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The Bornean Kenyah activist Peter Kallang spoke on behalf of the ICCA Consortium’s membership in Southeast Asia in regional meeting on the road to the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Read more ▸
New policy briefs underscore the interlinkages between human rights and biodiversity and share practical guidance on how to apply a human rights-based approach in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, which is currently under negotiation by 196 governments. Read more ▸
Ahead of the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2021 in Marseille, the webinar’s goal was to address the multifaceted social and environmental conflicts generated by restrictive conservation policies and reflect on the ways forward. Read more ▸
ICCA Consortium Southeast Asia Members, Honorary members, and youth representatives participated in a recently organized virtual forum on wild foods, biodiversity, and forest-based livelihoods to explore an outlook towards inclusive food systems in Asia before 2030. Read more ▸
To acknowledge the vital roles of rangelands and pastoralism for human wellbeing and nature conservation and to support the proposed International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) in 2026, ICCA Consortium co-organized a virtual workshop on July 16, 2021, on pastoral communities’ territories of life in grasslands/rangelands across Eurasia. Read more ▸
Indigenous Peoples and local communities were affected more by strict governmental measures than by the virus in many African countries. Read more ▸
On World Oceans Day, ICCA Consortium Members took part in global events that amplified Indigenous and local community voices for sustaining and defending the bio-cultural diversity of our oceans. Read more ▸
Arctic Inari Sámi community, and Snowchange (ICCA Consortium Member) have authored a major case study in the in the latest book on Indigenous food systems co-published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Read more ▸
The ICCA Consortium’s Youth Group brought together diverse young leaders for several events in the IUCN One Nature, One Future Global Youth Summit, held virtually from 5-16 April 2021. Read more ▸
Youth for Territories of Life, the youth group of the ICCA Consortium, organized a session titled “Defending Territories of Life: Experiences and Strategies of Young Frontline Defenders” at the recent IUCN Global Youth Summit. This blog is a recap of the discussions from the session. Read more ▸
Sobering reports by Front Line Defenders and the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders find that people defending land, environmental and Indigenous peoples’ rights were the most targeted and at risk for both lethal and non-lethal attacks. Read more ▸
Among the co-editors of the newest edition of the IUCN Best Practice Guidelines are six Honorary members of the ICCA Consortium By Dr. Emma… Read more “New guidelines published on cultural and spiritual significance of nature” ▸
‘Our ancestors made sustainable use of resources from the top of the mountains down to our oceans and even past our horizon.’ Read more ▸
Learn about the Budi Anumka Association, an initiative led by Mapuche-Lafkenche Indigenous communities for biocultural restoration in Lake Budi Read more ▸
As a prelude to our forthcoming 2020 report, we would like to share some of the defining moments of the year for the ICCA Consortium. Read more ▸
Our Council member Paul Sein Twa (Karen) was honored as the recipient for Asia for his leadership in helping establish the 1.35 million-acre Salween Peace Park in Burma/Myanmar. Read more ▸
How Indigenous peoples on Turtle Island are meeting the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic through social media Read more ▸
A new report by Forest Peoples Programme illustrates that disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 on Indigenous peoples are directly linked to the failure to recognize and ensure their rights, in situ. Read more ▸
ICCA Consortium member Tanzania Natural Resources Forum (TNRF) has coordinated thirteen projects under GSI-ICCAs over the last two years to strengthen and support ICCAs. Read more ▸
Burkina Faso already has a legal structure on the local level to recognize ICCAs, the study found. But this solution does not exclude the prospect for the explicit recognition of ICCAs through national legislation. Read more ▸
Indigenous peoples in Iran still try to maintain a strong social structure and norms to manage their territories of life. Read more ▸
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