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Building from the ground up: Opportunities to scale locally-led monitoring of the social impacts of conservation - Forest Peoples Programme
Building from the ground up: Opportunities to scale locally-led monitoring of the social impacts of conservation - Forest Peoples Programme
This report presents the results of a global scoping exercise to identify and characterize monitoring initiatives led by or partnered with Indigenous Peoples...
Articles
New studies reaffirm Indigenous-led conservation as key in tackling biodiversity and climate crisis - Amazon Frontlines
New studies reaffirm Indigenous-led conservation as key in tackling biodiversity and climate crisis - Amazon Frontlines
Reviewing the science on 50 years of conservation: Knowledge production biases and lessons for practice - Ambio
Reviewing the science on 50 years of conservation: Knowledge production biases and lessons for practice - Ambio
Is it just conservation? A typology of Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ roles in conserving biodiversity
Is it just conservation? A typology of Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ roles in conserving biodiversity
Social considerations are crucial to success in implementing the 30×30 global conservation target - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Social considerations are crucial to success in implementing the 30×30 global conservation target - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The minimum land area requiring conservation attention to safeguard biodiversity
The minimum land area requiring conservation attention to safeguard biodiversity
Global Reports
(2023) Journeys to more equitable and effective conservation: the central role of Indigenous peoples and local communities
(2023) Journeys to more equitable and effective conservation: the central role of Indigenous peoples and local communities
(FAO, 2021) The White/Wiphala Paper on Indigenous Peoples’ food systems
(FAO, 2021) The White/Wiphala Paper on Indigenous Peoples’ food systems
(RRI, 2020) Rights-Based Conservation: The path to preserving Earth’s biological and cultural diversity?
(RRI, 2020) Rights-Based Conservation: The path to preserving Earth’s biological and cultural diversity?
Regional Reports (Asia)
(AIPP et al, 2022) Reconciling Conservation and Global Biodiversity Goals with Community Land Rights in Asia
(AIPP et al, 2022) Reconciling Conservation and Global Biodiversity Goals with Community Land Rights in Asia
(AIPP/RRI/TC, 2020) Brief: Under the Cover of COVID: New Laws in Asia Favor Business at the Cost of Indigenous Peoples’ and Local Communities’ Land and Territorial Rights
(AIPP/RRI/TC, 2020) Brief: Under the Cover of COVID: New Laws in Asia Favor Business at the Cost of Indigenous Peoples’ and Local Communities’ Land and Territorial Rights
This brief discusses legislative developments during COVID-19 in India, Indonesia, and the Philippines that undermine sustainable human-environment interactions and IPs’ and LCs’ broader enjoyment of their rights over their customary territories. While India, Indonesia and the Philippines have yet to ratify the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169) (ILO 169), all three countries
(LCW, 2020) Locating the Breach: Mapping the Nature of Land Conflicts in India
(LCW, 2020) Locating the Breach: Mapping the Nature of Land Conflicts in India
Submission to Special Rapporteur
(AIPP, 2022) Submission to UNSRIP "Protected Areas and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights: the Obligations of States and International Organizations"
(AIPP, 2022) Submission to UNSRIP "Protected Areas and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights: the Obligations of States and International Organizations"
(AIPP, 2020) Submission to UNSRIP "Impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous Peoples in Asia"
(AIPP, 2020) Submission to UNSRIP "Impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous Peoples in Asia"
Media Articles
Indigenous-led conservation: The Siekopai’s answer to ecological crises - Amazon Frontlines
Indigenous-led conservation: The Siekopai’s answer to ecological crises - Amazon Frontlines
As our planet moves through multiple intensifying ecological crises, it is time for comprehensive changes in the ways we address...
(2021) Thailand’s Indigenous Peoples fight for ‘land of our heart’ (commentary)
(2021) Thailand’s Indigenous Peoples fight for ‘land of our heart’ (commentary)
On Sept. 3, 2019, the remains of Porlajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen, a Karen environmental and community rights defender who was disappeared in 2014, were found in an oil drum submerged under the Kaeng Krachan dam suspension bridge in Phetchaburi, Thailand. Billy was last seen by his community while being arrested by Kaeng Krachan National Park superintendent […]
(2021) What’s wrong with the Global Safety Net approach to conservation?
(2021) What’s wrong with the Global Safety Net approach to conservation?
The funded period of the BIOSEC project ended in August 2020. However our work continues and the website is still regularly updated with news, publications and our latest research.
Interviews
As COP15 approaches, ’30 by 30’ becomes a conservation battleground
As COP15 approaches, ’30 by 30’ becomes a conservation battleground
'We Used to Have Everything': Western Conservation Models Threaten Indigenous Rights, Says New Report - Toward Freedom
'We Used to Have Everything': Western Conservation Models Threaten Indigenous Rights, Says New Report - Toward Freedom
A new report more than 20 Asian Indigenous organizations have authored warns Western conservation models governments and organizations worldwide have adopted threaten the rights of Indigenous communities and local people, reports Deepa Padmanaban.
Thailand's green goals threaten indigenous forest dwellers
Thailand's green goals threaten indigenous forest dwellers
Mentions
Policy Brief No. 1 Human rights-based approaches to conserving biodiversity: equitable, effective and imperative A policy brief from the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment
Policy Brief No. 1 Human rights-based approaches to conserving biodiversity: equitable, effective and imperative A policy brief from the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment
Indigenous-led report warns against ‘simplistic take on conservation’
Indigenous-led report warns against ‘simplistic take on conservation’
ICCA Consortium: Reconciling Conservation and Global Biodiversity Goals with Community Land Rights in Asia
ICCA Consortium: Reconciling Conservation and Global Biodiversity Goals with Community Land Rights in Asia
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