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Work Place Diversity in Aid Agencies in Laos

Publisher: The Japanese International Volunteer Center, Oxfam Novib, The McKnight Foundation and IWGIA.
Author: Steeve Daviau
Number of pages: 62
Publication language: English
Release year: 2014
In this research report anthropologist Steeve Daviau examines how well the international aid community in Laos has done in ensuring that their workplaces are diverse and representative of the many ethnic groups in the country. The overall goal of the research is to assist aid organizations in Laos to critically assess and improve their stated values, attitudes and actual progress in becoming inclu...
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Russia: Indigenous Peoples in the Russian Federation. IWGIA Report 18

Publisher: IWGIA
Author: Johannes Rohr
Number of pages: 70
ISBN number: 978-87-92786-49-4
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Russia, Rusia
Region publication is about: Europe, Europa
Financially supported by: The Foreign Ministry of Denmark through its Neighbourhood programme
Release year: 2014
This report examines the human rights situation of the 41 indigenous peoples living in the Northern and Asian territories of the Russian Federation. While their historical homelands account for two-thirds of the territory of contemporary Russia, these people number a little over 250,000 individuals in total. This is the equivalent of a medium-sized city stretched out over the better part of the wo...
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Shifting Cultivation, Livelihood and Food Security New and Old Challenges for Indigenous Peoples in Asia

Publisher: AIPP & IWGIA
Number of pages: 11
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Tailandia, Laos, Cambodia, Camboya, Nepal , Nepal
Region publication is about: Asia
Release year: 2014
Release Month | Day: January
This briefing note presents the findings of seven case studies conducted from May to June 2014. The studies were conducted in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal and Thailand and looked into the livelihood and food security among indigenous shifting cultivation communities in South and Southeast Asia. The briefing note provides a summary of the main findings of the case studies and...
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Fact Sheet: Indigenous Peoples' Right to Land - The Threat of Land Grabbing

Publisher: IWGIA
Number of pages: 2
Publication language: English
Release year: 2014
Land grabbing is the large-scale acquisition of land for commercial or industrial purposes, such as agricultural and biofuel production, mining and logging concessions or tourism. It involves land being purchased by investors rather than producers, often foreign investors. This is done with limited (if any) consultation of the local communities, limited (if any) compensation, and a lack of regard ...
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Post 2015 Development Process: Water

Publisher: IWGIA & Tebtebba
Number of pages: 5
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: International, Internacional
Release year: 2014
Indigenous peoples constitute 5 % of the world’s population but 15 % of the world’s poor. They make up around 1/3 of the world’s extremely poor rural population. Many lack access to, control over and suffer pollution of their water resources, severely damaging their health, livelihood and cultural survival. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer a unique opportunity to address these ...
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Fact Sheet: Indigenous peoples in the post-2015 development framework

Publisher: IWGIA, Tebtebba and International Indian Treaty Council
Number of pages: 3
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: International, Internacional
Release year: 2014
The universal Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the post-2015 development agenda are crucial for indigenous peoples as they will determine the direction of global sustainability and development efforts over the coming decade. Indigenous peoples make up more than 370 million people worldwide and 15% of the world’s poorest individuals. They represent more than 5,000 distinct ethnic groups a...
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Post 2015 Development Process: Environmental Sustainability

Publisher: IWGIA and Tebtebba
Number of pages: 5
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: International, Internacional
Release year: 2014
Many of the areas of highest biological diversity on the planet are inhabited by indigenous peoples. The current and accelerating climatic and environmental changes threaten indigenous peoples’ basis for existence around the world. The post-2015 development agenda offers a unique opportunity to address indigenous peoples’ key concerns and possible solutions for environmental sustainability bey...
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Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact in the Americas: Recommendations for the full respect of their human rights

