The United Nations Development Program’s (UNDP) independent watchdog visited Myanmar to investigate a large conservation project posing grave risks to indigenous communities in the Tanintharyi Region, an area of the country that has seen decades of armed conflict during Myanmar’s 70-year civil war. Read more ▸
On June 2019, the Myanmar ICCA Working Group held its bi-annual meeting. It was an occasion to prepare the documentation of ICCAs and plan strategies for engaging with the government to advocate for the recognition of these territories Read more ▸
Over 227 people including indigenous communities from across the region, civil society groups, international organisations and government representatives came together at the Regional Forum on Forests and Peoples. They debated problems with forest governance and demanded recognition of their ICCAs – Territories of Life. Read more ▸
WWF Myanmar takes us through a visual journey among the ICCAs in the country. Kayin people, some Chin, Kachin, Naga and other Dawei people travelled from all over the region and country for an important workshop that marked the beginning of a new era in community-based conservation for Myanmar. Read more ▸
Last month, indigenous Karen communities, the Salween Peace Park Committee, and the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN – an ICCA Consortium Member) officially launched the Salween Peace Park in the Mutraw District of Myanmar’s Kayin State. 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 ▸
ICCA Alert – the UNDP GEF incepted the Ridge to Reef Project, a $21 million conservation project that poses to transform 1.4 million hectares of community lands in Tanintharyi Region into Protected Areas, without the proper FPIC of the communities. Read more ▸
Karen Indigenous People in Kamoethway Demonstrate the Importance of Local Solutions and Community Driven Conservation
On today, 3 March 2017, to celebrate World Wildlife Day, the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN) is pleased to release a short… Read more “The Salween Peace Park : A Place for All Living Things to share Peacefully” ▸
On 5 February 2014, thousands of people in the Kamoethway Area gathered on the bank of the Kamoethway River to conduct the opening ceremony… Read more “The establishment of a community fish conservation zone in Megui-Tavoy District, Karen Statei” ▸
The Salween Peace Park initiative is a collective effort involving over 300 representatives from 23 village tracts in the 3 townships of Mutraw District;… Read more “From Battlefields to Refuge: Introducing The Salween Peace Park” ▸
By: Amalia Maling, WWF Myanmar and ICCA Consortium nominated honorary member In line with the Promise of Sydney vision, POINT (the organization currently facilitating… Read more “First National Workshop on ICCAs in Myanmar” ▸
Towards an Access and Benefit Sharing Framework Agreement for the Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region, 2010, International Centre for… Read more “Towards an Access and Benefit Sharing Framework Agreement for the Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region” ▸
Community Conserved Areas in Southeast Asia, by Maurizio Farhan Ferrari, December 15, 2002 Part 1 Part 2
