Defendiendo con la vida el corazón del mundo
El Hilo de Ariadna: Calixto Suárez2016
Calixto Suarez, the spokesman for the Mamos of the Ik/Arahuaco indigenous people, has temporarily left his ancestral territory,…
Indigenous Peoples
Statement of Indigenous Kahu’âina Guardians of Sacred Lands
IUCN World Conservation Congress.2016
Representatives of several indigenous peoples and nations from countries around and within the Pacific ocean issued the declaration…
The Shillong Declaration
2nd Indigenous Terra Madre Conference, Shilling, India2015
The representatives of 170 Indigenous food communities and delegates from 62 countries in Africa, the Americas, the Arctic,…
A cross cultural approach to developing guidelines for fishers and boaters in the Dhimurru indigenous protected area, Australia
Verschuuren, B; Zylstra, M; Yunupingu, B; Verschoor, G.2015
This article demonstrates the importance of indigenous ontologies in cross-cultural coastal conservation management of the Dhimurru Indigenous Protected…
Whanganui River Agreement: Indigenous Rights and Rights of Nature
Hsiao, Elaine C.2012
Environmental law has long sought to protect the interests of nature and all of its elements. Sometimes this…
Report of the Native American Sacred Lands Forum
Native American Sacred Lands Forum2001
The Native American Sacred Lands Forum was convened because of a need to find solutions to the serious…
Property Rights and Sacred Sites: Federal Regulatory Responses to American Indian Religious Claims on Public Land
Yablon, Marcia2004
Part I examines the history of Indian sacred sites protection. It discusses the historic lack of agency protection…
Legal and Institutional Aspects of Recognizing and Supporting Conservation by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Jonas, Harry; Kothari, Ashish; Shrumm, Holly2012
This synthesis report is based on two studies promoted by the ICCA Consortium between 2011 and 2012. The…
India Forest Rights Act
Parliament of India 2006
Towards 2006, the Government of India initiated a strong and progressive policy in order to protect traditional communities…
Benin law recognizing sacred forests and their custodian communities
2012
In 2012, civil society and communities successfully lobbied the Benin Government to pass a national law (Interministerial Order…