This Policy Brief explores the issues of territories and areas conserved by Indigenous Peoples and local communities (ICCAs), discusses key approaches for appropriately recognizing, respecting and supporting overlapped ICCAs, and offers recommendations.
This toolkit provides valuable information on ICCAs can be supported through building capacity and sharing knowledge. Key sections explore Documenting Presence (pg. 14), Management Planning (pg. 30), Monitoring and Evaluation (pg. 44), Communication (pg. 52), and Finance and Values (pg. 60).
This report offers a deep dive into Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs). It establishes an international definition and overall objectives, as well as describing criteria and characteristics of KBAs.
The analysis shows that Indigenous Peoples manage or have tenure rights over at least ~38 million km2 in 87 countries, representing politically distinct areas on all inhabited continents and over a quarter of the world's land surface.
This IUCN best practice guide provides ideas on how to enhance the equity in the relationship between staff and management of protected areas and the Indigenous/local community of that area.
This is a collection of essays which gives recommendations on how Canada can braid together a new legal framework through the implementation of UNDRIP, revive a stalled process of reconciliation, and embrace a true nation-to-nation relationship with Indigenous Peoples.
This journal article looks at conservation efforts and other effective conservation measures (OECMs) across the world.
Online access to this book is currently restricted.
This is a declaration adopted by the United Nations in 2007 that affirms the rights of Indigenous Peoples worldwide. It is commonly known as UNDRIP or the Declaration. It was only in 2017 that Canada began endorsing UNDRIP, but it has now been enshrined in Canadian Law through Bill C-15.
This blog post highlights the contributions of Indigenous leadership to developing a post-2020 biodiversity framework focused on rights, governance, and conservation.