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 ▸
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ICCA Consortium analysis of key targets in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework
As the fourth round of negotiations on the post-2020 framework begin in Nairobi, we take a look at the key issues identified by our membership. Read more ▸
Taking a stand: the non-negotiable elements of the next global biodiversity framework
The roles, rights and responsibilities of Indigenous Peoples and local communities must be appropriately recognized in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework and in the reimagining of conservation. Read more ▸
Alert: Indigenous leader in Ecuador illegally detained as national protests gain momentum
The ICCA Consortium condemns the illegal and arbitrary detention of Indigenous leaders, including Leonidas Iza Salazar, President of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), in the early hours of 14 June 2022. Read more ▸
Webinar: A journey through coastal and marine territories of life
Making waves in ocean conservation. Read more ▸
Alert: Maasai in Tanzania are being forcefully evicted from their ancestral lands
Reports from the Maasai community of Loliondo in Ngorongoro District, Tanzania, indicate that people are being forcefully evicted from their ancestral lands and territories, starting on 10 June 2022. The ICCA Consortium strongly condemns this inexcusable violence against the Indigenous Maasai. Read more ▸
Hawaii celebrates progress on Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Areas
This year, World Oceans Day saw fishing communities on Maui and Hawaii islands celebrate milestones in progress towards adopting rules for Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Areas (CBSFA). The rules reflect the wisdom and practices of kupuna (elder practitioners) and the passing on and preservation of ike (knowledge) to a younger generation of fishers so that they can continue to feed their families from the abundance of their “ice box” in the ocean. Read more ▸
Save Sinjajevina Solidarity Camp in Montenegro from July 8 to 15, 2022
The Save Sinjajevina campaign is petitioning the government of Montenegro to cancel a military training ground in the pasturelands of Sinjajevina and create a protected area co-governed by the local community. Read more ▸
‘One can think of life after there are fish in the canoe’
ICCA Consortium Member Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo (KUA) shares stories about the struggle of communities to re-establish their relationship with the ocean and one and a half generations of effort to secure legal recognition of oceanic territories of life in Hawaiʻi. Read more ▸
New portal presents the diversity of Community Conserved Areas in India
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 ▸
Api Api Declaration at the Asia Park Congress
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 ▸
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 ▸
CSIPN |
CSIPN – Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North |
TALENT DES FEMMES AUTOCHTONES RURALES |
TALENT DES FEMMES AUTOCHTONES RURALES / MAHARIFA YA WA MAMA VIJIJINI |
NADA |
NADA – Nsombou Abalghe-Dzal Association |
ACDD |
ACDD – Action Pour le Développement Durable |
