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The importance of applying free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) when approaching indigenous peoples and local communities organizations:  A case study from the Pacific of Costa Rica working with mollusk-gathering women from the Chomes community

By CoopeSoliDar RL. The following contributed to this article: Griselda Alvarado Picado, Ivannia Ayales Cruz, Vivienne Solís Rivera and Marvin Fonseca Borras. This article is a translation of the original…
September 27, 2022
Restoration Sites

La importancia del consentimiento libre, previo e informado al trabajar con pueblos indígenas y comunidades locales: el caso de Costa Rica y las mujeres molusqueras de Chomes

Por CoopeSoliDar RL. Participaron en la elaboración de este documento: Griselda Alvarado Picado, Ivannia Ayales Cruz , Vivienne Solís Rivera y Marvin Fonseca Borras. Las organizaciones de pueblos indígenas y…
September 24, 2022

UNCBD Women’s Caucus Assessment of the 4th Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

By Amelia Arreguin, UNCBD Women’s Caucus Co-coordinator After almost four years of negotiations to develop the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (post-2020 GBF), the final balance of the OEWG-4 report is…
August 27, 2022

How access and benefit sharing can be implemented in the Post-2020 GBF to fully realize CBD objectives

By Sharon Ruthia, Policy Intern, Women4Biodiversity The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) recently convened the Fourth meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG-4) on the post-2020 global…
August 9, 2022

Gender Equality and Small-scale Artisanal Fishing

Reflections on the UN Oceans Conference, Lisbon By Vivienne Solís Rivera and Griselda Alvarado Picado CoopeSoliDar RL The United Nations Oceans Conference (UNOC) was held in Lisbon, Portugal, from June…
July 25, 2022

Equidad de género y pesca de pequeña escala

Reflexiones sobre la Conferencia de Naciones Unidas sobre los Océanos, Lisboa Por Vivienne Solís Rivera y Griselda Alvarado Picado, CoopeSoliDar R.L. La Conferencia sobre los Océanos organizada por las Naciones…
July 25, 2022

“Advancing Gender Equality and Human Rights to Stop the Biodiversity Crisis”

A summary of the side event to the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development to inform about the intersections between SDG 5, 14, 15 and the Convention on Biological Diversity Watch the event…
July 18, 2022

A truly ambitious post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)

Text and photo by Cristina Eghenter, WWF International The OEWG4 negotiations held in Nairobi on 21-26 June were expected to provide the right motivation and leadership for coming closer to…
July 11, 2022

Gender is indeed a biodiversity issue!

By Shruti Ajit It is 2022, and we are still having to justify how women and biodiversity are related and why we need to have a gender-transformative framework and actionable…
June 29, 2022

How do we make biodiversity action financing gender-responsive?

By Amelia Arreguín The International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB) and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) co-hosted last June 21 the “OEWG-4 Roundtable on IPLCs and Finance:…
June 29, 2022