Whanganui River Agreement: Indigenous Rights and Rights of Nature
Hsiao, Elaine C.2012
Environmental law has long sought to protect the interests of nature and all of its elements. Sometimes this…
Indigenous Peoples
Report of the Native American Sacred Lands Forum
Native American Sacred Lands Forum2001
The Native American Sacred Lands Forum was convened because of a need to find solutions to the serious…
Property Rights and Sacred Sites: Federal Regulatory Responses to American Indian Religious Claims on Public Land
Yablon, Marcia2004
Part I examines the history of Indian sacred sites protection. It discusses the historic lack of agency protection…
Legal and Institutional Aspects of Recognizing and Supporting Conservation by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Jonas, Harry; Kothari, Ashish; Shrumm, Holly2012
This synthesis report is based on two studies promoted by the ICCA Consortium between 2011 and 2012. The…
India Forest Rights Act
Parliament of India 2006
Towards 2006, the Government of India initiated a strong and progressive policy in order to protect traditional communities…
Benin law recognizing sacred forests and their custodian communities
2012
In 2012, civil society and communities successfully lobbied the Benin Government to pass a national law (Interministerial Order…
The Contribution of Indigenous Peoples and Local Community Conserved Territories and Areas to the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-20 (Aichi Targets)
Kothari, Ashish; Neumann, Aurelie (coords.)2014
The Aichi Targets, within the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-20, outlines an ambitious roadmap towards halting and reversing…
The Bhutan Declaration on Climate Change and Mountain Indigenous Peoples
2014
Indigenous peoples in mountain areas are specially affected by climate change and diversity loss, both biological and cultural….
Declaration of the International meeting around the First World Gathering of Elders and Wise Persons of Diverse Indigenous Traditions
Wise Indigenous Elders1994
A declaration produced by the first global meeting of elders and sages from various indigenous traditions that took…
The Hau de no sau nee (Iroquois confederation) address to the Western World
The Iroquois Confederation1977
The Haudenosaunee, or the Six Nations Iriquois Confederacy, is among the most ancient continuously existing cultures in the…