A critical mass of support and action can defend ICCAs and support their emergence in any given country. Communication, negotiations, and advocacy are more likely to succeed when backed by a well- organized and coordinated network of support.
National ICCA Networks associated with the Consortium
Country | Name of the Network | Type of Network | Contact |
Africa – Benin | Consortium APAC du Bénin | Federation | |
Africa – Burkina Faso | National ICCA Federation (FENAPAC) Seeks to establish a national database |
Federation | |
Africa – Democratic Republic of Congo | Alliance Nationale d’Appui et de promotion des Aires du Patrimoine Autochtone et Communautaire en République Démocratique du Congo – ANAPAC-RDC | Federation | |
Africa – Guinea | Informal network | ||
Africa – Kenya | Kenya ICCA Network | ||
Africa – Madagascar | Tafo Mihaavo and MIHARI | Federations | |
Asia – The Philippines | Bukluran ng mga Pamayanang Nangangalaga sa Kalikasan – Bukluran Inc. | Federation | |
Asia – Indonesia | Working Group on ICCAs in Indonesia – WGII – the Members include: the alliance of Indigenous Peoples of Indonesia (AMAN), BRWA, HuMa, JKPP, KIARA, NTFP-EP, PUSAKA, Sawit Watch, WHALI and WWF Indonesia | Working Group | |
Asia – Vietnam | National Learning Group of ICCAs in Vietnam — members include: People and Nature Reconciliation (Pan Nature); Department of Nature Conservation (DONC); Viet Nam Forest Administration (VNFOREST), Fauna and Flora International (FFI), Centre for Sustainable Development in Mountainous Areas (CSDM), Research Centre for Forests and Wetlands (FORWET) | Working group | |
Asia – Taiwan, Province of China | Taiwan Indigenous Conserved Territories Union – TICTU – A federation for self-determined ICCAs negotiating to implement transitional justice for indigenous peoples through: 1. Recognised sovereignty and rights; 2. Return of the land and marine traditional territories; 3. Reparation of destruction and persecution; 4. Collaboration on recovery and restoration processes | Federation (it is formally registered) | |
Asia – China | China ICCA Working Group – It comprises seven ICCA Consortium Honorary members in China, along with representatives from two Members: Shan shui Conservation Center and Guangxi Biodiversity Research and Conservation Association (BRC). It promotes mutual exchanges and learning and has developed procedures for peer review to register ICCAs and get them recognised by local governments as small community-based protected areas. It is strongly supported by GEF SGP China. |
Working group | |
Asia – Nepal | ICCA Network Nepal | Association (informal) | |
Asia – Iran | UNINOMAD and UNICAMEL | Federations | |
Europe – Spain | Iniciativa Comunales | Formal association | |
Latin America – Guatemala | Consorcio TICCA de Guatemala | Federation | |
Latin America – Colombia | ICCA network of Coolombia ( read their declaration here) | Network | |
Latin America – Bolivia | Consorcio TICCA de Bolivia | Working group | |
Latin America – Mexico | ICCA network – Rather informal, but active in exchanges and attempting fundraising among territorios comunitarios autonomos | Working group | |
Latin America – Chile | ICCA working group composed of Members and Honorary Members of the ICCA Consortium | Working group |