Traditional resource rights : international instruments for protection and compensation for indigenous peoples and local communities
1996
Argumedo, Alejandro |
Dutfield, Graham |
Plenderleith, Kristina |
Posey, Darrell Addison |
Silva, Eugênio da Costa e |
Today, there is increasing recognition that traditional and indigenous knowledge systems can provide alternative strategies for the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources, a realisation that is strongly reflected in the Convention on biological diversity. However, there is a fear that this interest in traditional knowledge systems will lead to the basic human, cultural and scientific rights of indigenous people being sidelined, something the CBD fails to address adequately.