Newsletter issue #11, February 2016
Newsletter 11 In this issue you will find out about critical reactions to the Paris climate deal and recent ICCA events in the Andean-Amazonian… Read more “Newsletter issue #11, February 2016” ▸
Promoting ‘Tagal Hutan’ to conserve traditional indigenous practices in Sabah, Malaysia
By: Junia Anilik, Partners of Community Organisations in Sabah (PACOS Trust) On 17 February 2016, a workshop was held in Kota Kinabalu (Sabah, Malaysia)… Read more “Promoting ‘Tagal Hutan’ to conserve traditional indigenous practices in Sabah, Malaysia” ▸
How to Protect Community Lands – Online Resource Guide
Guide: “How to Protect Community Lands – Online Resource Guide” Namati’s Community Land Protection Program and partners use a five-part approach that supports communities… Read more “How to Protect Community Lands – Online Resource Guide” ▸
Support the struggle of the Consortium’s member Ekuri Initiative to prevent the destruction of their community forest to develop a dubiously useful “super-highway”!
Follow their action in the dedicated website: Save Ekuri Forest! The ICCA Consortium has written (February 29, 2016) to top national authorities in Nigeria… Read more “Support the struggle of the Consortium’s member Ekuri Initiative to prevent the destruction of their community forest to develop a dubiously useful “super-highway”!” ▸
ICCA Knowledge Sharing & Capacity-building Event in East and Southern Africa
Namushasha River Lodge, Namibia, 14-19 February 2016 Please find here the overall report.
Snowchange struggles to secure the collective rights to nature of local communities and indigenous peoples in Northern Europe
Snowchange is a non-profit independent organisation based in Finland, with member and partner communities across the Arctic. The cooperative joined the ICCA Consortium at… Read more “Snowchange struggles to secure the collective rights to nature of local communities and indigenous peoples in Northern Europe” ▸
“Protected for all time, as a refuge for wild salmon and marine resources”
By: François Depey, Office of the Wet’suwet’en Petronas (a major Malaysian oil and gas company) intends to build a gas (LNG) terminal near Lelu… Read more ““Protected for all time, as a refuge for wild salmon and marine resources”” ▸
Field to a forest: Patterns of forest recovery following shifting cultivation in the Eastern Himalaya
Field to a forest: Patterns of forest recovery following shifting cultivation in the Eastern Himalaya, Karthik Teegalapalli and Aparajita Datta, Forest Ecology and Management… Read more “Field to a forest: Patterns of forest recovery following shifting cultivation in the Eastern Himalaya” ▸
Indigenous Women’s Rights and the African Human Rights System: A toolkit on mechanisms
Guide: “Indigenous Women’s Rights and the African Human Rights System: A toolkit on mechanisms” Forest Peoples Programme, 2015 Also in French, see the link… Read more “Indigenous Women’s Rights and the African Human Rights System: A toolkit on mechanisms” ▸
Inter-American Human Rights System for Indigenous Women: A toolkit on mechanisms
Guide: “Inter-American Human Rights System for Indigenous Women: A toolkit on mechanisms” Forest Peoples Programme, 2015 Andrea Galindo and Ellen-Rose Kambel, Valérie Couillard (Editor)… Read more “Inter-American Human Rights System for Indigenous Women: A toolkit on mechanisms” ▸
UN Sustainable Development Goals
UN Sustainable Development Goals (adopted in 2015)
Annual report 2015
The year 2015 marks a major event for the Consortium: the coming to fruition of the Global ICCA Support Initiative (GSI for short) —an… Read more “Annual report 2015” ▸
Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
“Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” (adopted in 2015)
Remedy Remains Rare: An analysis of 15 years of National Contact Point (NCP) cases and their contribution to improve access to remedy for victims of corporate misconduct
Report: “Remedy Remains Rare: An analysis of 15 years of National Contact Point (NCP) cases and their contribution to improve access to remedy for… Read more “Remedy Remains Rare: An analysis of 15 years of National Contact Point (NCP) cases and their contribution to improve access to remedy for victims of corporate misconduct” ▸
Following the money: an advocate’s guide to securing accountability for agricultural investments
Guide: “Following the money: an advocate’s guide to securing accountability for agricultural investments” Emma Blackmore, Natalie Bugalski and David Pred IIED and Inclusive Development… Read more “Following the money: an advocate’s guide to securing accountability for agricultural investments” ▸
Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in International Law: Emergence and Application
“Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in International Law: Emergence and Application”, Gáldu and IWGIA, 2015
Evolving hunting practices in Gabon: lessons for community-based conservation interventions
Evolving hunting practices in Gabon: lessons for community-based conservation interventions. Walters, G., J. Schleicher, O. Hymas, and L. Coad. 2015. Ecology and Society 20(4):31.… Read more “Evolving hunting practices in Gabon: lessons for community-based conservation interventions” ▸
Opportunity, feasibility and effectiveness of a Solidarity Fund for Defenders of the Commons and ICCAs
General concept note made by Dario Novellino, 2015
Rice-related knowledge, farming strategies and the transformation of swiddens Amongst the Batak of Palawan Island, the Philippines
Rice-related knowledge, farming strategies and the transformation of swiddens amongst the Batak of Palawan Island, the Philippines, Dario Novellino, Chapter 48, In Shifting cultivation… Read more “Rice-related knowledge, farming strategies and the transformation of swiddens Amongst the Batak of Palawan Island, the Philippines” ▸
Intense work at the equator: the IX General Assembly of the Consortium and the 2016 planning event for Latin America
On December 5-9 of this past year, the Consortium held two key events on the Pacific Coast of Ecuador… almost on the equator itself.… Read more “Intense work at the equator: the IX General Assembly of the Consortium and the 2016 planning event for Latin America” ▸
