Search Results - "Indigenous peoples"

Municipal governments and forest management in lowland Bolivia by Kaimowitz, D., Vallejos, C., Pacheco, P., Balanza, P.P., López, R.

“…It con-cludes that the laws have created new opportunities for indigenous people, small farmers, and small-scale timber producers to gain access to forest resources and influence forest policy, although they are not always able to take advantage of those opportunities. …”
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Database of identified disruptive seeds in Guatemala by Marieke Veeger, Lucas Rutting

“…Using a snowball technique, 75 Seed Initiatives were identified in Guatemala during 2022. 23 of these seeds were prioritized by considering if they; are situated in the most climate vulnerable regions; challenge current power structures; offer more just or sustainable alternatives to current systems or practices (i.e. if they provide ideas for transformation); (in) explicitly aim for new forms of governance or institutional change; are they related to food systems or nutrition; and if they are focused on or led by women, youth, and/or indigenous people or campesinos. This resulted in a database of the the most disruptive and promising seeds from Guatemala´s most climate vulnerable regions. …”
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Pobreza y bosques en America Latina: una agenda de accion by Kaimowitz, D.

“…A pro-poor forest agenda for the region should include greater tenure rights over forests for small farmers, indigenous people, and local communities, fewer and simpler forestry regulations, programs that provide credit and information about markets and technology, better working conditions for forestry workers, and efforts to bring peace to forested regions.…”
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Documenting the undocumented in Sabah by Felix, Elisha, Modilo, Hilda Pius

“…The situation which people without legal documents face is an unresolved problem in many parts of the world, especially when indigenous people live together in areas with large inflows of immigrants from bordering countries. …”
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History Has Its Eyes on You : a story about the identity of young Sami women, following the Girjas case by Nordlund, Izabel

“…The Sami people are the only indigenous people living in the European Union and as many indigenous people around the globe, they are facing issues such as struggles over land rights, health issues and fragmented identities. …”

The Andean Initiative: Elevating a collaborative agenda on agrobiodiversity, climate action and healthy diets. Strategy 2020-2030 by International Potato Center

“…The Andean Initiative is a regional innovation platform aiming to facilitate collaborative science for co-innovation with emphasis on gender, indigenous people, youth, big data and digital solutions. …”
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A call for a wider perspective on sustainable forestry: Introduction to the Special Issue on The Social Impacts of Logging by Minter, T., Naito, D., Sunderland, T.C.H.

“…Logging operations reinforce and often exacerbate pre-existing inequities, particularly for women and Indigenous people. Weak governance, a lack of transparency and poor participation procedures partially explain this unfavourable situation. …”
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Forest tenure reform: exclusion of tribal women’s rights in semi-arid Rajasthan, India by Bose, P.

“…The current trend in forest tenure reform promotes identity-based categories, such as indigenous people, on the assumption that this provides better access to forest resources for marginalized groups. …”
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Community Based Resource Management Training Package by Orirana, Grace, Kenilorea, Peter

“…In the Solomon Islands, more than 80% of the population are rural dwellers who commonly build livelihoods from subsistence agriculture and fisheries. Indigenous people own more than 80% of the land including the shorelines. …”
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The importance of indigenous freshwater foods for rural women by Gomese, Chelcia, Wate, Jillian Tutuo, Alfred, Joy Ellen, Sendo, Evelyn, Tefetia, Malachi, Tepai, Jocelyn, Maike, Patricia, Pitakaka, Priscilla, Ride, Anouk, Eriksson, Hampus

“… • By promoting indigenous foods and indigenous management of environments, our indigenous people can still enjoy indigenous foods.…”
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Policy options related to roads in tropical forests by Kaimowitz, D.

