initiative, attempting to weave together the various movements seeking alternatives to mainstream development. Read more ▸
Supporting resurgent Indigenous-led governance: A nascent mechanism for just and effective conservation, by Kyle A.Artelle, Melanie Zurba, Jonaki Bhattacharyya, Diana E.Chan, Kelly Brown, Jess… Read more “Supporting Resurgent Indigenous-led Governance: A Nascent Mechanism for Just and Effective Conservation” ▸
The ICCA Consortium is delighted to release its new Policy Brief, which highlights and documents the profound significance of ICCAs—territories of life- and their contributions to the food sovereignty of the peoples and the communities themselves. This is a call for movements that foster food sovereignty and movements strengthening territories of life to exchange knowledge and support each other! Read more ▸
In 2013, the World Bank launched its Enabling the Business of Agriculture Project, with the aim of guiding pro-business reforms in the agriculture sector by “scoring” countries on the “ease of doing business”. After five years of campaigning and advocacy on the part of land rights defenders, the World Bank has dropped a land indicator that aimed at privatizing the commons in the Global South. ICCA Consortium Honorary member Anuradha Mittal explains the process that led to this major victory, and the future perspectives of the campaign. Read more ▸
The meetings of the Global Environment Facility Council and CSO Network included approval of the ‘Inclusive Conservation Initiative’ concept and guidelines on environmental and social safeguards, a consultation on illegal wildlife trade and more. Read more ▸
Among the many existing tools for documenting ICCAs, the one proposed by InsightShare proves to be a powerful way for communities to create participatory media that reflects their unique concerns and amplifies their unique voices. InsightShare shared examples of effective uses of video during the Video4Change gathering, attended by 40 indigenous activists and video practitioners, including Ivan Vaalbooi and Lesle Jansen from Natural Justice (ICCA Consortium Member). Read more ▸
New York hosted numerous side-events organized by civil society around the UN Climate Week in September. Pooven Moodley, ICCA Consortium Council member and representative of Natural Justice, Member of ICCA Consortium, tells about this inspiring moment. Read more ▸
The President and Executive Committee of the ICCA Consortium are delighted to announce the appointment of Holly Jonas as Consortium Global Coordinator, to begin in January 2020. The Executive Committee of Council looks forward to working alongside Holly and taking the Consortium to new heights! Read more ▸
Paul Sein Twa, ICCA Consortium Honorary member, participated in the World Water Week in Stockholm, where he strongly advocated for the recognition of ICCAs’ contributions through a right-based approach to conservation, as a key element for the success of any ongoing and future environmental protection and climate change initiatives. Read more ▸
Participants in this meeting were invited to deepen their understanding of our shared responsibility to create and preserve places where diversity can flourish. Eunice Kerexu, of Brazil, offered this: “We invite you to reforest your hearts and minds. Help us enforce our rights internationally.” Read more ▸
Representatives from seventeen indigenous wisdom traditions came together in London. Travelling from diverse territories around the Earth, the Indigenous delegates brought with them a shared and inspiring vision of how humans might participate once more in the sacred cycles of life. The Gaia Foundation, Member of ICCA Consortium, participated. Read more ▸
Natural Justice, ICCA Consortium Member, participated in a global meeting to confront the current planetary crisis by fostering the protection of our sacred natural sites and ensuring the restoration of Earth’s ecosystems and biodiversity. The meeting led to the creation of The Alliance for the Sacred Sites of Earth Gaia. Read more ▸
From organising demonstrations to delivering statements in UN plenary sessions, representatives of indigenous peoples and local communities around the world are creating an “ecosystem” of collective actions for rights-based approaches and intergenerational equity — and tackling the drivers of biodiversity loss as key elements of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Read more ▸
As the Amazon forest continues to burn for more than 20 days without effective action being taken by the Brazilian and Bolivian governments, COICA is calling out to international allies for solidarity and urgent assistance, to gather funds to stop fires and help local communities recover. Read more ▸
Council member Marco Bassi shares insider information about the International Land Coalition, after representing the ICCA Consortium at the recent Global CSOs Caucus meeting in Rome. Read more ▸
As the Amazon continues to burn and the world watches in horror, Simone Lovera from Global Forest Coalition, ICCA Consortium Member, reminds us of the largest root causes of the fires: industrial beef and soy production. Read more ▸
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