Kenyan Civil Society Meeting on ICCAs

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Natural Justice‘s Gino Cocchiaro attended a meeting of Kenyan civil society representatives investigating the promotion of Indigenous peoples’ and community conserved territories and  areas (ICCAs)  on 7 November, 2012, in Nairobi, Kenya. During the meeting, which was facilitated by the GEF Small Grants Programme and UNDP, Natural Justice presented on the recently completed Kenyan ICCA legal review, developed by Natural Justice and its partners, and on biocultural community protocols, a legal tool being used by communities in Kenya to secure their ICCAs. Through its BCP Initiative, Natural Justice continues to work closely with Kenyan partners and lawyers to assist communities in the development and use of their BCPs and as they attempt to shape and leverage national law and policy that respect their territories and waters.

12 November 2012

Programme

Community Protocols

Country

Kenya

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