Legal Review: Canada
This is part of a series of reports from an international-to-local analysis of laws relevant to territories and areas conserved by Indigenous Peoples and local communities (ICCAs).
Legal Reviews
These reports analyze the effects of laws, policies, and implementing agencies on territories and areas conserved by Indigenous Peoples and local communities (ICCAs) and explore the diversity of ways in which Indigenous peoples and local communities are using the law to sustain the resilience of their ICCAs.
Nourishing life— territories of life and food sovereignty
This Policy Brief focuses on the contributions that IPCAs and their international counterparts, ICCAs, make [...]
Recognising and Respecting ICCAs Overlapped by Protected Areas
This report explores the interface between Indigenous peoples' and local communities' conserved territories and areas, and the governance and management of overlapping protected areas.
Territories of Life Report
This report provides an analysis of territories and areas conserved by Indigenous Peoples and local communities (ICCAs) or "territories of life" at a local-to-global scale.
The Living Convention
The Living Convention is an accessible compendium of Indigenous peoples’, local communities’ and peasants’ international rights.
A primer on governance for protected and conserved areas
This primer from the 2014 IUCN World Parks Congress includes a review of basic concepts [...]
Ecological restoration for protected areas: principles, guidelines and best practices
This publication from the IUCN provides guidance for terrestrial, marine, and freshwater protected area managers on the restoration of natural and associated values of protected areas.
Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories
The IUCN protected area management categories is a core document for the development, reporting and understanding of protected areas worldwide.
Guidelines for using A Global Standard for the Identification of Key Biodiversity Areas
These guidelines offer a global standard for identifying Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) to ensure consistent, scientifically rigorous, and practical methods