A tentative turning point: Recap of UN CBD negotiations in Geneva
We must take stock of the March 2022 negotiations in Geneva to ensure a strong outcome of the next round in Nairobi in June. Read more ▸
Convention on Biological Biodiversity
ICCA Consortium analysis of key targets in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework
As the fourth round of negotiations on the post-2020 framework begin in Nairobi, we take a look at the key issues identified by our membership. Read more ▸
Taking a stand: the non-negotiable elements of the next global biodiversity framework
The roles, rights and responsibilities of Indigenous Peoples and local communities must be appropriately recognized in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework and in the reimagining of conservation. Read more ▸
Voices from custodians of territories of life on the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Six key foundations for sustaining territories of life from deep reflection amongst ICCA Consortium Members in Africa, Asia, and Latin America on the post-2020 framework. Read more ▸
Reimagining conservation: Integrating human rights in the development and implementation of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Several ICCA Consortium Members and Honorary members contributed to this engaging side event at the 5th session of the UN Environment Assembly. Read more ▸
Briefing: Indigenous Peoples, local communities and area-based conservation targets
This new briefing paper seeks to clarify the intersections among the post-2020 global biodiversity framework and the land and resource rights, collective governance, and self-determination of Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Read more ▸
Implementing a human rights based approach: A briefing for the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
A new briefing presents what is urgently needed to effectively adopt a human rights-based approach across the implementation, monitoring, and reporting of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Read more ▸
Decolonizing conservation in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Parties in the upcoming negotiations must align the goals and targets of the post-2020 framework with the self-determined values, visions, and leadership of the Indigenous Peoples and local communities to ensure a healthy and sustainable planet for all. Read more ▸
Civil society calls on world leaders to put human rights at the centre of environmental policy
The ICCA Consortium joins over 160 civil society organisations and academics in an open letter calling on world leaders to integrate human rights into global and national environmental policy and practice. Read more ▸
COP15: Supporting Indigenous Peoples and local communities is the biggest opportunity for a successful post-2020 biodiversity framework
Supporting Indigenous Peoples and local communities to secure their rights and to strengthen their self-determined governance systems, sustain their cultures, territories and ways of life on their own terms is one of the biggest opportunities for transformative change in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Read more ▸
New guidance on integrating human rights into the global biodiversity framework
New Analysis Brief offers guidance on applying the human rights-based approach in the new Global Biodiversity Framework. Read more ▸
Growing calls to place human rights at the center of new global biodiversity framework
New policy briefs underscore the interlinkages between human rights and biodiversity and share practical guidance on how to apply a human rights-based approach in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, which is currently under negotiation by 196 governments. Read more ▸
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples: Statement by the ICCA Consortium
We call for a new social contract for Indigenous Peoples’ rights to self-determination and to sustain and defend their territories of life. Read more ▸
Integrating human rights into the post-2020 global biodiversity framework
As part of a diverse group promoting human rights within the post-2020 framework, the ICCA Consortium contributed to a discussion paper that sets out clear options for negotiators. Read more ▸
Pacific nations are on the path of holistic ocean governance, the 30 by 30 campaign may destroy that without major changes
Calls for a new area-based conservation target must not bulldoze the Indigenous roadmap that has allowed small island nations to sustainably govern and manage a hundred percent of their coastal and marine territories, improve their lives and conserve fisheries. Read more ▸
Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must recognize role of Indigenous and local women
Integrating gender justice in the mainstreaming of biodiversity could be a highly effective way to secure universal human rights for women. Read more ▸
‘30 by 30’ is a distraction, keep the focus on Indigenous and locally-led holistic ocean stewardship
The “30 by 30” campaign for marine protected areas will marginalize the very people who – far from contributing to the problem – have long been a big part of the solution. Read more ▸
UN Dispatches: Short Film on Youth Perspectives on Global Biodiversity Negotiations
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The ICCA Consortium’s delegation to the most recent UN negotiations on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework included several youth (all women!). Join us as we hear about this experience directly from youth representatives from Madagascar, Nepal and the Philippines. Read more ▸
The Journey to Kunming (Part III): UN Post-2020 Negotiations Begin in Earnest Before COVID-19 Halts Global Process in Its Tracks
After a late-stage venue change from Kunming to Rome, jittery delegates managed to focus on negotiating the zero draft of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework in the same week that COVID-19 sadly began to take hold in Italy. Read more ▸
UN Biodiversity Negotiators Must Protect Human Rights to Protect the Planet
ICCA Consortium Members, Honorary members and partners joined forces for an ambitious international workshop that could help change the course of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework – by putting human rights firmly at its centre. Read more ▸
