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…
Indigenous Peoples
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…
The Contribution of Indigenous Peoples and Local Community Conserved Territories and Areas to the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-20 (Aichi Targets)
Kothari, Ashish; Neumann, Aurelie (coords.)2014
The Aichi Targets, within the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-20, outlines an ambitious roadmap towards halting and reversing…
The Bhutan Declaration on Climate Change and Mountain Indigenous Peoples
2014
Indigenous peoples in mountain areas are specially affected by climate change and diversity loss, both biological and cultural….
Declaration of the International meeting around the First World Gathering of Elders and Wise Persons of Diverse Indigenous Traditions
Wise Indigenous Elders1994
A declaration produced by the first global meeting of elders and sages from various indigenous traditions that took…
The Hau de no sau nee (Iroquois confederation) address to the Western World
The Iroquois Confederation1977
The Haudenosaunee, or the Six Nations Iriquois Confederacy, is among the most ancient continuously existing cultures in the…
The role of secret societies in the conservation of sacred forests in Sierra Leone
Martín Martín, Aurora; Martínez de Anguita, Pablo; Vicente Pérez, Juan; Lanzana, Joseph 2011
Sacred forests hold the last remaining primary forest in many parts of Sierra Leone, but they have been…
Sacred Natural Entities in Mexico’s Northwest
Otegui, Mercedes2011
The Biocultural Unit of Pronatura Mexico developed a methodology and tools, based upon an analysis of ecosystem and…
Wirikuta: Un tesoro a largo plazo ¿O polvo a corto plazo?
Negrín Fetter, Juan; Negrín da Silva, Diana2011
The Huichol (indigenous Mexican) meet every year to prepare for their pilgrimage to the Wirikuta semi-desert (eastern Mexico)…
Indigenous Peoples’ Kyoto Water Declaration
2003
Statement made by representatives of indigenous peoples from around the world on the following topics: the relationship between…