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 ▸
Communities strengthen self-determination in Madagascar
National networks TAFO MIHAAVO and FANONGA FOKONOLONA use strategic planning process to support community self-empowerment and sovereignty. Read more ▸
Report: Land and environmental defenders are our last line of defense against climate breakdown
Global Witness’s 2020 annual report on the killings of environmental and human rights defenders shows that lethal attacks on those who are defending Mother Earth are driven by the very same industries that are responsible for the climate crisis. Read more ▸
Update: Tentative legal advances in the Tumandoks’ pursuit of justice in the Philippines
Legal actions have secured the release of six Indigenous Tumandok who were arbitrarily arrested along with ten others in a horrific raid on 30 December 2020 that killed nine fellow Tumandok. The ICCA Consortium continues to stand in solidarity with the Tumandok and Defend Panay Network and further expresses concern with how the Philippines’ state legal system is weaponized to perpetuate injustices against Indigenous Peoples. Read more ▸
New guidance on integrating human rights into the global biodiversity framework
New Analysis Brief offers guidance on applying the human rights-based approach in the new Global Biodiversity Framework. Read more ▸
Growing calls to place human rights at the center of new global biodiversity framework
New policy briefs underscore the interlinkages between human rights and biodiversity and share practical guidance on how to apply a human rights-based approach in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, which is currently under negotiation by 196 governments. Read more ▸
#StopTheSlapp: The ICCA Consortium joins call to drop defamation suit against SAVE Rivers
We stand with over 100 organizations in condemning Samling’s bullying of Indigenous environmental and human rights defenders in Sarawak. Read more ▸
The hidden side of conservation: Webinar highlights cases of human rights abuse in protected areas
Ahead of the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2021 in Marseille, the webinar’s goal was to address the multifaceted social and environmental conflicts generated by restrictive conservation policies and reflect on the ways forward. Read more ▸
Indigenous territories in Indonesia: Update on the status of recognition
Indonesia has recently published updated information about the status of recognition of Indigenous territories and customary forests. Read more ▸
In Pictures: Communities revitalize Indigenous and traditional knowledge systems and lifeways
Some of the many initiatives led by Indigenous Peoples and local communities to address challenges to their knowledge systems and lifeways. Read more ▸
Thanking Kathia Carrillo
We extend our appreciation and best wishes to Kathia Carrillo as she moves on from the ICCA Consortium’s Secretariat. Read more ▸
