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Conservation and Human Rights: An Introduction AfricaAIPPAsiaBiodiversity monitoringCHIRAPAQCIPDPCommunity-led conservationCountryFPPGTANWICCSIINIMPECTKenyaLand and resource rightsLMMalaysiaPACOSPartnersPASDPeruPhilippinesPIKPRegionReportThailandThe AmericasThemesTypeUNEP-WCMC
30.10.24

Conservation and Human Rights: An Introduction

This guidance is intended as a resource for conservation professionals who are interested to learn more about the relationship between conservation and human rights, especially the rights of Indigenous peoples and local communities. A huge amount has been written on this topic over the past…
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Training resources on the Convention on Biological Diversity AfricaAIPPAsiaBiodiversity monitoringBlogCHIRAPAQCIPDPCommunity-led conservationCountryFPPGTANWICCSIINIMPECTInternational processesKenyaLand and resource rightsLMMalaysiaPACOSPartnersPASDPeruPhilippinesPIKPRegionThailandThe AmericasThemesTraditional and local knowledgeTypeUNEP-WCMC
28.10.24

Training resources on the Convention on Biological Diversity

This booklet series provides Indigenous Peoples and local communities with key insights into the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), and its Target 3, focusing on their rights and participation in global conservation efforts. It offers guidance on engaging…
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Ensuring the sustainability of customary use on Indigenous and community-held lands AfricaAIPPAsiaCHIRAPAQCIPDPCommunity-led conservationCountryFPPGTANWICCSIINIMPECTKenyaLand and resource rightsLMMalaysiaPACOSPartnersPASDPeruPhilippinesPIKPRegionReportSustainable livelihoodsThailandThe AmericasThemesTraditional and local knowledgeTypeUNEP-WCMC
17.10.24

Ensuring the sustainability of customary use on Indigenous and community-held lands

This guide is for local organisations (e.g. community-based organisations and trusted local non-governmental organisations) which are supporting Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IP & LCs) in their desire to assess the sustainability of natural resources on their lands (both terrestrial and marine), and implement activities…
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Mapping and Monitoring in Indigenous Territories AfricaAsiaBiodiversity monitoringCommunity-led conservationCountryLand and resource rightsLMPartnersRegionThe AmericasThemesTraditional and local knowledgeTypeVideo
30.09.24

Mapping and Monitoring in Indigenous Territories

This film is made by six indigenous filmmakers from Asia, Latin America and Africa, about mapping and monitoring in indigenous territories. The film is designed to raise community awareness and looks into ancestral and technological approaches to mapping and monitoring, as well as the benefits…
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Monitors gathering biodiversity data in Mt. Elgon Forest
Community-based biodiversity monitoring trials begin in Mt. Elgon AfricaArticleBiodiversity monitoringCIPDPCommunity-led conservationCountryKenyaPartnersRegionThemesTraditional and local knowledgeType
23.09.24

Community-based biodiversity monitoring trials begin in Mt. Elgon

After a series of indoor training and field practical together with elders, the monitors have gained skills to enable them collect data.  With past experience on the use of mapping tool which is mastered by some of the monitors, the community is now applying the…
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Sungai ethnic men explaining on the types of animal traps using materials from their forest. Tony/PACOS, 2015
PACOS Trust joins the Transformative Pathways AsiaBiodiversity monitoringCommunity-led conservationCountryInternational processesLand and resource rightsMalaysiaPACOSPartnersRegionSustainable livelihoodsThemesTraditional and local knowledgeTypeVideo
29.08.24

PACOS Trust joins the Transformative Pathways

As of August 2024, we are honoured to welcome PACOS Trust, an Indigenous community-based organisation in Sabah, Malaysia to the Transformative Pathways Project.  PACOS Trust (short for Partners of Community Organisations in Sabah) is dedicated to improving the quality of life in Indigenous communities in…
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The Philippine Indigenous Peoples Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan ArticleAsiaBiodiversity monitoringCommunity-led conservationInternational processesPhilippinesPIKP
05.08.24

The Philippine Indigenous Peoples Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), adopted by Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 2022, recognizes the key roles and contributions of indigenous peoples and local communities as custodians of biodiversity and as partners in its conservation, restoration and sustainable use. It…
Niya Seklemova
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Beliefs, resources, and lifestyle of the Mae Yang Min community in Mae Yang Min watershed AsiaBlogCountryIMPECTLand and resource rightsPartnersRegionThailandThemesTraditional and local knowledgeType
24.07.24

Beliefs, resources, and lifestyle of the Mae Yang Min community in Mae Yang Min watershed

Written by Issara Phanasantikul Communities in the area of Mae Yang Min watershed network include indigenous Pgakenyaw and Lahu whose traditional lifestyles remain in contact with natural resources that they believe in everything surrounding them and in the care of the protector-spirits. In the ninth…
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From Ways of Life Across Generations to Season Change AsiaBlogCountryIMPECTLand and resource rightsPartnersRegionThailandTraditional and local knowledgeType
24.07.24

From Ways of Life Across Generations to Season Change

As the rainy season approaches, the trees, plants, and forests seem to come back to life. The brown grass in the fields, dry from last summer, transforms into a lush green. The rice fields start filling with water from the rain, awaiting plowing, while the…
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