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Man and woman cut a tree into planks.
United in a call for higher ambition on the global biodiversity agenda
… joined 27 partners – ranging from UN agencies to business groups to Indigenous Peoples’ organisations – to co-convene a series of “Virtual biodiversity … ride rough-shod over local people’s rights to own and manage their resources are not acceptable, and we share concerns with human rights …
Insight, 18 September 2020
A Batwa man sits with his hands cupping his head
Conservation Initiative on Human Rights
… local communities, for example through evictions and lost access to natural resources. These impacts are now under particular scrutiny. But … and promoting conservation actions that respect the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, and help sustain their livelihoods. The … Natural resource management …
Project, 16 August 2013
Place forests under local control to increase incomes and sustainability
… for forest protection. It is endorsed by three major alliances of indigenous peoples, forest communities and private family smallholders (who … are the ones who seek investors and partnerships for managing their natural resource assets. "The rights-based approach recognizes local … Natural resource management …
News, 07 September 2012
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Women’s empowerment through collective action: How forest and farm producer organisations can make a difference
… (FFPOs). These include both general community, smallholder farmer and indigenous people’s organisations and more specific women-only groups – … people who live on less than USD1.25 per day and who depend on natural resources for employment, some 829 million are women and girls – as …
Publication, 01 June 2020
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Between Hope and Critique: Human Rights, Social Justice and Re-Imagining International Law from the Bottom Up
… social justice. ~Taking a socio-legal approach, the article examines indigenous peoples’ use of regional human rights systems to defend or reclaim their … rights movement”, have appropriated human rights to reclaim land, resources and territories, and renegotiate control over development …
Publication, 01 April 2020
Clearing forest for a palm oil plantation in Borneo (Photo: Rainforest Action Network, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Commodity cycles, economic treaties and pressures on land rights
… Africa , Venezuela and Zimbabwe (subscription required for all) , indigenous peoples' land restitution claims in Paraguay (PDF) , and mining projects in Bolivia and Peru . Land rights problems in large-scale natural resource investments are often due to shortcomings of national … Natural resource management …
Insight, 25 May 2016
Woman speaking with a microphone to an audience of men.
Every voice counts: addressing inequality in research and development
… geographical location or income levels. Recognition and access to resources Let us take the case of Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs) and their efforts to protect the …
Insight, 16 March 2022
A partly visible road and bridge due to muddy water covering half of it.
Loss and damage does not happen in a vacuum – it relates to power and politics
Insight, 16 August 2022
The post-2015 development agenda must recognise that the fates of forests and people are entwined. Credit: Duncan Macqueen
Saving the forests for last – in the hope, at last, of saving the forests
… those forests sustainably. Those who have listened to the view of indigenous, family and community forest peoples – have concluded that the future of forests very much depends on … would make more sense to integrate the sustainable management of ALL natural resources into one goal. Yet others, such as the Campaign for …
Insight, 31 January 2014
Better communication is key to wise use of Nature's riches
… of international rules to provide transparent access to biological resources and a fair sharing of any benefits arising from their use. … loss by 2010. But the target has been missed and the state of the natural world continues to decline steeply . The world's failure to meet … and human wellbeing are two sides of the same coin is well-known to indigenous communities. In the late 1990s, I spent 18 months working in …
Insight, 19 October 2010