Artículo | 29 Nov, 2010

CEESP Briefing Note 10 , "Strengthening What Works - Recognising and Supporting the Conservation Acheivements of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities"

(Also available in French, Spanish and English). Though their existence is arguably as old and wideespread as human civilisation itself, territories are areas conserved by indigenous peoples and local communities (ICCAs) have only recently gained sustained attention in formal conservation circles.

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Internation policies and programmes, notably those under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), encourage today all countries to recognise and support ICCAs.

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