During our XIIIth General Assembly in November, the ICCA Consortium adopted a new policy on “Defending Territories of Life and Their Defenders”, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. What does this mean to us in concrete terms? Read more ▸
On the occasion of the VI National Conference of Applied Anthropology in Cremona (Italy), on December 13th, 2018, two initiatives were organised to highlight commons recognition as necessary for biodiversity conservation. Read more ▸
The ICCA Consortium celebrated its XIIIth General Assembly in Ethiopia this year. It was a deeply felt moment of determination with the election of the new ICCA Consortium President: Teddy Baguilat Read more ▸
The Members of the ICCA Consortium in Africa gathered for their Regional Assembly in Novembre 2018. It was, to date, the most important meeting in the region in the Consortium’s history! Read more ▸
En el marco de la Iniciativa Mundial de Apoyo a los TICCA y como corolario del evento de cierre de los proyectos PPD TICCA, 15 representantes de comunidades y organizaciones indígenas, negras y campesinas firmaron el pasado 9 de noviembre la Declaración de Conformación de la Red TICCA Colombia. Read more ▸
The ICCA Consortium will participate in the forthcoming UN Biodiversity Conference which will be held from 13 – 29 November 2018 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. It… Read more “The Consortium at the 14th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 14)” ▸
In October 2018, the IUCN Global Protected Areas programme together with IUCN South American Regional Office and the ICCA Consortium, convened in Pachacamac (Peru) for a workshop entitled “Strengthening the governance of conserved territories in the Peruvian Amazon”. Read more ▸
The ICCA Consortium Members, partners and friends of West and Central Asia and the Caucasus gathered in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from 29-31 October 2018. Read more ▸
An important delegation of the ICCA Consortium participated in the 3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress, in Thailand. An opportunity to reflect on the future of Small scale fisheries. Read more ▸
The ICCA Consortium participated in the World Mountain Forum and Silk Roads Conference in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in October of 2018. ICCAs, or “Territories of Life”, were identified as crucial to fulfilling the goals of Sustainable Mountain Development. Read more ▸
En octubre la Asociación Trashumancia y Naturaleza, junto al Consejo de la Mesta y en colaboración con el Ayuntamiento de Madrid, España, ha celebrado la Fiesta de la Trashumancia en Madrid para conmemorar el 25 aniversario de la recuperación de esta práctica ganadera Read more ▸
La primera Asamblea Regional de América Latina se llevó a cabo entre el 22 y 26 de octubre de 2018 en Fusagasugá, Colombia. Se iniciaron los primeros pasos de la regionalización del Consorcio. Read more ▸
The Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCA) Gathering took place in Canada, hosted by former members of the Indigenous Circle of Experts (ICE), the Alberta Government, and the federal government. An occasion for participants to meet, share their lessons learned, forge new partnerships and define new commitments. Read more ▸
En el contexto del proceso de regionalización del Consorcio TICCA, entre el 22 y 26 de octubre, se realizará la 1ª Asamblea Regional en… Read more “1ª Asamblea Regional de América Latina del Consorcio TICCA” ▸
Co-organised by Interreg Nord Summer Whitefish and Snowchange Cooperative, the Festival of Northern Fishing Traditions has concluded successfully in Tornio, Finland. Over 150 small-scale and Indigenous fisher women and men around the world joined forces to discuss climate change, traditional knowledge, governance and direct exchanges to meet common challenges. Read more ▸
Participamos en la Conferencia de la Sociedad Internacional de Economía Ecológica, recordando que si bien la lucha es desde abajo, también exigimos a los gobiernos estatales y otros actores así como a los diferentes instrumentos de la ONU que apoyen los TICCA-territorios de vida Read more ▸
Indigenous peoples’ organisations from across Malaysia gathered for a full-day seminar on ICCAs on 8 August 2018 in Bau, Sarawak. Unique to different Indigenous peoples in the three regions of Malaysia, terms such as Pemakai Menua, Pulau Galau, Gompi Guno and Ingaladan represent sophisticated systems of Indigenous customary laws and practices that enable the respective communities to live in harmony with their traditional territories. Read more ▸
Important gathering of the ICCA Consortium in Montreal last June- July, on the occasion of its Extraordinary General Assembly, the SBSTTA and SBI of the Convention on Biological Diversity and a Community Conservation meeting Read more ▸
The Regional Assembly of the ICCA Consortium Southeast Asia and West Austronesia regions was held in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, on August 1-4, 2018. Read more ▸
Dans le cadre de son engagement dans l’accompagnement des communautés détentrices des forêts communautaires et APAC, l’ANAPAC RDC a organisé du jeudi 02 au vendredi 03 août 2018 l’atelier qui a invité les parties prenantes du mouvement autochtone en RDC. Read more ▸
A seminar on Arctic Indigenous and Local Knowledge & Sustainability, organized by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) took place in Helsinki University, Finland: an effort to work across knowledge systems and incorporate Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK) in biodiversity assessment. Read more ▸
