First published on
10/01/2015, and last updated on 11/27/2017
From Rhetoric to Action: Scaling Up Community and Indigenous Peoples’ Land and Resource Rights
Theme: ICCAs and Land and Water Law and Policy
Meeting dates: 30 September-1 October 2015
Location: Bern, Switzerland
More information: Community Land Rights
| Consortium activities: |
- Co-organised by Honorary Member Fred Nelson and attended by Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend, Stan Stevens and many Consortium members, including PAFID, Natural Justice, FPP, Vasundhara, Samdhana Institute, CENESTA, IPACC, GFC, and others
- Session presentations by reps of Consortium members, including Ghanimat Azhdari (Cenesta), Peter Kitelo (IPACC), Kanyinke Sena (IPACC), Tushar Dash (Vasundhara), Nonette Royo (Samdhana), and Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim (IPACC and GFC)
- Sessions organised by Consortium members FPP and Maliasili Initiatives
- Launch of ICCA Consortium policy brief and companion document entitled “Collective Land Tenure and Community Conservation” (written by Fernanda Almeida with guidance and inputs from the Consortium)
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| Key policy outcomes: |
- Launch of global study called “Who Owns the World’s Land? A global baseline of formally recognized indigenous and community land rights”
- Conference report highlighting 8 action points
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| Contribution to overall strategy: |
Contributed to the objectives of: (1) improving understanding of the relationship between secure rights to lands and waters and community governance, well-being and conservation outcomes; and (2) engaging with and contributing to broader networks and civil society action on land and water rights, under the draft strategy on “ICCAs & Land and Water Law and Policy” |
| Direct financial implications for the Consortium: |
- Minor – less than USD 1000
- Otherwise self-funded by Consortium members
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