Journée internationale de la diversité biologique : un jour pour réitérer le plaidoyer sur la reconnaissance juridique des aires et territoires du patrimoine autochtone communautaire (APACs)

The statement argues that Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas (APACs) are essential for biodiversity preservation but lack legal recognition in Senegal. It highlights the role of traditional knowledge and customary governance in maintaining ecosystems and calls for legal reforms based on free, prior, and informed consent to protect the rights of guardian communities.

• Biodiversity loss is driven by several factors, including climate change, mineral resource extraction, large-scale land grabbing (ATGE), wildlife and flora crime, and inconsistent public development policies in both Northern and Southern countries.
• In Senegal, there are 26 identified and mapped APACs distributed across the national territory, which support thousands of people through ecosystem services and are managed via democratic community assemblies and customary governance.
• APACs in Senegal lack legal recognition, which weakens their status and creates conflicts between state officials and guardian communities because customary management often clashes with colonial-inherited positive law.
• Traditional conservation methods in APACs are rooted in cultural and ancestral links, utilizing rites, offerings, traditional ceremonies, and ethnic or territorial totems to protect terrestrial and maritime ecosystems.

APA

Nyobe, E. N. (2022). Journée internationale de la diversité biologique : un jour pour réitérer le plaidoyer sur la reconnaissance juridique des aires et territoires du patrimoine autochtone communautaire (APACs). Natural Justice. https://naturaljustice.org/journee-internationale-de-la-diversite-biologique-un-jour-pour-reiterer-le-plaidoyer-sur-la-reconnaissance-juridique-des-aires-et-territoires-du-patrimoine-autochtone-communautaire-apacs/

Chicago

Nyobe, Eliane Ngo. Journée internationale de la diversité biologique : un jour pour réitérer le plaidoyer sur la reconnaissance juridique des aires et territoires du patrimoine autochtone communautaire (APACs). Natural Justice, 2022. https://naturaljustice.org/journee-internationale-de-la-diversite-biologique-un-jour-pour-reiterer-le-plaidoyer-sur-la-reconnaissance-juridique-des-aires-et-territoires-du-patrimoine-autochtone-communautaire-apacs/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{nyobe2022journe, author = {Nyobe, Eliane Ngo}, title = {{Journée internationale de la diversité biologique : un jour pour réitérer le plaidoyer sur la reconnaissance juridique des aires et territoires du patrimoine autochtone communautaire (APACs)}}, publisher = {Natural Justice}, year = {2022}, month = may, url = {https://naturaljustice.org/journee-internationale-de-la-diversite-biologique-un-jour-pour-reiterer-le-plaidoyer-sur-la-reconnaissance-juridique-des-aires-et-territoires-du-patrimoine-autochtone-communautaire-apacs/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }