Africa
Association OKANI |
Association OKANI |
Welfare Togo |
Welfare Togo |
APPEG |
ONG APPEG |
Ligue Guinéenne pour la Nature |
Ligue Guinéenne pour la Nature |
Association ASKA |
ASKA |
Najwa Es-Siari
Regional Coordinator for North Africa
Henri Rakotoson
Regional Co-coordinator for Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands
Urgent Call: Stop M23/AFC atrocities in DRC and demand withdrawal of the armed group from Congolese territory
The armed group is massacring and displacing Indigenous and local populations in the eastern Congo to occupy their lands and territories for the illegal extraction of strategic minerals. Read more ▸
East Africa: Climate resilience, mental health and human rights in Pastoralist communities
Displacement and evictions have affected pastoralists’ mental health and well-being, thus creating a state of learned helplessness and depression Read more ▸
ONG APPEG
ONG APPEG – Association pour la promotion de la paix, l’environnement et le genre National NGO Guinea Facebook
ADECOMA
Assistance au Développement Communautaire et Associatif ONG local Guinea
Groupement pour la Protection de l’Environnement et du Développement Local
Organisation représentant une communauté locale Guinea
Respect and protect the environmental human rights defenders in Africa
African leaders and conservation organizations must fulfill their responsibility to take a stand and prioritize the protection of environmental human rights defenders, including those from Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Read more ▸
Indigenous peoples and local communities assert their role in conservation at the IUCN African Protected and Conserved Areas Congress
In July 2022, the ICCA Consortium was present at the first African Protected and Conserved Areas Congress (APAC-Congress), organised in Kigali under the aegis of the IUCN. Indigenous Peoples and local communities made their voices heard, calling for conservation to be inclusive and community-led across the continent. Read more ▸
Call for Action: Save the ICCA–territory of life of Sakatia in Madagascar against land grabbing
We, the Fokonolona guardians of the Indigenous Community Conserved Area (ICCA–territory of life) from the island of Sakatia in Nosy Be, Madagascar, denounce and oppose the land-grabbing project and the eviction of the population to build an infrastructure project by a company called Green Mada Land on our territory. Read more ▸
FIDEPE celebrates the first Africa Protected and Conserved Areas Day in Cameroon
In Bafoussam, Cameroon, several activities were organized to celebrate this Day under the theme of “Harmony between man and nature: community conservation, an opportunity for biodiversity”. Read more ▸
Alert: Ogiek Indigenous Peoples of Mau-Narok are being evicted despite two African Court judgments in their favor
The ICCA Consortium strongly condemns this inexcusable violence against the Ogiek and stands in solidarity with the affected communities and our Member Ogiek Peoples’ Development Program as they seek justice. Read more ▸
