Victor Boton
Regional representative for West Africa
Regional representative for West Africa
Regional representative for Central Africa
Regional representative for East Africa
Former Regional representative for Central and West Africa and island nations of Francophone Africa (2013-2023)
Thematic representative for youth and intergenerational relations
Thematic representative for gender equality
Thematic representative for defending territories of life
Former Thematic representative for sustaining territories of life (2020-2023)
Thematic representative for documenting territories of life
Chair of the Membership Committee (Executive Committee)
Treasurer (Executive Committee)
Titling indigenous communities protects forests in the Peruvian Amazon. By Allen Blackman, Leonardo Corral, Eirivelthon Santos Lima, and Gregory P. Asner (2017) PNAS, 114(16):… Read more “Titling indigenous communities protects forests in the Peruvian Amazon” ▸
Self-Strengthening ICCAs – Guidance on a process and resources for custodian indigenous peoples and local communities – draft for use by GSI partners, The… Read more “Self-Strengthening ICCAs – Guidance on a process and resources for custodian indigenous peoples and local communities” ▸
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” ▸
Stk’emlúpsemc te Secwepemc Nation (SSN) has recently carried out its own autonomous Environmental Assessment process to consider the proposed Ajax Mine in their territory… Read more “Stk’emlúpsemc te Secwepemc Nation (SSN) defending its land against Ajax Mine” ▸
By: Sergio Couto, ICCA Consortium regional coordinator for Europe During the last days of April, 30 local community representatives from all around Spain gathered in… Read more “Two first ICCAs successfully pass the peer-review process developed in Spain for international listing in ICCA Registry and WDPA” ▸
Emblematic ICCA The Shuar Arutam Village is made up of about ten thousand people organized into forty-seven communities.… Read more “The Shuar Arutam People of the Cordillera del Condor” ▸
March 31st, Lusaka, Zambia – Some 30 participants comprising local community, civil society, government and ICCA Consortium representatives gathered for an ICCA National Workshop… Read more “Supporting ICCAs in Zambia: setting the cornerstones.” ▸