Publisher: OAS - IACHR
Author: Prepared by the Rapporteurship on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Number of pages: 81
ISBN number: 978-0-8270-6113-2
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: Latin America, América Latina
Financially supported by: IWGIA
Release year: 2014
Recommendations for the Full Respect of their Human Rights Prepared by the Rapporteurship on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples of the Inter-America Commission on Human Rights The western hemisphere is home to the largest number of indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation and initial contact in the world. They are the last peoples who were not colonized and who do not have permanent relatio...
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IWGIA Annual Report 2013

Publisher: IWGIA
Number of pages: 34
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: International, Internacional
Release year: 2014
IWGIA's Annual Report presents the results of IWGIA's activities in 2013 and highlights examples of projects and processes implemented or supported by IWGIA throughout the year.
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Constitutional Politics and Indigenous Peoples in Nepal

Publisher: IWGIA
Number of pages: 12
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Nepal , Nepal
Region publication is about: Asia
Release year: 2014
This report is the result of a monitoring visit to assess IWGIA’s support to promoting and defending indigenous peoples’ rights in the new constitution and beyond. Indigenous peoples in Nepal, known as adivasi janajati, have for centuries experienced systematic discrimination and marginalisation both socially, culturally, politically and economically. The chance to right the historical wrongs ...
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Business and Human Rights: Interpreting the UN Guiding Principles for Indigenous Peoples. IWGIA Report 16

Publisher: IWGIA & European Network on Indigenous Peoples (ENIP)
Author: Johannes Rohr & José Aylwin
Number of pages: 52
ISBN number: 978-87-92786-44-9
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: International, Internacional
Financially supported by: The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Release year: 2014
In June 2011, the UN Human Rights Council unanimously endorsed the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP). These principles form the first globally-agreed framework for preventing and addressing adverse human rights impacts linked to business activities. While the UNGP do not introduce new human rights obligations, they do specify how human rights standards and state obligations...
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Case study: The capacity of local communities to monitor biodiversity and resources in Madagascar, Nicaragua, Philippines and Tanzania

Publisher: IWGIA, AIPP, IBIS, AMAN, Forest of the World, CARE & NEFIN
Number of pages: 2
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Nicaragua, Tanzania, Philippines, Filipinas, Madagascar
Region publication is about: Africa, África, Asia, Latin America, América Latina
Release year: 2014
Indigenous and community-based monitoring systems is efficient, simple and cost-effective This case study focuses on the capacity of local communities to monitor biodiversity and resources in Madagascar, Nicaragua, Philippines and Tanzania. It makes a controlled comparison between local community monitoring and trained scientists’ monitoring and conclude that local and indigenous communities gen...
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Case study: Titling of Indigenous territories protects and increases tropical forest cover in the Peruvian Amazon.

Publisher: IWGIA, AIPP, IBIS, AMAN, Forest of the World, CARE & NEFIN
Number of pages: 3
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Peru, Perú
Region publication is about: Latin America, América Latina
Release year: 2014
This case study from Peru illustrates the importance of Non-Carbon Benefits (NCBs) to REDD+, and particularly the effects of land demarcation and titling of indigenous communities, its impact on governance and democracy, on social structures and livelihoods, and on environment and forest cover. The case shows that NCBs are both land tenure rights as well as subsistence and coffee production, illus...
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The crucial role of Indigenous peoples in nurturing forest and maintaining forest cover - An important Non-Carbon Benefit of REDD+

Publisher: IWGIA, AIPP, IBIS, AMAN, Forest of the World, CARE & NEFIN
Number of pages: 6
Publication language: English
Release year: 2014
There is increasing and widespread recognition that, in order to make greenhouse gas emissions reductions/removals possible and enduring in the forest sector, REDD+ must broaden its scope from a highly carbon-focused to a more holistic approach. Hence, initiatives to achieve Non-Carbon Benefits (NCBs), in association with a robust safeguards regime, are as important as carbon-related measures and ...
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Tribes, States and Colonialism: The Evolution of the Concept of Indigenous Peoples and its Application in Asia. Discussion Paper 2014

