The Second High-Level International Conference on the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018-2028, was held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on 6-9 June 2022.  With a focus on “catalyzing water action and partnership at the local, national, regional, and ...read more

In Madagascar, the SGP has been supporting the empowerment of more than 300 local community organizations since 2007, including through the Global Support Initiative to territories and areas conserved by Indigenous Peoples and local communities (ICCA-GSI), a multi-partnership initiative funded ...read more

The first sub-regional conference for territories and areas conserved by indigenous peoples and local communities (ICCAs) in Central Africa was held in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from 7-9 March 2022.  Co-sponsored by the ICCA-GSI, the National Alliance for the Support ...read more

During the IUCN World Conservation Congress held in Marseille (3-10 Sept 2021), two ICCA GSI side events were organized at the ‘Vital Sites for a Protected Planet Pavilion’, notably (1) ‘The contribution of ICCAs to the CBD 2020 framework and beyond’ including a presentation of two ...read more

In 2020, the SGP commenced an ICCA-GSI ecotourism project to train youth from indigenous and local communities living along the Sipacate-Naranjo National Park, the only protected marine-coastal national park in Guatemala.   The Sipacate municipality is located in ...read more

In central Madagascar, the Amoron’i Mania region is home to the largest area of Tapia forests. These endemic species are the last surviving primary forests in the Malagasy highlands, which are divided in three different districts: Manandriana, Ilaka-Ambohimanjaka and ...read more

Iran’s ab-bandaans or wetlands are one of the most important ecosystems in the country in terms of biodiversity, indigenous culture, and various environmental and economic functions. Currently, 2,208 ab-bandaans cover an area of 32,000 hectares scattered across the country. According to ...read more

The ICCA-GSI COVID-19 Resonse Initiative (formerly reffered to as ICCA-GSI Phase 2) was launched in October 2020 as a rapid response initiative to the COVID-19 pandemic for communities living in territories and areas conserved by Indigenous Peoples and local communities (ICCAs).  After a ...read more

Confronted with the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, the world is now facing the greatest health, economic and social challenge in the recent times. For communities living in indigenous peoples and community-conserved territories and areas (ICCAs), COVID-19 poses grave health threats since ...read more

The Jesús María River Basin is located in Costa Rica’s Pacific region, and covers 35,280ha of a diverse landscape comprised of forests, coffee plantations and fruit trees, mangroves, pastures, cash crops, water bodies, and urban areas, descending from a maximum elevation of 1,400m through ...read more