In the Philippines, concerns are growing in the context of emerging challenges within the community and attempts of governments and conservation NGOs to establish state-sanctioned “Marine Protected Areas.” Read more ▸
Indigenous activist, Milka Chepkorir, speaks about how philanthropy can be a better ally to, and advocate for, the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in protecting biodiversity. Read more ▸
Digital Democracy, UNEP-WCMC, and Forest Peoples Programme (ICCA Consortium Member) have developed “Mapeo for ICCAs,” a mapping app designed with and for communities to enable custodians to map, monitor and support their territories of life on their terms. Read more ▸
In November 2022, the National Association of ICCAs of Burkina Faso and NATUDEV organised the 3rd National Assembly of ICCAs of Burkina Faso. We take a look back at a concrete instance of sharing and commitment between local communities and external partners. Read more ▸
Aquilas Koko Ngomo, Policy and Advocacy Co-coordinator for Africa, ICCA Consortium, speaks to a local TV channel in the backdrop of the “Journey to the African IPLCs Strategy” workshop organized by the Indigenous Movement for Peace Advancement and Conflict Transformation (IMPACT) in Kenya. Read more ▸
Traditional fisherman and head of the village of Selkie in North Karelia, Finland, Tero Mustonen, is a well-known scholar of biodiversity, climate change, and Indigenous issues. He founded Snowchange Cooperative (ICCA Consortium Member) and is the regional representative for the Circumpolar Arctic at the ICCA Consortium Council. Read more ▸
One of the leading Sarawakian Indigenous organizations, SAVE Rivers, and its leaders face a meritless defamation lawsuit in Malaysian court filed by logging company Samling designed to bankrupt and silence them. Read more ▸
April is Earth Month, and April 22 is Mother Earth Day. On this occasion, we reiterate our solidarity with Indigenous Peoples and local communities who maintain their collective lands, waters, and territories of life in the face of immense challenges. Read more ▸
“Community mapping is the most effective method that can facilitate the identification of the ICCA and the conduct of local resource assessment and inventories.” Read more ▸
The Penan and the Kenyah Indigenous Peoples in Northern Sarawak, the Malaysian state of Borneo, work together on sustaining and nurturing their territories of life. Read more ▸
P.V. Satheesh—the quiet revolutionary who helped transform the lives of Dalit women farmers in India—passed away on March 19, 2023. He was 77. The founder of the Deccan Development Society worked for agro-biodiversity, food sovereignty, women’s empowerment, Dalit rights, social justice, and local knowledge systems. Read more ▸
In July 2022, the Biocultural Festival of Morocco, organized by the Moroccan Biodiversity and Livelihoods Association (MBLA, ICCA Consortium Member), focused on sustaining territories of life and preserving farmers’ seeds and traditional culinary knowledge. It also emphasized semi-nomadic pastoralists and the Agdals’ contributions to biodiversity conservation. Read more ▸
The meeting was held on July 14 and 15, 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda Read more ▸
Forests in Indigenous territories in Myanmar face an uncertain future. The military has targeted environmental defenders for their work protecting their lands from theft and destruction by military-run companies and their cronies. Read more ▸
The 2022 Paul K. Feyerabend Awards recognize the work of Indigenous leader Josefina Tunki and human rights advocate Anuradha Mittal. Consortium Member NADA from Gambia was also awarded a grant in the same year. Read more ▸
A future global initiative hosted by the ICCA Consortium must critically address the realization of pastoral communities’ collective rights to their territories and relevant common resources. Read more ▸
We plan to launch Portuguese, Swahili, Russian, and Hindi translations of the self-strengthening guidance later in 2023. Read more ▸
After years of negotiations and many COVID-induced delays, Indigenous Peoples and local communities successfully advocated for key forms of recognition, marking a new minimum standard in the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. The ICCA Consortium’s international policy team provides an initial analysis of the key outcomes of COP15. Read more ▸
The publication “Celebrating Territories of Life in Southeast Asia” by the ICCA Consortium features stories of Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ territories of life. It highlights the region’s traditional knowledge and governance systems and sustainable livelihood practices. Read more ▸
The first regional assembly of ICCA Consortium Members in East Austronesia and the Pacific Islands helped make significant progress in the movement for the Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ territories of life in the region as the Members built consensus on common strategic direction and plans. The three-day assembly was held via Zoom from May 26 to 28, 2022. Read more ▸
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