Press release: Communal systems are reclaiming their role to face the challenges of the future
The Common Lands Network is launching an online platform to make communal systems in the EMENA region (Europe, North Africa and the Middle East) visible and connected. Read more ▸
Is community organization possible? This is what the Common Lands Network thinks
The Communal Lands Network launches a platform to make communal governance systems in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East visible Read more ▸
Marshall Murphree — adding good salt to the planet
ICCA Consortium co-founder Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend fondly remembers Marshall Murphree. Read more ▸
Event invitation: Indigenous Peoples speak out on military coup in Burma
Join our Members and Honorary members and other Indigenous leaders in Burma/Myanmar for an online event on 30 October called: “The Future of Our Forests: Voices of Indigenous peoples of Burma on the Future of the Forest and Climate Change Mitigation in the Wake of the Military Coup”. Read more ▸
Welcoming new Members and Honorary members to the Consortium
The ICCA Consortium welcomes twelve organizations from nine different countries as the newest Members and twenty new Honorary members from around the globe. Read more ▸
Alert: Ekuri community confronts illegal logging in their customary forest in Nigeria
The New and Old Ekuri community of the Cross River state in Nigeria are resisting the illegal logging of their forest to pave way for a proposed highway. The ICCA Consortium stands with the Ekuri community and calls for the immediate end of the illegal logging and violation of the community’s rights, including free, prior and informed consent, and continuous undermining of their longstanding efforts to conserve their forest. Read more ▸
India: Mining proposals threaten the community’s long-term efforts in defending and conserving the gram sabha forests of Korchi Taluka
The ICCA Consortium calls on the Government of India to order withdrawal of mining proposals that threaten the efforts of the gram sabha of Korchi and India’s commitment to conservation of biodiversity. Read more ▸
Save Sinjajevina association receives the first-ever annual War Abolisher Award and relaunches its campaign
Save Sinjajevina (ICCA Consortium Member) receives the War Abolisher of 2021 Award. This is an important recognition of the struggle and perseverance of Sinjajevina inhabitants against the militarization of their pastoralist territory of life. Read more ▸
Snowchange wins the St. Andrews Prize 2021
Snowchange Cooperative (ICCA Consortium Member) has won the St Andrews Prize for the Environment for its’ Rewilding program. St Andrews is a prestigious global environmental accolade with a cash prize of 100,000 USD. Read more ▸
Sustainability of Indigenous Peoples’ food systems in Iran: Exploring their contributions to climate resilience
As part of the Global-Hub on Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems, Centre for Sustainable Development and Environment (CENESTA, ICCA Consortium Member) is documenting Indigenous Peoples’ food systems in Iran. Read more ▸
The time is now to back the peoples and communities who are feeding the world
The ICCA Consortium’s Statement on World Food Day 2021. Read more ▸
Civil society calls on world leaders to put human rights at the centre of environmental policy
The ICCA Consortium joins over 160 civil society organisations and academics in an open letter calling on world leaders to integrate human rights into global and national environmental policy and practice. Read more ▸
COP15: Supporting Indigenous Peoples and local communities is the biggest opportunity for a successful post-2020 biodiversity framework
Supporting Indigenous Peoples and local communities to secure their rights and to strengthen their self-determined governance systems, sustain their cultures, territories and ways of life on their own terms is one of the biggest opportunities for transformative change in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Read more ▸
Ecuador: Joint letter condemns Canadian company’s role in violence against the Shuar Arutam People
The Shuar Arutam People (PSHA), together with the ICCA Consortium and more than 135 other organizations, call on the Canadian Embassy in Ecuador to publicly condemn the violence against PSHA president Josefina Tunki. Read more ▸
Invitation to Southeast Asia Regional Assembly
The ICCA Consortium’s membership and partners in Southeast Asia will gather online from 6-8 October to discuss regional plans and share experiences across our main thematic streams of work. Read more ▸
A Solidarity Exchange on Indigenous decolonization and sustainable self-determination
In this workshop, we will focus on Indigenous practices of sustainability that entail nurturing and perpetuating territories of life beyond the state apparatus and market system. Read more ▸
Nicaragua: Horrific lethal attacks continue against Indigenous Miskitu and Mayangna peoples in the Bosawás Biosphere Reserve
Indigenous leaders and the Centre for Legal Assistance for Indigenous Peoples call for justice for the 15 Indigenous children, women and men who were allegedly murdered by the Kukalón gang – the same group accused of perpetrating the massacre of the Alal community in January 2020. Read more ▸
World Conservation Congress: Indigenous Peoples and local communities advocate for rights
At one of the world’s foremost gatherings for nature conservation, it was clearer than ever before that the tide is turning in the mainstream conservation industry, with more focus on human rights, equity and justice. However, there is still a long way to go, with historical legacies and continuing injustices in the name of conservation. Read more ▸
New research: European north under siege by mining
New research by the Yes to Life, No to Mining Network has revealed a spike in mining projects and massive expansion of areas under concession for mining in Sweden, Finland, and Norway. Read more ▸
Welcoming a new member to the Secretariat
Mercedes Villalba (based in Chile) has joined as Administration Assistant. Alison Powell (based in Portugal) has taken on the role of Administration Coordinator. Read more ▸
