Story | 05 Aug, 2022
Small-scale fishers' Call to Action
CEESP News: Vivienne Solis Rivera, biologist, honorary member of the ICCA Consortium, part of the Board of Directors of ICSF, and CEESP member
A healthy ocean is contingent upon respect for the rights of small scale fishers and Indigenous communities that rely on the ocean for life and…
Story | 05 Aug, 2022
Empowering Indigenous communities in Guwahati against an environmental injustice
CEESP News: Suryakanta Acharya1
In the fall of 2021, we helped Indigenous communities in Assam, India manage the government’s unjust garbage dumping practices. Our activism, along with the efforts of other NGOs and judiciary interventions, were enough to compel the municipality to shift…
Story | 05 Aug, 2022
New legislation to protect the rights of the Indigenous Pygmy Peoples in the DRC
CEESP News: Marine Gauthier, Social and Environmental Safeguards Expert - UNDP & CEESP member
In 2022, the Democratic Republic of the Congo recognized the customary rights of its Indigenous population by adopting a new law on Indigenous Pygmy Peoples. Its enforcement could become the…
Story | 05 Aug, 2022
Taking up space: reflections of an Indigenous youth navigating international biodiversity policy
CEESP News: Josefa Cariño Tauli, policy co-coordinator, Global Youth Biodiversity Network (…
Story | 05 Aug, 2022
Message from the Chair of SPICEH: rights-based conservation for social justice
CEESP News: Pasang Dolma Sherpa, PhD, Chair of IUCN CEESP Specialist Group on Indigenous Peoples, Customary & Environmental Laws, and Human Rights (SPICEH) & Director of Center for Indigenous Peoples’ Research and Development (CIPRED)
Story | 05 Aug, 2022
Indigenous voices demand an end to colonial conservation at Africa Protected Areas Congress
CEESP News:
Story | 05 Aug, 2022
Loktak Indigenous fishers face threats to their livelihoods
CEESP News: Salam Rajesh, CEESP member
Manipur’s Loktak Lake is one of India’s Ramsar sites. A significant natural inland freshwater wetland, Loktak supports a diversity of life including Indigenous Meitei fishing population. The fishers have thrived upon the lake resources for…
Story | 05 Aug, 2022
CEESP News: Bheka Nxele, Programme Manager on the implementation of a Working for Ecosystems Programme, for eThekwini Municipality in eThekwini Municipality, South Africa & CEESP member
We highlight the importance of incorporating Indigenous knowledge in ecosystem …
Story | 25 Jul, 2022
What if water could speak? "Meet the Oceans"
CEESP News: Heli Shah, President of the Water Initiative IHEID & Charlotte Qin, founder of QinTheory 秦 論 Studio & CEESP member
What if oceans could talk? "Meet the Oceans" is a live performance that brings together the five oceans to the General Assembly of the "United Oceans (UO…
Story | 20 Jul, 2022
Enhancing legal and policy frameworks for Nature-based Solutions in the Western Balkans
Until now, there has been no systematic and consistent approach to legal and policy analysis that addresses the integration of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) into development strategies, sectoral policies and legal instruments to tackle climate change and disaster risks. In responding to this gap…