The non-profit Centre for Sustainable Development and Environment (CENESTA) works with indigenous nomadic pastoralists, farmers, marine and coastal communities and forest dwellers of Iran. CENESTA promotes endogenous and sustainable socio-cultural and ecologically-based development and advocates for full recognition of the rights of communities within Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas and Territories (ICCAs).
By building alliances and creating synergies among right-holders and stakeholders CENESTA supports the co-management of natural resources, contributes to empowerment of Indigenous and rural communities and promotes the preservation of indigenous food and knowledge systems and their integration with modern science in conservation, sustainable use and restoration of natural resources.
Contact: Nahid Naghizadeh
Email: nahid.naghizadeh@gmail.com