ICCA Consortium launches major new report on territories of life
The report highlights the importance of recognising Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ rights and governance systems for effective and equitable conservation. Read more ▸
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Exhibition on pastoral territories of life
The exhibition “Territories of life on the edge: Pastoral Commons of the Mediterranean Mountains in the 21st-century” highlights bio-cultural diversity within a shared space, the resilience of communities, the threats they face, and conservation challenges in Euro-Mediterranean pastoral territories of life. Read more ▸
KRAPAVIS wins India Biodiversity Awards 2021: Recognition for community-led restoration of Orans
Our Member Krishi Avam Paristhitiki Vikas Sansthan (KRAPAVIS) has won the India Biodiversity Awards 2021 for its two-and-a-half decades of work to restore hundreds of Orans, sacred community-conserved areas in the desert state of Rajasthan. Read more ▸
Salween: Indigenous Karen peoples’ aquatic commons and fisheries under Burmese military assault
Karen environmental leader Paul Sein Twa took part in the recently concluded Twentieth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. He spoke as a panelist in a side event titled “Indigenous peoples’ inland small-scale fisheries for healthy food systems.” This article is an adaptation of his speech. Read more ▸
ICCA Consortium announces upcoming report on Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ territories of life
The ICCA Consortium is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of its first-ever local-to-global report on the state of territories of life. Read more ▸
Integrating human rights into the post-2020 global biodiversity framework
As part of a diverse group promoting human rights within the post-2020 framework, the ICCA Consortium contributed to a discussion paper that sets out clear options for negotiators. Read more ▸
Celebrating youth leadership in Madagascar
New Honorary member Vatosoa Rakotondrazafy received a Top 100 Young African Conservation Leaders Award for her work with the MIHARI Network (Member) and fishing communities across Madagascar. Read more ▸
Welcoming the newest member of our global team!
We are pleased to announce that Milka Chepkorir (Sengwer, Kenya) has joined the ICCA Consortium’s Secretariat as Coordinator, Defending Territories of Life. Read more ▸
Pacific nations are on the path of holistic ocean governance, the 30 by 30 campaign may destroy that without major changes
Calls for a new area-based conservation target must not bulldoze the Indigenous roadmap that has allowed small island nations to sustainably govern and manage a hundred percent of their coastal and marine territories, improve their lives and conserve fisheries. Read more ▸
Welcoming new Members and Honorary members to the Consortium
The ICCA Consortium Membership Committee is pleased to announce that the review period for the first group of ICCA Consortium Member applications and Honorary member nominations for 2021 has ended, and no objections have been made to these within the 30-day period. Read more ▸
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Indigenous peoples under new attacks in Myanmar: An open letter and call to action
Military airstrikes on the Salween Peace Park starting on 27 March 2021 have affected tens of thousands of Indigenous villagers in northern Karen State in Burma/Myanmar. The ICCA Consortium has issued an open letter and call to action condemning the military’s human rights violations and violence against Indigenous peoples, ethnic groups, and other innocent civilians. Read more ▸
