Welcome to the Global ICCA Registry
The ICCA Registry website is an online information platform for territories and areas conserved by Indigenous Peoples and local communities (ICCAs), where communities themselves provide data, case studies, maps, photos and stories, informing useful statistics and analyses on featured ICCAs – or territories of life – around the world.
The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
- Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties.
- Final boundary between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan has not yet been determined.
- Final status of the Abyei area is not yet determined.
- A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
Case Studies
See AllMany ICCA custodians seek to inform others of their presence, actions, and customary and legal rights. For example, this is done so they can advocate for recognition of their rights and territories. Explore some of the case studies that have been written and shared by custodian communities of the reported ICCAs. Not all ICCAs that are in the ICCA Registry database have a case study online.
A manual is available to support Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and those who work with them to register their ICCAs in the ICCA Registry database. This manual is intended to guide readers through the process of deciding whether to submit data, how to submit it, and where to submit it to. It also includes information on how ICCAs can be reported as protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) to the Protected Planet Initiative databases.