Publisher: IWGIA
Author: Christian Erni
Number of pages: 31
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: Asia
Release year: 2014
This discussion paper traces the evolution of the concept of indigenous peoples in the UN system and aims at giving a better understanding of why the concept of indigenous peoples is relevant in an Asian context. Due to the lack of a definition of ‘indigenous peoples’ and the fact that the concept is often interpreted into a context of Western settler colonialism the concept remains contested ...
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Marginalisation and Impunity: Violence Against Women and Girls in the Chittagong Hill Tracts

Publisher: Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission (CHTC), IWGIA, and Bangladesh Indigenous Women's Network
Author: Dr. Bina D'Costa
Number of pages: 80
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Bangladesh
Region publication is about: Asia
Release year: 2014
This report examines selected cases of violence against women and girls in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in 2011 and 2012. It also discusses relevant legal contexts and, based on four key principles, provides recommendations to the government and civil society to address violence against women and girls in the region. The report emphasises that militarisation and transmigration programs illegal...
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Briefing Note - Post 2015 Development Process: Women

Publisher: IWGIA and Tebtebba
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: International, Internacional
Release year: 2014
Indigenous women face a range of problems related to the violation of their rights. This note focuses on the causes and how they can be addressed in the post-2015 development agenda. It has been prepared by the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) in collabo-ration with Tebtebba and is intended as a discussion paper for stakeholders in the post-2015 development process.
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Post 2015 Development Process: Health

Publisher: IWGIA and Tebtebba
Number of pages: 5
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: International, Internacional
Release year: 2014
Indigenous peoples lack behind on health. The post-2015 development agenda offers a unique op-portunity for indigenous peoples to address what they see as key concerns and priorities. The paper is intended as a discussion paper for stakeholders in the post-2015 process and reflects on the current situation of indigenous people and health-related issues and includes a number of recommendations aime...
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Post 2015 Development Process: Inequality

Publisher: IWGIA and Tebtebba
Number of pages: 4
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: International, Internacional
Release year: 2014
Inequality is a defining characteristic of indigenous peoples’ living conditions and permeates all aspects of their lives. The post-2015 development framework and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer an opportunity to address and minimize the inequalities faced by indigenous peoples today. This note has been prepared by the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) in col...
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Post 2015 Development Process: Education

Publisher: IWGIA and Tebtebba
Number of pages: 4
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: International, Internacional
Release year: 2014
If indigenous peoples are to enjoy their universal right to education, there are a number of constraints and concerns that need to be addressed. The post-2015 development agenda offers a unique opportunity for indigenous peoples to address what they see as key priorities and the way forward for education beyond 2015. This briefing note has been prepared by the International Work Group for Indigeno...
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Post 2015 Development Process: Energy

Publisher: IWGIA and Tebtebba
Number of pages: 4
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: International, Internacional
Release year: 2014
Indigenous peoples face severe human rights violations and exploitation of their natural resources due to energy production. The post-2015 development agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer a unique opportunity to address unsustainable energy development on indigenous peoples’ lands and territories. Prepared by the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) in col...
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Post 2015 Development Process: Governance

Publisher: IWGIA and Tebtebba
Number of pages: 5
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: International, Internacional
Release year: 2014
The post-2015 development framework poses a unique opportunity to address the critical governance issues that are affecting indigenous peoples. This note has been prepared by the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)1 in collaboration with Tebtebba. The note is intended as a discus-sion paper for stakeholders in the post-2015 development process and focuses on indigenous peoples...
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The Indigenous World 2014

Publisher: IWGIA
Author: Compilation and editing: Cæcilie Mikkelsen
Number of pages: 597
ISBN number: 978-87-927864-18
ISSN number: 1024-0217
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: World
Financially supported by: Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and NORAD
Release year: 2014
Release Month | Day: May
The 2014 edition contains a comprehensive update on the current situation of indigenous peoples in 73 articles written by indigenous and non-indigenous scholars and activists. The book provides 58 country reports and 15 articles on international processes, reflecting ongoing worldwide human rights violations, especially with regards to indigenous peoples’ land, territories and resources. The r...
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Land Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Africa: With Special Focus on Central, Eastern and Southern Africa. Second edition - revised and updated.

