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Peoples' Conservation Summit 2026

Peoples' Conservation Summit 2026

DEKOLONISASI KONSERVASI: Menegaskan Kedaulatan Rakyat Atas Pengetahuan dan Tata Kelola Keanekaragaman Hayati di Indonesia 1-3 September, 2026

Understanding ICCA

Territories of Life

We often observe a strong connection between indigenous peoples or local communities and specific territories, areas, or natural resources, which are excluded for cultural, spiritual, and philosophical reasons. This connection has given rise to effective governance of natural resources and territories, which directly and indirectly contribute to nature conservation. We call these Territories and Areas Conserved by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, globally known as “Territories and Areas Conserved by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities”  (ICCA-Territories of Life). The term ICCA is used as part of the political communication of the global people's conservation movement, but does not eliminate the diversity of local names and terms for various practices that exist in communities. In Indonesia, WGII ​​has adopted the term "Areal Konservasi Kelola Masyarakat" (AKKM) as a translation of ICCAs.

Naomi Marasian

Open Quote For us, land is mama. If we continue to look after mama, then mama will always look after us as her children. Close Quote

Naomi Marasian
Indigenous Women, Kemtuik Community, Papua

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Jaringan Kerja Pemetaan Partisipatif
Badan Registrasi Wilayah Adat
Perkumpulan HuMa
Yayasan Pusaka Bentala Rakyat
Sawit Watch
Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia
NTFP-EP Indonesia
Koalisi Rakyat untuk Keadilan Perikanan
Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara
Jaringan Kerja Pemetaan Partisipatif
Badan Registrasi Wilayah Adat
Perkumpulan HuMa
Yayasan Pusaka Bentala Rakyat
Sawit Watch
Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia
NTFP-EP Indonesia
Koalisi Rakyat untuk Keadilan Perikanan

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Press Release Peoples' Conservation Summit 2026: Road to COP-17 CBD, Armenia Innovation and Creativity Arena, UGM, Yogyakarta, September 2, 2026
Thursday, 3 Sep 2026
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Press Release Peoples' Conservation Summit 2026: Road to COP-17 CBD, Armenia Innovation and Creativity Arena, UGM, Yogyakarta, September 2, 2026

PCS 2026 gave birth to the "Indonesian People's Conservation Declaration" as a manifesto of a people-based conservation movement, emphasizing the importance of recognizing the rights, knowledge, and roles of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in determining the direction of Indonesia's conservation.
Press Release: Peoples' Conservation Summit 2026: Road to COP-17 CBD, Armenia "Striving for Conservation, Fighting Marginalization"
Monday, 31 Aug 2026
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Press Release: Peoples' Conservation Summit 2026: Road to COP-17 CBD, Armenia "Striving for Conservation, Fighting Marginalization"

Conservation is not new to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. Forests, rivers, food spaces, and living areas have been managed through rules, traditions, knowledge, and practices rooted in the community's philosophy of life and passed down from generation to generation. These various practices show that conservation has long been alive and practiced by the community.
Press Release: Peoples’ Conservation Summit 2026: Road to COP-17 CBD, Armenia, Public Dialogue "People's Conservation for Indonesia: Building a Fair Biodiversity Governance Paradigm"
Monday, 31 Aug 2026
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Press Release: Peoples’ Conservation Summit 2026: Road to COP-17 CBD, Armenia, Public Dialogue "People's Conservation for Indonesia: Building a Fair Biodiversity Governance Paradigm"

Conservation is often imagined as an effort to protect flora, fauna, and areas that are sterile from human intervention. Conservation areas are imagined as empty spaces, even having to be empty of humans.
Peoples' Conservation Summit 2026: Road to COP-17 CBD, Armenia "Decolonizing Conservation: Affirming People's Sovereignty over Knowledge and Governance of Biodiversity in Indonesia"
Tuesday, 1 Sep 2026
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Peoples' Conservation Summit 2026: Road to COP-17 CBD, Armenia "Decolonizing Conservation: Affirming People's Sovereignty over Knowledge and Governance of Biodiversity in Indonesia"

Peoples' Conservation Summit (PCS) 2026 encourages a change in Indonesia's conservation perspective to be more favorable to indigenous peoples and local communities as the main subjects of conservation, knowledge holders, and guardians of biodiversity in their living areas

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