Indigenous Policy Journal of the Indigenous Studies Network, vol. 15, no. 2, Special International Indigenous Issue, Summer, 2004, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the consequence of neoliberal globalization and the emergence of Indigenous movements that share many similarities.
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Center for Indigenous Peoples’ Cultures of Peru (CHIRAPAQ)
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, The Future We Want: Indigenous Women of the World Unite, December 2013, p. [?]
Description
Indigenous women exchanged experiences on how the lack of consultation on mining, forestry, oil and natural gas extraction and hydroelectric projects have affected their communities.
Explores the problematic relationship between traditional cultural expressions and intellectual property law (particularly copyright), which fails to protect them and puts most of them in the public domain, and outlines some proposals for concrete policy, legal and practical solutions to end appropriation.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, REDD and Indigenous Peoples, 2009, pp. 4-9
Description
Introduction to journal issue with a focus on policy framework, and REDD, a program for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation to limit the impact of climate change and its impact on indigenous lifestyle, culture and communities.
Social and Economic Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
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Author/Creator
Douglas Nakashima
Marie Roué
Description
Chapter in book: Social and Economic Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, Volume 5 edited by Peter Timmerman.
Part of Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change edited by Ted Munn.
Issues Paper (Center for the Study of the Public Domain)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jane Anderson
Description
Introductory discussion of the issue, politics and definitional problems, and who is involved, followed by examples of use and misuse of knowledge and cultural expressions, the potential problems and benefits of current proposals, and future directions.
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 3, no. 2, 2003, pp. 75-85
Description
Examines the bio-prospecting/bio-piracy debate in the context of traditional knowledge as an important component in an aboriginal economic development strategy.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples, 2008, pp. 52-59
Description
Examines direct consequences of climate change on Indigenous people and the links between traditional knowledge and practices to natural resources and biological diversity.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, REDD and Indigenous Peoples, 2009, pp. 10-19
Description
Presents overview of REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) with an analysis of the challenges and opportunities to moving forward.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 2, 40 Years of Advocacy, June 2012, p. [?]
Description
Looks at the progress towards commitments made at the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development and discusses the importance of cultural and biological diversity to support sustainable development policies.
File contains a presentation by John Edsu of Fort McPherson. Edsu discusses his views on the trapping industry in the area and his view of its great importance to people of the north. Edsu protests southerners coming in as transient labour and taking jobs that he feels northerners are qualified to do. He also discusses rival claims over land by trappers and large multinational resource companies. He requests recognition from the federal Government of the importance of the trapping industry to his people, and criticizes the anti-fur movement as destructive and naive.
Materials from the Saskatchewan Survival Gathering, held at the Pinehouse Lake, SK campground site; 1. Program; 2. News release; 3. Schedule. The Group For Survival, based in Saskatoon, SK, sought to protest uranium mining in Saskatchewan and bring to light the harmful effects of uranium on humans and the earth.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Pastoralism, 2009, pp. 6-12
Description
Focuses on changing political, environmental and climatic conditions effecting the future of Tibet's unique nomadic pastoralism.
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Documents sixteen case studies and highlights innovative tools and approaches developed to help local communities address critical challenges that affect their natural and cultural resources.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, January 2017, pp. 1-22
Description
Provides a legal and policy framework that allows participation by Indigenous local communities (ILCs) to access the economic potential of traditional knowledge.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, The Seventh Generation: Spotlight on Indigenous Youth, June 2013, p. [?]
Description
Describes effective grant-making strategies to support sustainable and culturally appropriate development projects, planned and implemented by and for Indigenous communities.