ICCA Consortium

Photos from training on the self-strengthening process for territories of life in the Gambia. The self-strengthening journey for the territories of life of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities is a process of reflection, discussion, and action that you can define and shape according to your needs and your community's aspirations. To learn more, please visit this guidance from communities for communities https://lnkd.in/gN_sjT3H #IndigenousPeoples #TerritoriesOfLife

At the #CBD COP16, resource mobilisation was a crucial agenda item which would help in closing the biodiversity financing gap by 2030, so how did it fare? I write for the ICCA Consortium sharing on what happened during the negotiations as one of the delegates who attended the #COP16 in Cali, Colombia.

Like many communities worldwide, the #Massaha community in northeast #Gabon has nurtured and sustained its customary lands and sacred forests through cultural practices for generations. 

#COP16Colombia In the news: ICCA Consortium President Luis Guillermo Izquierdo on the creation of a Subsidiary Body of the Convention on Biological Diversity to advise on the implementation of Article 8J for Indigenous Peoples and local communities 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gDtUsgSW "The simple creation of the subsidiary body is not going to solve the situation and the thousands of problems that we suffer in our territories. However, we see that this agreement allows us to strengthen our presence in major decisions and thus be able to propose actions more in line with our realities. This will help us safeguard and protect the ancestral land and traditional knowledge of our indigenous peoples and local communities."

ICCA Consortium Statement at COP16: Protecting biodiversity and territories of life 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g8cz347k "We, the Indigenous Peoples and guardian communities, reiterate our commitment to defending our territories of life and biodiversity. We urge the Parties and the global community to recognize our essential role in this collective effort, ensuring fair financing mechanisms and adopting policies that respect our rights and knowledge."

ICCA Consortium Statement at COP16: Protecting biodiversity and territories of life 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g8cz347k "We call on the international community to listen to our voices, recognize our authority over the territories we have cared for over generations, and support us with the necessary resources to continue being guardians of biodiversity."

#COP16Colombia Panel Discussion Today at 3 PM @ Youth Meeting Room https://lnkd.in/gBAw97ey : : Who Counts in Target 3? Diverse and equitable governance for conservation outcomes : : PANELISTS Luis Guillermo Izquierdo Mora, President, Council, ICCA Consortium Salatou Sambou, Regional Coordinator for West Africa, Secretariat, ICCA Consortium June Rubis, Member of the Council, ICCA Consortium Neema Pathak-Broome, International Policy Team, Secretariat, ICCA Consortium Trevor Sandwith, Director, Centre for Conservation Action, IUCN MODERATOR Jessica Campese, Honorary member, ICCA Consortium

#COP16Colombia Side Event today at 11:40 in Africa Meeting Room   https://lnkd.in/dsG6GcX4 Navigating a Changing World with #HumanRights at the Core: Implementing the #GlobalBiodiversityFramework with a Human Rights-Based Approach  Simultaneous interpretation in EN, ES, and FR.

ICCA Consortium at the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP16) https://lnkd.in/ghQ7adgv We are supporting the global movement for the territories of life of the Indigenous Peoples and local communities at the Sixteenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16) in Cali, Colombia.

A new report by The Oakland Institute highlights some of the social implications of protected area expansion that fail to recognize human and Indigenous rights. https://lnkd.in/gRtkNiH6 #CBDCOP16