The year 2004 marked the end of the first International Decade of the World's Indigenous People and, for many, this was an opportunity to look back and assess the progress made since 1995
The response received so far from readers of the yearbook has largely been positive
Protected Area Environment Biosprospecting
Although 2005 saw significant progress made in term of recognising indigenous people's right, this first year in the second UN decade of the World's Indigenous People
The impression one has on reading this year's contributions to the indigenous world is that, despite notable advances, the situation of indigenous peoples still remains extremely precarious and even, in many cases, alarming.
The Philippine Mission of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous People.
This paper addresses the increasing concern over the contribution of charcoal production and commercial timber extraction to deforestation and forest degradation in Zambia. This scoping study notes that rural communities in Zambia are fully involved in forest management and do obtain direct incentives from these forests, a critical condition for realising sustainable forest management. With tra…
Indigenous peoples' efforts to protect and conserve their forests and to sustainably manage these prove that they are the ones who have contributed significantly in reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, even before REDD came into the picture. If their customary institutions and practices for managing forests and other resources are reinforced, their contributions will be…
In recent years, one of the main priorities of IWGIA's publications has been to circulate information on the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. IWGIA's publication, The Indigenous World, includes regular yearly updates on recent events in this re- gard. In 1998, IWGIA published the book The Per- manent Forum for Indigenous Peoples - the struggle for a new partnership. Now, in 2003, wit…
Indigenous peoples occupy the most biologically diverse areas in the world. Through their traditional knowledge and practices, they have sustainable utilized, nurtured and protected their lands and the resources within it. For them, land and life is inextricably linked. It is in their ancestral lands that they practice their way of life their cultures, traditions, rites, languages that has sust…