Respaldo a la Declaracion Kawsak-Sacha del Pueblo Sarayaku
La histórica declaración de “Kawsak Sacha-Selva Viviente” territorio vivo, consciente y sujeto de derecho, formulado por el Pueblo Kichwa de Sarayaku, viviendo en Ecuador estuvo respaldada por la Asamblea Extraordinaria General del Consorcio TICCA, que se llevó a cabo en Junio de 2018. Read more ▸
Costa Rica moves to implement community participation and shared governance of its marine resources
In Costa Rica, a draft law was presented so that the implementation of the “Voluntary guidelines for the sustainability of small scale fisheries in the context of food security and the eradication of poverty” will not remain voluntary but a responsibility towards the recognition of human rights of coastal and fishing communities. Read more ▸
Burma/Myanmar – Stop the Ridge to Reef project
ICCA Alert – the UNDP GEF incepted the Ridge to Reef Project, a $21 million conservation project that poses to transform 1.4 million hectares of community lands in Tanintharyi Region into Protected Areas, without the proper FPIC of the communities. Read more ▸
Special Issue of PARKS on OECMs
The IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas has just released a special issue of its peer-reviewed journal PARKS: The International Journal of Protected Areas and Conservation, focusing on Other-Effective Conservation Measures (OECMs). Read more ▸
A spatial Overview of The Global Importance of Indigenous Lands for Conservation
A spatial overview of the global importance of Indigenous lands for conservation, by Stephen T. Garnett, Neil D. Burgess, John E. Fa , Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares ,… Read more “A spatial Overview of The Global Importance of Indigenous Lands for Conservation” ▸
Newsflash #10 – June/July/August 2018
Briefings on ICCAs around the world – issue #10 Read more ▸
Mexico’s ejidos find sustainability by including women and youth
Podcast episode featuring a special report on the community-based conservation and agroforestry operations known as ejidos in Mexico featuring ICCA Consortium Honorary member David Barkin. Read more ▸
A dialogue between science and indigenous knowledge: Mongabay podcast features Snowchange
This podcast audio episode explores the role traditional indigenous knowledge can play to counter climate change. It features Snowchange Cooperative director and ICCA Consortium Member Tero Mustonen. Read more ▸
Promoting ICCAs in Southeast Asian Governments
ICCAs were the highlight of the Tenure and Access Rights capacity building session of the CSO Forum for the ASEAN Working Group on Social Forestry (AWG-SF) held in Da Nang, Vietnam last June 24-25. The CSO Forum is an annual gathering organized by NTFP-EP to get inputs and recommendations from NGOs and indigenous and local communities from eight countries on the themes of tenure, safeguards, livelihoods and governance. Read more ▸
Risks to the sanctity of community lands in Kenya. A critical assessment of new legislation with reference to forestlands
This paper focuses upon loopholes in new laws that could exclude forested lands from collective entitlement, impairing constitutional advances in the process. Ambiguity within the Kenyan Constitution itself plays a role. Therefore, while lesser impediments to land justice may be remedied through clarifying regulations and parliamentary removal of offending clauses, judicial interpretation of constitutional intentions is required. Read more ▸
Major new landscape rewilding initiative launched in Finland to address climate change
The Snowchange Cooperative unveils a transformative programme to restore biodiversity values and create new carbon sinks across boreal Finland. This will be achieved by restoring degraded wetlands and boreal forests back into health. Read more ▸
Guatemala: asesinan a siete defensores de la tierra en un mes
Entre el 9 de mayo y el 9 de junio, siete destacados líderes comunitarios del CODECA y el CCDA fueron asesinados en Guatemala. Diversas organizaciones internacionales y de DD.HH. han manifestado su preocupación por la ola de asesinatos y han solicitado a las autoridades medidas inmediatas para esclarecer los hechos y proteger a los defensores. Read more ▸
The Community Conservation Resilience Initiative 2018 Report
The aim of the CCRI is to provide policy advice about effective and appropriate support for community conservation as part of the implementation of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) 2011-2020 Strategic Plan, and to highlight that the rights of Indigenous peoples, local communities and women over their lands and territories must be upheld and supported. This report outlines the work in 12 countries. Read more ▸
A webinar and exchange on OECMs and ICCAs
The ICCA Consortium presents a discussion on OECMs (Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures) and ICCAs, facilitated by Harry Jonas, co-chair of the IUCN WCPA Task Force on OECMs. Read more ▸
IPBES Seminar on Arctic Indigenous and Local Knowledge & Sustainability
A seminar on Arctic Indigenous and Local Knowledge & Sustainability, organized by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) took place in Helsinki University, Finland: an effort to work across knowledge systems and incorporate Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK) in biodiversity assessment. Read more ▸
ICCA Advocates at the Communities, Conservation & Livelihoods Conference
Members and partners of the ICCA Consortium congregated in Halifax, Canada for the Communities, Conservation and Livelihoods Conference. The conference, co-organized by the Community Conservation Research Network and the IUCN Commission on Environment, Economics, and Social Policy (CEESP), gathered over 400 participants from NGOs, the academe, and communities. Read more ▸
Peer-to-peer Dialogue on Weaving SDG 16 and Human Rights Law into the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
A peer-to-peer dialogue took place on the outskirts of Nairobi. Practitioners of environmental and human rights law from the judiciary, academia, civil society and various levels of government discussed and made recommendations for goals to be set for the post 2020 global biodiversity framework and contribute to the implementation of human rights to a healthy and sustainable environment Read more ▸
Call for inputs for the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders
Please submit responses to the questionnaire by 13 June to contribute to a report of the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders. Read more ▸
Global Forest Watch Tech Fellowship Open for Applications
Global Forest Watch and the World Resources Institute announce the first-ever GFW Tech Fellowship. The application deadline is June 15th, 2018. Read more ▸
The Caylin Island community, Chile, creates its ECMPO: Coastal and Marine Area for Native People
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The community of Caylin Island asked the Chilean State to create a Coastal and Marine Area of Native People around the entire island and the adjacent Chaiguao Peninsula. The proposal was approved in May 2018. Read more ▸
