The ICCA Consortium at the CBD COP 12

First published on 10/18/2014, and last updated on 07/19/2022

The ICCA Consortium has been represented by ten delegates (members of the steering committee, honorary members and representatives of members) at the Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (6 to 17 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea).

Please follow this link to find more on ICCAs in Decisions of CBD COP 12.

The Consortium and partners have produced the first issue of a new Series of Policy Briefs on ICCAs and Aichi Targets, which was launched at COP 12.

Please download here the final joint statement of civil society, through the CBD Alliance, at the High Level Segment of the CBD COP12. The statement contains an explicit reference to ICCAs.

On the occasion of the COP 12, our new Policy Brief, was prepared by the ICCA Consortium, CBD Alliance, Kalpavriksh and CENESTA: ICCAs & Aichi Targets, The contribution of Indigenous People’s and Local Community Conserved Territories and Areas to the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 (Aichi Targets)

Press release
Civil society/ILC statement on Pyeongchang Roadmap for the enhanced implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets
Read more on the highlights of COP 12

The Consortium co-organized the following events in collaboration with other groups and the CBD Secretariat:

ICCAS AND AICHI: THE CONTRIBUTION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO MEETING THE AICHI TARGETS Side Event No. 3189
BIODIVERSITY, WELL-BEING AND THE POST-2015 AGENDA Side event no. 3194
A weekend workshop will be co-organised with the CBD Secretariat. “Contribution of the links between Biological and Cultural Diversity, Community Conservation and Customary Sustainable Use to the Implementation of the Strategic Plan on Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Aichi Targets“, 11 – 12 October. Please find the programme here
A Press Conference to release the ICCA and Aichi Targets Policy Brief report with the participation of CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias. Tuesday, 7th October 2014, at 10 am – Please find the recording of the video here, it starts at 0:11:48
A second press Conference following the Global Indigenous peoples’ and Community Conserved Areas and Territories (ICCAs) Support Initiative: Launch Event