Publisher: IWGIA
Author: Albert Kwokwo Barume
Number of pages: 390
ISBN number: 978-87-92786-40-1
ISSN number: 0105-4503
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Botswana, Botsuana, Kenya, Kenia, South Africa, Sudáfrica, Tanzania
Region publication is about: Africa, África
Release year: 2014
Release Month | Day: March
Professor of Law, Gudmundur Alfredsson writes about the first edition of Land Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Africa: "It is not only a first-class academic presentation but also a practical one, including a series of conclusions and recommendations that are highly relevant to any implementation and monitoring efforts at the national and international levels. This is a highly recommended book that...
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Divers Paths To Justice: Legal pluralism and the rights of Indigenous peoples in Southeast Asia

Publisher: AIPP, Forest Peoples Programme (FPP), The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) and Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)
Number of pages: 180
ISBN number: 978-616-90611-7-5
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Bangladesh, Indonesia, Thailand, Tailandia, Philippines, Filipinas, Malaysia, Malasia
Region publication is about: Asia
Release year: 2011
This book reveals that the majority of South East Asian countries already have plural legal systems and to some extent custom is recognized as a source of rights in the constitutions and laws of a number of them. National and international courts have affirmed indigenous peoples' customary rights in land. And all these countries have endorsed and ratified key international laws and treaties. Thus ...
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Indigenous Knowledge and Customary Law in Natural Resource Management: Experiences in Yunnan, China and Haruku, Indonesia

Publisher: AIPP
Number of pages: 68
ISBN number: 978-616-90611-5-1
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Indonesia, China
Region publication is about: Asia
Release year: 2010
This publication is a compilation of two case studies conducted one in Yuhu Village, Yulong county, Yunnan, China and the second in Haruku village, Haruku Island, Indonesia. Both cases highlight the importance of indigenous knowledge and customary law for the success of conservation and sustainable development initiatives as the way forward. Lands and territories inhabited by most indigenous peop...
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Preliminary Report: International and Interfaith Solidarity Mission In Defense of Indigenous Communities Fighting Impunity

Publisher: AIPP
Number of pages: 10
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Philippines, Filipinas
Region publication is about: Asia
Release year: 2012
This report reflects on the outcomes of the International and Interfaith Solidarity Mission (ISM) in Defense of Indigenous Communities Fighting Impunity on 17-19 November 2012 at Malaybalay, Bukidnon, Philippines. The ISM was organized by the KALUMBAY Regional Lumad Organization, KARAPATAN Northern Mindanao Region, Community-Based Health Services (CBHS)-Northern Mindanao, Asia Indigenous People’...
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Traditional Livelihoods and Indigenous Peoples

Publisher: AIPP
Number of pages: 166
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: Asia
Release year: 2010
This book reflects on the outcomes of the workshop on traditional occupations organized by AIPP, in partnership with UNDP-RIPP and ILO, together with the Ministry of Rural Development of the Royal Government of Cambodia. It compiles case studies aimed at looking deeper into the specific concerns and challenges relating to the practice of traditional livelihoods, specifically in Asia. It is divided...
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Tilting the Balance: Indigenous Women, Development and Access to Justice

Publisher: AIPP
Number of pages: 216
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: Asia
Release year: 2013
This report on the Southeast Asia Consultation on Development, Access to Justice and the Human Rights of Indigenous women is intended as a material to be used by indigenous women, advocates, policy-makers and the public for the promotion, protection and respect of the rights of indigenous women facing violations of their rights due to state and corporate projects coming into their territories. Ind...
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