Indigenous and community-led conservation
Territories of life, the communities that hold them, and how recognition works.
3 resources
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ICCA Consortium
Membership association of Indigenous peoples and local communities defending territories of life, and the body that sets the standards for recognizing them
Consult or join the body that defines how a territory of life gets formally recognized
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ICCA Registry
Communities self-report their own territories here, as case studies, maps and stories. Free to browse worldwide
Read what communities say about their own territories, in their framing, before proposing anything
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IUCN good practice guidelines on ICCAs
IUCN WCPA guidance on recognizing and supporting Indigenous and community conserved areas inside protected area systems. Free PDF
Use it when a government wants community areas inside a protected area system without erasing them