Welcome to the Maasai Local Assessment Region site!
You can read our “About” page for more information and also take a look at this video, which provides basic information about the context of climate change in our region.
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...Creating Connections Between Local Indigenous Biocultural Realities and Complex Global Systems...
IPCCA News and Updates- Wisdom of Elders: “They Still Know How to Cook Mammoth” April 1, 2012Wisdom of Elders Better Than Science or the Internet: “They Still Know How to Cook Mammoth” Posted by Stephen Leahy in Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples on March 29, 2012 “Our elders are the best source of information. Better than … Continue reading → […]
- December 2011 Newsletter December 24, 2011Download the IPCCA Newsletter containing an overview of key activities and progress made in 2011! We wish you all a Happy Holiday Season and we look forward to 2012!!! IPCCA Newsletter Dec 2011 […]
- First Edition of the IPCCA Methodological Toolkit December 23, 2011This First Edition of the IPCCA Methodological Toolkit for Local Assessments has been developed using a participatory process which enabled learning from practice in the first Local Assessments to be implemented. It is not intended as a prescriptive tool, but … Continue reading → […]
- New IPCCA Publication on REDD+ December 23, 2011This analytical background document aims to provide information on REDD+ mechanisms, and critically analyses how these mechanisms can potentially impact upon the rights of indigenous peoples. It also provides proposals for responding to the challenges through a biocultural approach. View and Download … Continue reading → […]
- New 2011 IPCCA Brochure December 23, 2011The new IPCCA brochure is now out! if you are interested in copies please contact the Secretariat at ipcca-secretariat@andes.org.pe […]
- Dennis Martinez Paper December 22, 2011Dennis Martinez, is the founder and chair of the Indigenous Peoples’ Restoration Network , and an IPCCA Steering Committee member. This paper, entitled Indigenous ecosystem-based adaptation and community-based ecocultural restoration during rapid climate change disruption: Lessons for Western restorationists was … Continue reading → […]
- FOEI’s Post Durban Analysis December 21, 2011Media Advisory Friends of the Earth International Where now for Climate Justice? CLIMATE: DISASTROUS “DURBAN PACKAGE” ACCELERATES ONSET OF CLIMATE CATASTROPHE DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, 13 DECEMBER 2011 – The UN climate talks in Durban were a failure and take the … Continue reading → […]
- COP 17 Analysis – Durban package lacks ambition and equity December 21, 2011Thirty-six hours after the climate change conferencecountries agreed to a weak agreement that is lacking in ambition, equity and justice. While a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol has been agreed to, three major polluters Japan, Canada and Russia (and … Continue reading → […]
- COP-17: Bolivia’s forest proposal gets little attention December 21, 2011Bolivia has tabled a new proposal on forest conservation, but has so far been disappointed by the lack of attention from other negotiators for full story see http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=160224 […]
- Indigenous Peoples Condemn Climate Talks Fiasco and Demand Moratoria on REDD+ December 21, 2011“The UN climate negotiation is not about saving the climate, it is about privatization of forests, agriculture and air” Berenice Sanchez of the Mesoamerican Indigenous Women’s Biodiversity Network says in a press release earlier this week. See full story at http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/12/17/indigenous-peoples-condemn-climate-talks-fiasco-and-demand-mora […]
- Wisdom of Elders: “They Still Know How to Cook Mammoth” April 1, 2012
