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    • The Indigenous Peoples’ and Local Communities’ Conservation Congress
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    • From left to right: Kendi Borona, RRI; Khan//an /ukxa, Senior cónsul from traditional authority from Namibia; Hon. Royal Johan Kxao IUiloloo, Deputy Minister of marginalised Communities, Namibia; Fiesta Warinwa, AICA; State Minister, Ministry of Irrigation and lowlands, Ethiopia Hon. Endrias Geta; Chief Langman from traditional authority of Namibia. Photo credit: Matthew Sky Angula, Venture Media for Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)
    • IP’s & LC’s Conservation Congress, Windhoek, Namibia, October 25-27, 2023. Photo credit: Matthew Sky Angula, Venture Media for Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)
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Indigenous Peoples and local communities formalize a pan-African Alliance for Community Conservation at the first-ever Community-led Conservation Congress

At the Congress, participants made clear that across Africa, IPs and LCs—and especially the women and youth within these groups—have never been better positioned, organized, and coordinated to uphold and realize their land and livelihood rights

More than 300 representatives of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, governments, donors, and NGOs from 47 African countries gathered last month in Namibia to collectively develop a strategy for community-led and people-centered conservation in Africa. Participants from 47 countries shared their lived experiences, lessons, and challenges around community-led conservation during the…

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    • Delegates from land institutions and ministries in 11 countries in Africa post together at the closing ceremony of at the 4th Regional Conference of National Land Institutions in Africa (14 September, 2023). Photo by RRI.
    • RRI Coordinator Dr. Solange Bandiaky-Badji addresses the opening ceremony at the 4th Regional Conference of National Land Institutions in Africa on 12 September, 2023. Photo by RRI.
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National Land Institutions and Ministries from 11 African Countries Gather in Arusha to Scale-Up Community Land Rights

The participants produced a final declaration that strongly calls for African national governments to scale up financial and technical resources for national land institutions

Land institutions from 11 countries shared lived experiences, opportunities, and challenges to advancing African communities’ land rights, with a focus on the women, youth, and pastoralists among them; the meeting was a unique opportunity for national land institutions to engage with each other as well development finance partners and civil…

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    • Rosalie Matondo, Minister of Forest Economy of the Republic of Congo, meets Indigenous and local community women delegates and forum organizers on Day 1 of the forum”
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Indigenous and local community women from Central Africa and the Congo Basin call for direct access to funding to help their efforts to achieve 30x30 goals

Indigenous and local community women leaders from Africa, Asia, and North and South America gather in Brazzaville to strengthen the global solidarity movement for women-led initiatives to protect biodiversity and build climate resilience

More than 200 participants from 20 countries gathered in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo (RoC) last week for the First Forum of Indigenous and Local Community Women in Central Africa and the Congo Basin. The forum was organized by the Network of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities for the Sustainable Management…

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Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Senate Adopts New Law on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Indigenous Pygmy Peoples

The historic law is the country’s first ever legislation to formally recognize and safeguard the rights of Indigenous Peoples

The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Senate took a big leap forward today in recognizing the customary rights of its Indigenous population by adopting a new law on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Indigenous Pygmy Peoples. The historic law is the country’s first ever legislation to…

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    • Pan-African Conference on Community Land Rights identifies urgent collective land rights reforms and women’s rights as critical for securing social peace in Africa (1)
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Pan-African Conference on Community Land Rights identifies urgent collective land rights reforms and women’s rights as critical for securing social peace in Africa

The conference, hosted by the Government of Togo, was initiated by the Rights and Resources Initiative and co-organized by International Land Coalition, Africa

Delegates from 12 countries united in Lomé, Togo for the 3rd Conference by the African Land Institutions Network for Community Rights (ALIN); They highlighted successes and challenges from ongoing community land rights reforms in their countries, and charted a roadmap for the future; The conference, hosted by the Government of…

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The African Land Institutions Network for Community Rights (ALIN) reunite in Lomé to assess progress on collective land rights and sustainable development in Africa

The conference will capitalize on growing political momentum ahead of the upcoming Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA-2021), the biodiversity and climate CoPs, and recent legislative gains in collective land rights

On October 12-14, the Togolese Ministry of Urban Settlements, Housing and Land Reform and the Autopromotion rural pour un développement humain durable (ADHD) will co-host the 3rd Regional Conference of National Land Institutions on Securing Community Land Rights in Africa in Lomé, Togo and online. Ministers, government officials and representatives of ALIN…