Sagint's commitment to Autonomous Peoples and Local Communities (APLC's)
Partnering with APLC's
Autonomous Peoples and Local Communities (APLC's) face significant challenges due to exclusionary conservation practices, also known as fortress conservation.
These practices, which manage 52% of the world's protected areas to exclude humans, have their roots in colonial policies. Exclusionary conservation often results in the eviction of local communities, criminalizes traditional livelihoods, and violates fundamental human rights, including the rights to life, health, water, food, decent living, and cultural expression.
APLC's are unjustly burdened by ecological problems they did not cause, and their invaluable contributions to biodiversity are frequently ignored.Role of APLC's in Biodiversity Conservation APLCs are crucial for biodiversity conservation.
Approximately 1.87 billion people from these communities reside in key biodiversity hotspots, which cover 47% of the world's surface.
Approximately 1.87 billion people from these communities reside in key biodiversity hotspots, which cover 47% of the world's surface, and 363 million of them live within existing protected areas.
Despite their vital role in maintaining forests and biodiversity through collective ownership, governance, and traditional ecological knowledge, only around 10% of APLC's have legal recognition of their ownership.
This lack of recognition undermines their ability to continue their effective stewardship of the environment.
This lack of recognition undermines their ability to continue their effective stewardship of the environment.
Acknowledging and supporting the rights and contributions of APLC's is essential for achieving sustainable and equitable conservation outcomes.
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FAO data: APLC-led territories with collective land rights have better conservation outcomesthan state or privately managed areas, such as reducing deforestation despite harassment. SAGINT is committed to working with APLC’s
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Rights-based conservation model: Recognizes and secures APLCs' rights to lands, waters, andresources.
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Provides support and protection, including funding, to sustain APLC contributions toconservation.
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Prioritizes empowerment, local and beyond participation, and legal recognition of APLC rights in the GBF.
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