New Zealand’s Whanganui River granted legal status as a person after 170-year battle
New Zealand March 2017
The country’s Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Christopher Finlayson said the passing of the Te Awa Tupua…
Indigenous Peoples
The Havukkavaara old forest, North Karelia, first ICCA to be established in Scandinavia
Karelia, FinlandDecember 2016
The current land owners have agreed to register of the old growth Havukkavaara forest as Indigenous Community Conserved…
An Indigenous peoples’ coalition stops the Dakota Pipeline access in Standing Rock Native American Reservation
Standing Rock Native American Reservation, USASpring 2016
On April 1, 2016, La Donna Brave Bull Allard, an elder member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe,…
7th International Indigenous Leadership Gathering: Protect the Sacred
Lillooet, BC, Canada June 2015
The 7th International Indigenous Leadership Gathering will be hosted by the St’at’imc Chiefs’ Council, from 4 to 7…
Workshop on the International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples
Bhutan, 26 May-1 June 2014
An International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples was formed at a walking workshop which took place in Bhutan…
The Brao-Kavet and their Sacred Mountains, Cambodia
Baird, Ian G.2013
Brao-Kavet are an indigenous ethnic group in northeastern Cambodia and southern Laos. Although in recent decades most have…
Recognizing and Safeguarding Sacred Sites of Indigenous Peoples in Northern and Arctic Regions
International Conference Protecting the Sacred in Northern and Arctic Regions2013
In September 2013, a group of nearly 80 participants from seven different Indigenous Peoples developed the “Conference Statement…
Recommendation to support custodian protocols and customary laws of sacred sites in the face of global threats and challenges
IUCN2012
This Recommendation, adopted by the IUCN General Assembley of Jeju (South Korea), calls on all IUCN State Members…
New support to the indigenous & traditional peoples and local communities from the Society of Ethnobiology in
Montpellier (France)20–25 May 2012
The goals of the International Conference of the Ethnobiological Society are: examine current great environmental challenges in light…
Dialogue Workshop on Indigenous knowledge, Traditional knowledge, Science and connecting diverse knowledge systems
Usdub, Guna Yala, Panama10-13 April 2012
A dialogue workshop will be held from 10-13 April in Usdub, Guna Yala, Panama, the week before the…