ICCAs in Southeast Asia July – September 2020 Quarterly Snapshot
A Snapshot of our Members’ recent activities in Southeast Asia to defend, document, and sustain the Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ territories of life. Read more ▸
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“If We Are Still Alive, Then Let’s Go”: Reflections on COVID-19 Pandemic From Taiwan Indigenous Peoples
How can traditional indigenous knowledge help us cope with the pandemic? Sutej Hugu, our Regional Coordinator for East Asia, tells us of the Indigenous Taiwan Self-Determination Alliance and their reflections on the current situation. Read more ▸
Cultivating seeds of change: Launching the ICCA Consortium’s “Youth for Territories of Life”
“Much like seeds pushing through the earth to grow into mighty cohiue trees, young people must continue to build ourselves, learn and grow into the strong agents of change that are so needed by our communities and territories and the planet as a whole.” An editorial by Josefa Cariño Tauli and Lucas Quintupuray, co-chairs of Youth for Territories of Life. Read more ▸
The 2020s: An Era of Radical Change for Territories of Life, and a Future History Still to be Written
As we usher in a new decade – reportedly our ‘last chance’ to avert total ecological catastrophe – Global Coordinator Holly Jonas reflects on key changes and sets out the ICCA Consortium’s priorities for the coming year. Read more ▸
Without Youth and Children, Nothing is Possible!
Sharing her experiences in three youth-led international events in 2019, Emma Courtine, Honorary Member and Secretariat of the ICCA Consortium, reflects on opportunities and ideas for the Consortium to engage youth and enhance youth participation— including the creation of a youth platform within the Consortium! Read more ▸
María Carolina Rodríguez Acero
Former Policy and Advocacy Coordinator for Latin America (2021-2023)
Exploring Territories of Life with the World’s Most Iconic Nature Communications Organisation
The ICCA Consortium participated in a roundtable on scaling community conservation during the 2019 National Geographic Explorers Festival, as part of our continuing efforts to strengthen National Geographic Society’s support for conservation by and with indigenous peoples and local communities. Read more ▸
Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas featured strongly in North America regional events
The ICCA Consortium participated in a series of back-to-back events in Montréal, Canada, including our first regional assembly in North America and two major regional gatherings co-organised with CICADA, the CBD Secretariat, UNESCO and others. Read more ▸
The ICCA Consortium at the UNPFII 2019
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 ▸
Discussing ICCAs – Territories of Life in Europe, on the occasion of the first Europe Regional Assembly
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 ▸
Gender Policy
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” ▸
Submission to CBD on 2015-2020 Gender Plan of Action
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 ▸
The Consortium’s new book on territories of life
Comments of the recently published volume “Territories of life: Exploring vitality of governance for conserved and protected areas”. Read more ▸
New guidelines: Recognising territories and areas conserved by Indigenous peoples and local communities (ICCAs) overlapped by protected areas
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 ▸
Challenges to direct funding access for Indigenous Peoples defending ICCAs amid Unilateral Coercive Measures and armed conflict
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 ▸
Welcoming new Members to the Consortium
The ICCA Consortium welcomes 19 new Member organisations from around the globe. Read more ▸
Asami Segundo
Regional Coordinator for Southeast Asia, on behalf of NTFP-EP
Southeast Asia: Challenges and Ways Forward
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 second European Regional Assembly of the ICCA Consortium envisions expanding membership and establishing a regional technical unit
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 ▸
Karen Indigenous youth are leading self-determination and revitalizing territories of life in Myanmar: Esther Wah
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 ▸
