Recap of the ICCA Consortium’s 2024 In-Person Meeting
The discussions and debates in the meeting clarified the Consortium’s path forward, positioning it better to address the challenges faced by Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Read more ▸
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Global Biodiversity Framework Fund: reflections and recommendations for advancing direct and equitable funding for Indigenous and community-led conservation
This article highlights and builds on key points and recommendations shared in a statement by Giovanni B. Reyes during the Ministerial Dialogue and Pledging Session for the GBFF on 28 October 2024 during the 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16) in Cali, Colombia). Read more ▸
Global Biodiversity Framework: will the resources ever be mobilized to achieve the 2030 targets?
Resource mobilization has always been the most sensitive and contentious agenda item on which to reach a consensus. Read more ▸
COP16 negotiations: ICCA Consortium Southeast Asia shares recommendations for ASEAN member states
ICCA Consortium Southeast Asia recommends positions for the ASEAN member states to negotiate in the Sixteenth Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Read more ▸
ICCA Consortium Statement at COP16: Protecting biodiversity and territories of life
We call on the international community to listen to our voices, recognize our authority over the territories we have cared for over generations, and support us with the necessary resources to continue being guardians of biodiversity. Read more ▸
An appeal for solidarity with traditional communities of Kalamos-Kastos islands in the fight against colonial conservation
In our struggle against land and ocean grabs and fortress conservation, we are being intimidated and threatened; we ask for solidarity and support from the ICCA Consortium members and community-based organizations. Read more ▸
Advancing Human Rights-based Approaches to Target 3 Implementation: A working paper
HRBWG et al. (2024). Advancing Human Rights-based Approaches to Target 3 Implementation. A working paper developed by members of the Human Rights and Biodiversity Working Group and participants in the international workshop on Advancing Rights and Equity in Conservation (Nanyuki, 2024). Read more ▸
From Agreements to Actions: A guide to applying a human rights-based approach to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
A guide to offer additional support and specific examples for Parties, decision-makers, non-state actors, and rights holders involved in biodiversity policy on implementing a human rights-based approach in the Global Biodiversity Framework. Read more ▸
New guidelines: Recognising territories and areas conserved by Indigenous peoples and local communities (ICCAs) overlapped by protected areas
ICCA Consortium members develop Good Practices Guidelines on Protected and Conserved Areas Series volume published by IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas. Read more ▸
Challenges to direct funding access for Indigenous Peoples defending ICCAs amid Unilateral Coercive Measures and armed conflict
The adverse effects of UCMs starkly contradict their purported objectives of promoting human rights and democracy; these measures, which are supposed to uphold these values, undermine them. Read more ▸
East Africa: Climate resilience, mental health and human rights in Pastoralist communities
Displacement and evictions have affected pastoralists’ mental health and well-being, thus creating a state of learned helplessness and depression Read more ▸
The ICCA Consortium holds its 20th General Assembly online
The General Assembly is the association’s highest governance body and is a crucial opportunity to renew and further strengthen our organization Read more ▸
QMCS
Qingdao Marine Conservation Society National NGO China Website
ONG APPEG
ONG APPEG – Association pour la promotion de la paix, l’environnement et le genre National NGO Guinea Facebook
OCHA
Organization for Community and Humanitarian Assistance National NGO Afghanistan Website
ERA
Estudios Rurales y Asesoría Campesina, A.C. Mexico Website
ADECOMA
Assistance au Développement Communautaire et Associatif ONG local Guinea
Groupement pour la Protection de l’Environnement et du Développement Local
Organisation représentant une communauté locale Guinea
Welcoming new Members to the Consortium
The ICCA Consortium welcomes 19 new Member organisations from around the globe. Read more ▸
Welcoming our new President Luis Guillermo Izquierdo Mora
Luis Guillermo, a member of the Arhuaco People, one of the four Indigenous Peoples in Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Mountain range, has been elected as the new President of the ICCA Consortium. Read more ▸
