Peter Kallang, a member of Sarawak’s indigenous Kenyah community and Chairman of Save Rivers, ICCA Consortium Member, has been awarded the international Seacology Prize for leading a successful campaign to halt the building of a series of mega-dams on Borneo! Read more ▸
In this new paper on agroecological transformations for just and sustainable food systems, Michel Pimbert (ICCA Consortium Honorary member) and his colleagues analyze the enabling and disabling conditions that shape agroecology transformations, and the ability of communities to self-organize within territories. Read more ▸
In Montenegro, local communities and civil society are organizing to defend the pasture area of Sinjajevina, used by pastoral tribes for millennia, and now threatened by government plans to occupy it for military artillery testing. Official studies have recommended giving the area a protected status but those are being hastily set aside… Read more ▸
In Madagascar, as the government develops a legislative framework on special status areas that will include community land rights, TAFO MIHAAVO and MIHARI, both ICCA Consortium Members, are collaborating to ensure that indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ voices are heard, and their areas and heritage secured. Read more ▸
Paul Sein Twa, ICCA Consortium Honorary member, participated in the World Water Week in Stockholm, where he strongly advocated for the recognition of ICCAs’ contributions through a right-based approach to conservation, as a key element for the success of any ongoing and future environmental protection and climate change initiatives. Read more ▸
In July 2019, indigenous peoples and local communities met in West Kalimantan to discuss opportunities and challenges for the strengthening of their human rights within the Heart of Borneo Initiative, through new forestry schemes, advocacy, and international conventions. Read more ▸
A new collection of interactive case studies from the Yes to Life, No to Mining Network, of which the ICCA Consortium is part, shares the stories of communities resisting mining, restoring damaged ecosystems, and protecting and developing alternatives to extractivism. Read more ▸
Participants in this meeting were invited to deepen their understanding of our shared responsibility to create and preserve places where diversity can flourish. Eunice Kerexu, of Brazil, offered this: “We invite you to reforest your hearts and minds. Help us enforce our rights internationally.” Read more ▸
Representatives from seventeen indigenous wisdom traditions came together in London. Travelling from diverse territories around the Earth, the Indigenous delegates brought with them a shared and inspiring vision of how humans might participate once more in the sacred cycles of life. The Gaia Foundation, Member of ICCA Consortium, participated. Read more ▸
Trente représentants d’organisations de peuples autochtones et de communautés locales se sont réunis à Brazzaville pour une formation approfondie sur le concept d’APAC. Cet atelier a notamment permis de commencer à élaborer une stratégie nationale pour la reconnaissance des APAC. Read more ▸
Natural Justice, ICCA Consortium Member, participated in a global meeting to confront the current planetary crisis by fostering the protection of our sacred natural sites and ensuring the restoration of Earth’s ecosystems and biodiversity. The meeting led to the creation of The Alliance for the Sacred Sites of Earth Gaia. Read more ▸
The first of a series of regional dialogues on Alternatives to Unsustainable Livestock Production was held in Africa, jointly organised by the Global Forest Coalition, ICCA Consortium Member, and Zelealem Tefera, ICCA Consortium Council Member. It highlighted the opportunities and the source of knowledge that ICCAs, especially traditional pastoralist communities, represent. Read more ▸
“Koitajoki”, a documentary film, has been released by Snowchange, Member of ICCA Consortium; the community of Ala-Koita fishermen; PrettyGoodProductions; and the Interreg SHAPE project. It focuses on an iconic, but highly endangered cultural fishery in Karelia: river seining. Read more ▸
Apply by 9 October 2019 for this new funding opportunity to support journalists, photographers, filmmakers, cartographers, data visualizers, and socially connected storytellers who can show us what we might lose if tropical rainforests are not protected. Please highlight potential solutions that have the power to create real, sustainable improvements. Read more ▸
Participants from five countries gathered in Philippines for the ICCA Southeast Asia Regional Learning Network’s first event on Sustainable Livelihoods. They shared tools, strategies for local enterprises, and discussed how livelihoods need to be rooted in culture, territory, and strong traditional governance. Read more ▸
From organising demonstrations to delivering statements in UN plenary sessions, representatives of indigenous peoples and local communities around the world are creating an “ecosystem” of collective actions for rights-based approaches and intergenerational equity — and tackling the drivers of biodiversity loss as key elements of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Read more ▸
As the Amazon forest continues to burn for more than 20 days without effective action being taken by the Brazilian and Bolivian governments, COICA is calling out to international allies for solidarity and urgent assistance, to gather funds to stop fires and help local communities recover. Read more ▸
Council member Marco Bassi shares insider information about the International Land Coalition, after representing the ICCA Consortium at the recent Global CSOs Caucus meeting in Rome. Read more ▸
En visite en Gambie, plusieurs représentants du Consortium et du PFM/FEM ont découvert la très inspirante APAC du Bolong Fenyo, qui se mobilise face à une usine chinoise, pour exiger des mesures de protection de son patrimoine naturel. Read more ▸
As the Amazon continues to burn and the world watches in horror, Simone Lovera from Global Forest Coalition, ICCA Consortium Member, reminds us of the largest root causes of the fires: industrial beef and soy production. Read more ▸
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