Expanding global partnerships to recognize the role of Indigenous Peoples in conversing biodiversity

Event title: From the Aichi Targets to the post-2020 GBF: expanding global partnerships to recognize the role of Indigenous Peoples and local communities’ territories and areas (ICCAs) for biodiversity conservation and human well-being.

Time: 13:15 EST

Location: Montreal, Canada

Format: in-person event

Side event to: UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15/COP-MOP10/COP-MOP4)

Organized by: UNDP | BMUV | GEF-SGP | ICCA Consortium | UNEP-WCMC

CBD event page: https://www.cbd.int/side-events/4793

Description: This event will review eight years of implementation of the Global ICCA Support Initiative ​funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV). The initiative was delivered through the UNDP-implemented GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP), recognizing the crucial role of Indigenous Peoples’ and community conserved territories and areas (ICCAs) in contributing to the CBD Aichi targets and post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

The side event will review examples of multi-actor partnerships established between civil society networks, state parties and UN agencies, in support to ICCAs at national and regional levels, together with integrated reporting frameworks for protected and conserved areas at the international level. A new publication will be launched, describing consolidated results achieved under the Global ICCA Support Initiative during its first two phases of implementation from 2014-2022.