Category Archives: ICCAs and Food Sovereignty

‘The Interdependence of Food Sovereignty and ICCAs’ in the CBD Alliance Eco

Indigenous peoples and local communities play a crucial role in global food security and realising food sovereignty. For millennia, they have lived in, and carefully husbanded landscapes and seascapes, to which their livelihoods are intricately dependent. They have developed and have co-evolved with countless species and … Continue reading

Posted in ICCAs and Food Sovereignty | Leave a comment

The Food-fuel Conundrum – Have We Been Bio-fooled?

One of the central issues in the biofuel/agrofuel debate is the question of whether bio-based fuels made from food crops such as maize, sorghum, cassava or even oil palm and sugar cane, can be considered acceptable or not, on the … Continue reading

Posted in ICCAs and Food Sovereignty | Leave a comment