Release Indigenous Leader Pranab Doley Immediately: ICCA Consortium
Tribal and community rights defender and ICCA honorary member, Pranab Doley, has been arrested in Assam, India, amid resistance to a Kaziranga luxury hotel project. Read more ▸
Asia
Accompanying and deepening the movement of ICCAs–territories of life in Indonesia
Established to promote recognition and mobilize support for ICCAs–territories of life at the national level, the Working Group ICCAs Indonesia (WGII) has been working closely alongside Indigenous and traditional communities. Having now evolved into a formal, membership-based association, Perkumpulan Gerakan Konservasi Rakyat Nusantara (Association of the Indonesian People’s Conservation Movement), it collaborates closely with the ICCA Custodian Network of Indonesia to advance this shared mission. Read more ▸
Rights of Artisanal Fishers and Fishworkers in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has a long way to go to uphold human rights and rights of fishers and fishworkers. In Bangladesh, customary tenure rights are not legally recognized; access exists as an “opportunity” or “privilege” for artisanal fishers and fishworkers, not as a protected right. Furthermore, traditional community-led governance and management of fisheries are not legally recognized. Read more ▸
A Land-Sea Territory of the Tidung People in Malaysian Borneo Is Mapping Its Future Through the Renewal of Customary Law
A new case study explores how the U’un Tidung are revitalizing customary governance and community-led conservation in their ancestral village in Sabah. Read more ▸
Kampung Dagat: A Tidung fishing community in Borneo revitalizing adat and protecting rivers, wetlands, and forests
This case study examines how Kampung Dagat has navigated intersecting pressures and how
its experience illuminates both the possibilities and the limits of community-led conservation
and self-determined development in Sabah Read more ▸
Bayanbulag Pastoralist Community Completes Demarcation, Strengthens Collective Management
Where mountain forests meet valley grasslands, seasonal grazing and shared rules guide conservation Read more ▸
Bastar’s Indigenous communities under threat
Adivasi communities resisting escalated militarization and mining industries in central India. Read more ▸
KRAPAVIS organizes national workshop on Orans and Devbanis
Orans and Devbanis are community-conserved sacred groves that embody India’s ancient tradition of ecological stewardship, particularly across the Thar Desert and the Aravalli Range. Read more ▸
Global alliance urges Dutch government to reconsider endorsement of controversial timber certification scheme
The signatories emphasize that they are not opposed to timber production, provided it is carried out in full compliance with human rights, environmental safeguards, and credible certification standards. Read more ▸
Statement of Solidarity with the Ayta Abellen of Maporac and the Ayta Magbukon of Kanawan, the Philippines
We stand in solidarity with the Indigenous Ayta communities in the Philippines, whose ancestral lands are threatened by land grabs and a U.S. ammunition factory, and we call on the Philippine government, related agencies, and businesses to stop these actions, withdraw without community consent, and respect Indigenous rights. Read more ▸
AGMIHICU |
Agtulawon Mintapod Higaunon Cumadon |
Arab Youth ICCA Network |
CBO |
Association of Artisanal Fishers |
CBO |
The Borneo Project |
NGO |
Protection for Bastar Adivasi communities against state violence in India: global solidarity demands urgent actions
The Adivasis of Bastar are the custodians of their bio-diverse forests in the Chhattisgarh state of India, and their traditional knowledge and cultural heritage have sustained the region’s ecology for generations. Read more ▸
The Calamian Tagbanwa reclaim and revitalize ancestral waters in the Philippines
As a maritime Indigenous People, custodians and guardians of their ancestral waters in the Western Pacific—the Tagbanwa People of the Calamian Islands are navigating complex legal issues in the Philippines to reclaim, govern, and manage their ancestral domains. Read more ▸
ICCA Consortium Southeast Asia reunites for 6th Regional Assembly
The assembly served as a space for reconnection, reaffirmation, and renewal for the ICCAs – territories of life in Southeast Asia — highlighting the meaningful path of regionalization for the Consortium, grounded in solidarity among Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities, and allied organizations in the defense of our territories of life. Read more ▸
