New legal analysis on ICCAs in Malaysia
Comprehensive analysis assesses the impacts of laws, policies and institutional frameworks on territories and areas conserved by Indigenous peoples and local communities in Malaysia. Read more ▸
Legal reviews
Legal reviews
ICCA Legal Review series
ICCA Legal Review series: An Analysis of International Law, National Legislation, Judgements, and Institutions as they Interrelate with Territories and Areas Conserved by Indigenous… Read more “ICCA Legal Review series” ▸
Legal Review – Synthesis report
Synthesis report Across the world, areas with high or important biodiversity are often located within Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ conserved territories and areas… Read more “Legal Review – Synthesis report” ▸
Legal Review No 1 International Law and Jurisprudence
Legal Review No 1 International Law and Jurisprudence This report is part of a larger study conducted by the ICCA Consortium between 2011-2012, which… Read more “Legal Review No 1 International Law and Jurisprudence” ▸
Legal Review No 2 Africa Regional
Legal Review No 2 Africa Regional This report provides a synthesis of three country level case studies (Namibia, Senegal, Kenya) carried out in African… Read more “Legal Review No 2 Africa Regional” ▸
Legal Review No 3 Kenya
No 3 Kenya Kenya’s population is ethnically diverse and reflects the diversity of its physical geography and climatic zones. The arid and semi-arid savannahs… Read more “Legal Review No 3 Kenya” ▸
Legal Review No 4 Namibia
No 4 Namibia Namibia has a total land area of approximately 825 000 sq. km and a population estimated at 2 million. Namibia is… Read more “Legal Review No 4 Namibia” ▸
Legal Review No 5 Senegal
No 5 Senegal Sustainable management of natural resources is crucial in Africa where – short of the lifestyle of ‘developed societies’ – local people… Read more “Legal Review No 5 Senegal” ▸
Legal Review No 6 Americas Regional
No 6 Americas Regional Indigenous peoples territories and community conserved areas (ICCAs) play an essential role as a basis for the spiritual and cultural… Read more “Legal Review No 6 Americas Regional” ▸
Legal Review No 7 Bolivia
No 7 Bolivia (in Spanish) Bolivia es un país de gran diversidad cultural, con 36 naciones indígenas cuyas raíces se remontan varios siglos en… Read more “Legal Review No 7 Bolivia” ▸
Legal Review No 8 Canada
No 8 Canada It is estimated there are approximately 1.17 million Indigenous people in Canada (Statistics Canada, 2010b), but this has never been accurately… Read more “Legal Review No 8 Canada” ▸
Legal Review No 9 Chile
No 9 Chile (in Spanish) La población cuyas vidas, culturas y economías se relaciona con los diversos ecosistemas rurales del país alcanza 6 millones… Read more “Legal Review No 9 Chile” ▸
Legal Review No 10 Panama
No 10 Panama (in Spanish) En el estudio de caso se pretende hacer un análisis de la importancia de TICCA’s para la conservación de… Read more “Legal Review No 10 Panama” ▸
Legal Review No 11 Suriname
No 11 Suriname The four most numerous indigenous peoples are the Kali’na (Caribs), Lokono (Arawak), Trio (Tirio, Tareno) and Wayana. In addition, there are… Read more “Legal Review No 11 Suriname” ▸
Legal Review No 13 India
No 13 India India is home to over a billion people and represents a wide spectrum of biological, cultural and geographic diversity. The confluence… Read more “Legal Review No 13 India” ▸
Legal Review No 15 Malaysia
No 15 Malaysia Malaysia has a multi-cultural population, partly a legacy of its strategic location as a trading center between east and west, and… Read more “Legal Review No 15 Malaysia” ▸
Legal Review No 16 The Philippines
No 16 The Philippines The NCIP estimates the population of indigenous peoples in the Philippines between 12 and 15 million distributed into approximately 110… Read more “Legal Review No 16 The Philippines” ▸
Legal Review No 17 Taiwan, Province of China
No 17 Taiwan, Province of China According to the Article 2 of the Basic Act of Indigenous Peoples, “indigenous peoples” are defined as the… Read more “Legal Review No 17 Taiwan, Province of China” ▸
Legal Review No 18 Australia
No 18 Australia Prior to British colonisation in the late 19th century, the entire Australian continent had been owned, managed and sustainably used by… Read more “Legal Review No 18 Australia” ▸
Legal Review No 19 Fiji
No 19 Fiji As of 2007, Fiji’s population numbering 837,271 residents were composed of 56.8% indigenous Fijians (i Taukei), 37.5% Indian and 5.7% other… Read more “Legal Review No 19 Fiji” ▸
