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Overlapping ICCAs - unlocking equitability in conservation
Many protected areas worldwide overlap with ‘territories and areas conserved by Indigenous peoples and local communities’ or ‘ICCAs’ (Indigenous peoples’ and community conserved areas’). These overlapped ICCAs include conserved commons, sacred places and Indigenous and community protected areas. Appropriately recognising and respecting overlapped ICCAs in protected area governance, management and practice can strengthen conservation, affirm rights and promote equitable protected area governance.
This webinar will showcase approaches or pathways and provide guidance on implementing good practices for appropriately recognising, respecting and supporting overlapped ICCAs in existing, new and expanded protected areas of all governance types and management categories.
Vital Sites - the road to Abu Dhabi
As the global conservation community looks ahead to the IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC) in Abu Dhabi in October 2025, the IUCN PCA Team and IUCN WCPA are committed to providing technical guidance and fostering collaboration to advance ambitious biodiversity conservation goals. In the lead-up to this pivotal event, we are reigniting the Vital Sites webinar series to catalyse dialogue, share expertise, and inspire action, charting a clear path toward the World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi in 2025.
Protected and Conserved Areas remain critically important strategies to reverse declining biodiversity trends, protecting important places and securing vital ecosystem services for human well-being.
This series of webinars will focus on the priority topics related to protected and conserved areas leading up to the WCC focussing on new and emerging themes. Each session will delve into topics of strategic importance for achieving global biodiversity targets, offering insights, best practices, and innovative approaches to enhance protected and conserved areas worldwide. Bridging priorities from IUCN members, Commissions, and Secretariat, the series aims to align short-term priorities with long-term strategies, ensuring meaningful progress in nature conservation leading up to the WCC 2025.