“…These are: (1) avoid road construction projects where costs do not justify the economic benefits; (2) include cost recovery provisions in road projects; (3) focus road investments in areas that already have substantial population and/or high quality soils; (4) establish performance bonds for forest concessions which companies will forfeit if farmers encroach on concession lands; (5) respect the territorial rights of indigenous people; and (6) open project documents to public scrutiny.…”
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Indonesian biogas market: an opportunity alongside B100 program by Rianawati, Elisabeth, Sagala, Saut, Dwiputra, Andreas, Anhorn, Johannes, Hilbert, Jorge Antonio, Rosslee, Dwight, Mohammed, Mutala, Salie, Yaseen, Colmorgen, Felix, Decorte, Mieke, Stummer, Benhard, Zacepins, Aleksejs, Hofmann, Frank, Khaira, Tara, Mulyasari, Shinta, Pranindita, Nadiya, Hananta, Michael, Bogale, Wondwossen, Wlcek, Bernhard

“…It is concluded that barriers for deployment of biogas come term of wage, environment, and risks for indigenous people, lack of experts and success case to prove new technology implementation, and weak and inconsistency of the law enforcement.…”
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Evaluación de la sostenibilidad del manejo forestal implementado en los resguardos indígenas de Urabá, Antioquia, Colombia by Maldonado Sevilla, Henny G.

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Smallholder Forestry in the Western Amazon: Outcomes from Forest Reforms and Emerging Policy Perspectives by Pacheco, P., Mejía, E., Cano-Cardona, W., Jong, W. de

“…The policy frameworks adopted for smallholder forestry aimed to clarify forest rights including those of the indigenous people and smallholders, support the adoption of sustainable forest management and put a system in place to assure a legal timber supply. …”
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Andean roots and tubers: Ahipa, arracacha, maca and yacon by Hermann, M., Heller, J., Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

“…Apart from the 7 species of potato (Solanum spp.), there are nine lesser known species native to the Andes that are grown for their edible underground organs and are traditionally, but not exclusively, cultivated by indigenous people who use them for subsistence or as cash crops. …”
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Facilitating collective action and enhancing local knowledge: a herbal medicine case study in Talaandig communities, Philippines by Hartanto, Herlina, Valmores, Cecil

“…The indigenous people of Talaanding in Basac village, Bukidnon, the Philippines, had to deal with a high occurrence of disease and a high number of malnourished children in their village. …”
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Foliar anatomy of clausena anisata (willd.) hook: a south African medicinal plant by Lawal, I.O., Uzokwe, Veronica N.E., Rafiu, B., Afolayan, A.J.

“…The leaves had been ranked high among its morphological parts as being used for the treatment of tuberculosis among the indigenous people of Africa. Despite the numerous studies on the pharmacological profile of the plant, there still exists a dearth of scientific literature on the foliar micromorphology of this medicinal plant. …”
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The evolution of the timber sector in lowland Bolivia: examining the influence of three disparate policy approaches by Pacheco, P., Jong, W. de, Johnson, J.

“…The first period began in the early 1970s when a conservative forest policy was adopted privileging commercial logging companies, and thus fueling land conflicts in particular with indigenous people, allowing a minority to accumulate considerable wealth, and marking the onset of forest degradation. …”
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Governing the design of national REDD+: an analysis of the power of agency by Brockhaus, Maria, Gregorio, M. di, Mardiah, S.

“…Instead they focus on environmental justice issues, such as calls for increased participation of indigenous people in decision-making. Only in two of the six countries are these transformational change coalitions vocal enough to be heard, yet to exercise their agency effectively and to support more substantial reforms, these coalitions would need the participation of more influential policy actors, particularly state agencies that have the authority to make binding decisions about policy. …”
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A Review of Global Policy Mechanisms Designed for Tropical Forests Conservation and Climate Risks Management by Muthee, K., Duguma, L., Wainaina, P., Minang, Peter A., Nzyoka, J.

“…However, hurdles such as inadequate participation and involvement of the local and indigenous people, insufficient national and local policy frameworks and bureaucracies around emissions monitoring, measuring, reporting, and verification processes continue to slow tropical forest conservation. …”
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