Thanking Sarah Ryder
By ICCA Consortium For over a decade, Sarah has been part of the ICCA Consortium. Sarah started to work with the ICCA Consortium as… Read more “Thanking Sarah Ryder” ▸
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Global database on conservation by Indigenous Peoples and local communities opens to the public
The public launch of the ICCA Registry—a global database on conservation by Indigenous Peoples and local communities, marks a significant milestone in accessibility to such crucial information, underlining its international significance. Read more ▸
Preparing for the 20th General Assembly (online)
The 20th General Assembly (GA) of the ICCA Consortium will be convened virtually on Tuesday, June 4, Thursday, June 6, Tuesday, June 25, and Thursday, June 27, 2024, from 12:00 to 14:30 UTC daily. Read more ▸
Changes in the Secretariat’s operations team
Please join us in welcoming Deborah Mowesley as our new Administration and Events Coordinator and Diana San Jose and Roger Palma as our new Internal Team Support Co-coordinators. Read more ▸
Welcoming the ICCA Consortium’s new Global Coordinator
Ali Razmkhah was selected for the role by the unanimous consensus of the Executive Committee of the ICCA Consortium’s Council. Read more ▸
Weaving networks as Indigenous women of the sea: everyday political action and resistance from the territorial level
Indigenous women that live in coastal Chile are coming together to defend the sea, protect biodiversity, and exercise their rights. Read more ▸
Complaint by Ecuadorian Indigenous Nation asks British Columbia Securities Commission to Investigate Solaris Resources
Indigenous Organizations Unite Against Controversial Amazon Copper Mining Project Read more ▸
The ICCA Consortium and Indigenous Peoples’ territories of life
The Consortium as a collective and its members in their capacities have been among the critical actors in facilitating the changed understanding: support and recognition to the Indigenous Peoples and local communities, their worldviews, bio-cultural governance, and knowledge systems can help us arrive at transformative pathways to address the deepening global ecological and climate crises. Read more ▸
Alert: Support for Daniel Caniullán Huentel and the defenders who are being threatened in Chile’s coastal and marine spaces
We share this alert about the increasing threats against defenders of coastal and marine spaces in Chile and express our solidarity with Daniel Caniullán Huentel, who is continuously facing intimidation. He’s a lonko (leader) of the Pu Wapi Indigenous community of Melinka in Guaitecas (Aysén region). Read more ▸
Indigenous peoples and local communities assert their role in conservation at the IUCN African Protected and Conserved Areas Congress
In July 2022, the ICCA Consortium was present at the first African Protected and Conserved Areas Congress (APAC-Congress), organised in Kigali under the aegis of the IUCN. Indigenous Peoples and local communities made their voices heard, calling for conservation to be inclusive and community-led across the continent. Read more ▸
Join our team: Positions open for Internal Team Support Coordinator and Administration & Event Coordinator
Members of Indigenous Peoples and local communities from any region and/or individuals from Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Pacific are particularly encouraged to apply. Read more ▸
Call for Action: Save the ICCA–territory of life of Sakatia in Madagascar against land grabbing
We, the Fokonolona guardians of the Indigenous Community Conserved Area (ICCA–territory of life) from the island of Sakatia in Nosy Be, Madagascar, denounce and oppose the land-grabbing project and the eviction of the population to build an infrastructure project by a company called Green Mada Land on our territory. Read more ▸
India: KRAPAVIS organizes workshop on Orans for desert pastoralist communities
KRAPAVIS takes a multi-faceted approach to documentation, restoration, and sustainability of Orans and Dev-vans—the Community Conserved Areas (CCAs) of Indian desert pastoralists. Read more ▸
FIDEPE celebrates the first Africa Protected and Conserved Areas Day in Cameroon
In Bafoussam, Cameroon, several activities were organized to celebrate this Day under the theme of “Harmony between man and nature: community conservation, an opportunity for biodiversity”. Read more ▸
Southeast Asia: Challenges and Ways Forward
Documenting ICCAs passes on traditional knowledge and history, and enables the world to see that ICCA custodians have concrete, nature-based solutions to help reach global conservation targets. Read more ▸
Van Gujjar Tribal Yuva Sangathan |
Van Gujjar Tribal Yuva Sangathan |
Alert: Ogiek Indigenous Peoples of Mau-Narok are being evicted despite two African Court judgments in their favor
The ICCA Consortium strongly condemns this inexcusable violence against the Ogiek and stands in solidarity with the affected communities and our Member Ogiek Peoples’ Development Program as they seek justice. Read more ▸
Welcoming new Members and Honorary members to the Consortium
The ICCA Consortium Membership Committee is pleased to announce our newest Members and Honorary members! The following organisations and individuals have joined the membership through the review/intake round in early 2023. In light of our ongoing process of organisational reflection, revisioning and strategic planning, the 2023 General Assembly decided to have only one membership intake round this year (instead of two) and to temporarily pause consideration of new Member applications and Honorary member nominations until early next year. Read more ▸
