Alert: Maasai in Tanzania are being forcefully evicted from their ancestral lands
Reports from the Maasai community of Loliondo in Ngorongoro District, Tanzania, indicate that people are being forcefully evicted from their ancestral lands and territories, starting on 10 June 2022. The ICCA Consortium strongly condemns this inexcusable violence against the Indigenous Maasai. Read more ▸
Hawaii celebrates progress on Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Areas
This year, World Oceans Day saw fishing communities on Maui and Hawaii islands celebrate milestones in progress towards adopting rules for Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Areas (CBSFA). The rules reflect the wisdom and practices of kupuna (elder practitioners) and the passing on and preservation of ike (knowledge) to a younger generation of fishers so that they can continue to feed their families from the abundance of their “ice box” in the ocean. Read more ▸
Save Sinjajevina Solidarity Camp in Montenegro from July 8 to 15, 2022
The Save Sinjajevina campaign is petitioning the government of Montenegro to cancel a military training ground in the pasturelands of Sinjajevina and create a protected area co-governed by the local community. Read more ▸
‘One can think of life after there are fish in the canoe’
ICCA Consortium Member Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo (KUA) shares stories about the struggle of communities to re-establish their relationship with the ocean and one and a half generations of effort to secure legal recognition of oceanic territories of life in Hawaiʻi. Read more ▸
New portal presents the diversity of Community Conserved Areas in India
The portal will be later expanded to all other South Asian countries. On the portal, communities can share data, case studies, multimedia content, and maps of the Community Conserved Areas (CCAs) and share their experience documenting, sustaining, and defending these territories of life. Read more ▸
Api Api Declaration at the Asia Park Congress
Two hundred forty-seven representatives of Indigenous Peoples and local communities gathered in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, for the 2nd Asia Parks Congress, from 24-29 May 2022, endorsed the Api-Api Declaration. Read more ▸
Solidarity statement for the International Day for Biological Diversity 2022
On May 22, we mark the International Day for Biological Diversity at a time when Indigenous Peoples and local communities are still fighting for their rightful place in decisions that affect them and their territories of life. Read more ▸
NGOs demand Malaysian Timber Certification Council acknowledge certification scheme’s shortcomings and take action
In conjunction with the Malaysian Timber Certification Council’s (MTCC) participation at the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) International’s members’ meeting in Dublin, civil society organizations argue that MTCC cannot uphold timber certification standards. Read more ▸
ICCA Consortium successfully holds 18th General Assembly online
The association’s 18th General Assembly had more than 225 unique participants over four days, shared multimedia reports on key areas of work and took several important decisions, including electing seven Council members. Read more ▸
ICCA Consortium welcomes UNGA-declared International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, calls for support for territories of life
The ICCA Consortium applauds this declaration and calls for a groundswell of support for nomadic peoples and pastoralists worldwide who are sustaining their rangelands, territories and ways of life. Read more ▸
Our condolences for the passing of Dr. Khadija Catherine Razavi (CENESTA)
The ICCA Consortium extends our deep condolences and love to the family, friends and colleagues of Khadija Catherine Razavi, co-founder and Chair of the Board of CENESTA, and beloved wife of our late founding president, Dr. Taghi Farvar. Read more ▸
Towards a ‘manifesto for territories of life’
Join us as we embark on a collective process to reflect on and articulate the ICCA Consortium’s core meaning and reason for being. Read more ▸
Solidarity Statement on International Mother Earth Day 2022
The ICCA Consortium stands in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples and local communities who are sustaining their collective lands, waters, and territories of life in the face of immense challenges and calls on decision-makers and funders to support the self-determination of these custodians and the diversification and localization of the conservation industry. Read more ▸
A five-million-hectare increase in the registered Indigenous territory in Indonesia: New BWRA data
Indonesia’s government is yet to recognize more than 99 percent of the potential customary forests recorded by Indigenous communities. Read more ▸
Successful locally-led fisheries governance in Tanzania: Communities meet to share lessons learned
Mwambao Coastal Community Network (ICCA Consortium Member) reports from the last annual network meeting and share lessons learned about community-led coastal and marine governance in Zanzibar islands and north-eastern Tanzania. Read more ▸
Tanzania: ICCA Consortium Members aim for better recognition and protection of territories of life
During the last national assembly, ICCA Consortium Members in Tanzania discussed effective advocacy strategies to fulfill the central needs to sustain the territories of life. Read more ▸
SLAPP suit against Sarawakian NGO SAVE Rivers by PEFC-certified logging company
ICCA Consortium Member SAVE Rivers continues uphill struggle for accountability and Indigenous rights in Malaysian timber industry. Read more ▸
Nicaraguan government’s closure of organizations defending Indigenous and Afro-descendant Peoples is an attempt to silence their struggle for lands and lives
Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples in Nicaragua are under serious threats after governments shut down organizations supporting their rights. Read more ▸
Voices from custodians of territories of life on the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Six key foundations for sustaining territories of life from deep reflection amongst ICCA Consortium Members in Africa, Asia, and Latin America on the post-2020 framework. Read more ▸
