A delegation from the ICCA Consortium participated in the eighteenth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and made statements during the thematic discussion on “Conservation and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”. Read more ▸
A series of four events took place in Spain around the Consortium European Regional Assembly. ICCAs – Territories of Life and commons were intensely discussed. This knowledge and these exchanges are crucial to continue to define concrete steps ahead to adequately recognise and secure them. Read more ▸
The Consortium policy on gender is available here English, Spanish and French. The ICCA Consortium has been working on its policy on gender since… Read more “Gender Policy” ▸
The ICCA Consortium replied to the notification on Progress in implementing the 2015-2020 Gender Plan of Action and efforts related to gender mainstreaming to inform the second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation of the CBD Read more ▸
Orans and Devbanis are community-conserved sacred groves that embody India’s ancient tradition of ecological stewardship, particularly across the Thar Desert and the Aravalli Range. Read more ▸
The year 2026—declared as the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) by the United Nations—is a pivotal year for pastoralists worldwide. Read more ▸
New scholarly resources situate pastoral commons in their global context as a dynamic, future-oriented model of collective stewardship; they illuminate how mobility, territory, and collective rights intertwine to form living social–ecological infrastructures that challenge dominant assumptions about property, management, productivity, and sustainability. Read more ▸
The main objectives of the assembly were to present the 2026-28 ICCA Consortium European Strategic Plan and Action Plan, and to discuss the next council member from Europe. Read more ▸
Members and allies of the ICCA Consortium commemorate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2025. Read more ▸
Strengthening territories of life, collective journeys of self-determination and solidarity Read more ▸
The ICCA Consortium welcomes 27 new member organizations and five new honorary members. Read more ▸
Comments of the recently published volume “Territories of life: Exploring vitality of governance for conserved and protected areas”. Read more ▸
ICCA Consortium members develop Good Practices Guidelines on Protected and Conserved Areas Series volume published by IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas. Read more ▸
The adverse effects of UCMs starkly contradict their purported objectives of promoting human rights and democracy; these measures, which are supposed to uphold these values, undermine them. Read more ▸
The ICCA Consortium welcomes 19 new Member organisations from around the globe. Read more ▸
Regional Coordinator for Southeast Asia, on behalf of NTFP-EP
Documenting ICCAs passes on traditional knowledge and history, and enables the world to see that ICCA custodians have concrete, nature-based solutions to help reach global conservation targets. Read more ▸
The assembly discussed at length how to make the European territories of life more visible within the relevant legal and policy frameworks. The participants also recommended establishing national-level networks and networks of territories of life linking communities speaking the same mother tongue. Read more ▸
Esther Wah is the Secretary of the All Burma Indigenous Peoples Alliance (ABIPA) and a Council member (Thematic representative for youth and intergenerational relations) of the ICCA Consortium. In this interview, Ms. Wah talks about how the Indigenous Karen youth are becoming a driving force in securing self-determination and revitalizing the Indigenous governance and management systems in our ancestral territories of life. Read more ▸
More than 200 people, including representatives of more than 100 Member organizations, participated in the ICCA Consortium’s 19th General Assembly, which was held over four sessions in as many months. The Assembly learned about key aspects of the work carried out in 2022 and took several important decisions for the future of the association. Members and Honorary members also participated in a series of optional membership engagement events on diverse topics. Read more ▸
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