Support participation of community monitor, South Africa, in CEESP workshop, Strengthening responsibility and accountability of the private sector and the state for ecosystem degradation and the disruptive impacts on human rights, economic and social justice, and peace, at IUCN World Conservation Congress, 2016 - Rights + Resources - Supporting Forest Tenure, Policy, and Market Reforms

Country:

South Africa

Date:

2016

Implementor:

Bench Marks Foundation, IUCN CESSP

Funding Amount:

5,630

Details:

The workshop was a success, as participants engaged in active dialogue and agreed to future action. The panel brought together two activists, Lorraine Kakaza (from South Africa hosted through this SRM) and Mohamed Ewangaye Didane (Niger), with the UN Special Rapporteur for Environment and Human Rights, and others. They provided critical perspectives linking their struggles against destructive development to global processes of resource extraction, the loss of land and resource rights of local communities.