Indigenous people

This fourth and final publication of the IUCN-UNEP/GEF-ABS-LAC Regional Project focuses on applying the different technical elements that encourage capacity building on the issues of Access and Sharing of Benefits Derived from the Utilization of Genetic Resources (ABS).

La presente publicación aporta una serie de herramientas clave preparadas y recogidas durante el Proyecto Regional GEF "Fortalecimiento de la Implementación de los Regímenes de Acceso a Recursos Genéticos de Beneficios en América Latina y el Caribe," contribuyendo con una compilación de códigos de conducta y mejores prácticas sobre ABS a los diferentes interesados en el tema.

Policy Matters is a peer reviewed journal published electronically and in print by IUCN’s Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP). Policy Matters is published to encourage in-depth research and analysis into issues within the wide spectrum of issues included in the Commission’s mandate. Each edition of Policy Matters addresses a specific theme and appoints an editorial team and peer reviewers based on their expertise in the subject matter.

"An African proverb states that when a knowledgeable old person dies, a whole library disappears. In that light, this book presents knowledge that is new or has not been readily available until now because it has not previously been captured or reported by indigenous people. Indigenous knowledge that embraces ornithology takes in whole social dimensions that are inter-linked with environmental ethos, conservation and management for sustainability.

This publication presents a comprehensive analysis of the rights-based agenda in forestry, connecting it with existing work on tenure reform, governance rights and human rights. The attention to rights in forestry differs from 'rights-based approaches' in international development and other natural resource fields in critical ways. Above all, redistribution is a central demand of activists in forestry, but not in other fields.

In occasione dell'Anno Internazionale della Biodiversità, i Mini Darwin sono partiti alla scoperta del "polmone verde della Terra": la foresta amazzonica.

Le Banc d'Arguin est une vaste zone humide maritime, mondialement connue et protégée pour l'extraordinaire richesse de son écosystème, qui s'étend sur un territoire de 12 000 km2, mi-marin, mi-terrestre, entre Nouakchott et Nouadhibou, en République islamique de Mauritanie. Ce livre va à la rencontre des Imraguen et leur donne la parole.

This nonfiction narrative set in the Kalahari dramatizes the timeless struggle over water, the fulcrum of political power. Facing drought, scarcity and climate change the besieged indigenous Bushmen use voluntary survival strategies while Botswana's government enforces regulatory rule. Their rivalry foreshadows our world, where two in three thirsty humans will soon endure shortages, resource conflict, a $900 billion market, and a global fight for water as a human right.

Handbook and abstracts for conference held in 1996.