Indigenous people

Conventional approaches to managing protected areas have often seen people and nature as separate entities. They preclude human communities from using natural resources and assume that their concerns are incompatible with conservation. Protected area approaches and models that see conservation as compatible with human communities are explored. The main themes are co-managed protected areas and community conserved areas.

“Un tigre para los derechos” is a story about rights. It is based on the experience of the Shuar Arutam Peoples, an Ecuadorian Indigenous Peoples that live in the Amazon forest. The story tells about the process to strengthen their rights, to live according to their traditions and manage the territory according to their needs and believes.

This publication, prepared in cooperation with the oil industry’s Exploration Production Forum, sets out the oil exploration process, describes the potential environmental consequences of exploration and recommends measures for the prevention or minimization of adverse impacts. The material is based on the experience of IUCN’s Environmental Assessment Service.