What Does CBD COP17 Mean for the Recognition of Territories of Life?
Outcomes of CBD COP17: The Programme of Work on Protected Areas and Article 8(j) Read more ▸
In Photos: Rights to Over 30,000 Community-Governed Biodiverse Territories Are Threatened in France
On November 3, 2026, the French Senate begins debating Law Proposal 782, which seeks to dissolve more than 30,000 sections de commune, territories that Local Communities in France have governed since at least the Middle Ages. Read more ▸
Still in the Air: Haze, the red bowl, and a political ecology of remembering
Belonging to the political we does not place us outside it as neutral judges. We inherit its histories, its grievances, and its obligations. Solidarity can be necessary because nobody survives political marginalization alone. But the fact that a call comes from one’s own people does not tell us everything about what answering it would mean. Read more ▸
Rights to Over 30,000 Community-Governed Biodiverse Territories Are Threatened in France
As delegates meet in Yerevan to review global biodiversity targets, the French Senate prepares to debate a law transferring more than 30,000 community-governed territories to municipal control. Read more ▸
Statement on Agriculture and Biodiversity in the Context of CBD COP17 Agenda Item 18(d)
Statement by the ICCA Consortium to the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Yerevan, Armenia Read more ▸
Alert: Local Communities in France Risk Losing 30,000 Territories as the Senate Begins to Debate law proposal 782
This legislative move comes at a time when the French government, other nations, and observers are discussing how to further advance the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The KM-GBF explicitly calls for upholding land rights and the rights of Local Communities, including the promotion of traditional territories. Read more ▸
Holding Difference: Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities, and the Future of Article 8(j) of the Convention on Biological Diversity
This commentary is organized into two parts. Part I distills five considerations for negotiators developing the modus operandi of the permanent Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j) (SB8J) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Part II sets out the institutional history and reasoning from which those considerations follow. Read more ▸
ICCA Consortium Statement: 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Statement by the ICCA Consortium to the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Yerevan, Armenia Read more ▸
Statement on the CBD COP17 Agenda Item 18(c): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity and Island Biodiversity
Statement by the ICCA Consortium at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Yerevan, Armenia Read more ▸
Statement on the CBD COP17 Agenda Item 10: Modus Operandi
Statement by the ICCA Consortium at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Yerevan, Armenia Read more ▸
Statement on the CBD COP17 Agenda Item 8(b): Financial Mechanism
Statement by the ICCA Consortium at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Yerevan, Armenia Read more ▸
Statement on the CBD COP17 Agenda Item 17(a): Matters related to the work programme of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
Statement by the ICCA Consortium at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Yerevan, Armenia Read more ▸
Statement on the CBD COP17 Agenda Item 17(c): Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA)
Statement by the ICCA Consortium at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Yerevan, Armenia. Read more ▸
Statement on the CBD COP17 Agenda Item 17(b): Strategic Review and Update of the Expanded Programme of Work on Forest Biodiversity
Statement by the ICCA Consortium at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Yerevan, Armenia. Read more ▸
Statement on the CBD COP17 Agenda Item 8(a): Resource Mobilization
Statement by the ICCA Consortium at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Yerevan, Armenia Read more ▸
What Travels With a Sequence? Provenance and Governance in the Next Phase of Digital Sequence Information
The digital sequence information (DSI) Multilateral Mechanism allows monetary benefit-sharing without tracing every sequence to every downstream use. But that does not make provenance, knowledge relationships, or Indigenous and community governance irrelevant. The next phase of DSI implementation raises a different question: What should remain connected to biological information as it moves through global data infrastructures? Read more ▸
Grassroots Voices Shaping the Conversation on Rangelands and Pastoralism: Beyond UNCCD COP17
The 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) took place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from August 17 to 28, 2026. Read more ▸
From Pastoralist Voices to Territories of Life: Book Launch at UNCCD COP17
Stories of Governance, Care, and Resilience from Pastoral Communities Read more ▸
Indigenous communities in the Amazon are organizing to access the forest fines compensation mechanism
Instead of paying unaffordable fines, Indigenous communities in Peru are now conserving forests as their monitoring and early warning mechanisms gain recognition. Read more ▸
