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…
In 1989, the International Labour Organization adopted the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention (ILO Convention No. 169). Since then, the Convention has been ratified by 20 countries and has guided and inspired governments and indigenous peoples all over the world in their work to promote and protect indigenous peoples' rights. Twenty years have passed since the adoption of the Conventio…
This yearbook contains a comprehensive update on the current situation of indigenous peoples and their human rights, and provides an overview of the most important developments in international and regional processes during 2012. In 67 articles, indigenous and non-indigenous scholars and activists provide their insight and knowledge to the book with country reports covering most of the indig…
This yearbook gives a comprehensive update on the current situa tion of indigenous peoples and their human rights situation across the world, and offers an overview of the most significant develop- ments in international and regional processes relating to indige- nous peoples during 2016. The Indigenous World 2017 contains 71 articles and country reports all written by indigenous and non-ind…