This book explores how the land-use planning process serves as a negotiation mechanism for Indigenous peoples to assert their rights over territory and political authority. It examines planning contact zones in Victoria, Australia, and British Columbia, Canada, and compares the experiences of four Indigenous communities challenging land-use planning.
This book examines how communities can manage their natural resources sustainably. Key sections include Chapter 1 (pg. 37), and Chapter 3 (pg. 91).
This journal article looks at conservation efforts and other effective conservation measures (OECMs) across the world.
This book is a series of global case studies that draws connections between conservation and capitalism, and discusses capitalist conservationist practices.
This is a declaration adopted by the United Nations in 2007 that affirms the rights of Indigenous Peoples worldwide. It is commonly known as UNDRIP or the Declaration. It was only in 2017 that Canada began endorsing UNDRIP, but it has now been enshrined in Canadian Law through Bill C-15.
Through powerful stories and voices, the film illustrates how indigenous peoples and local communities are sustaining and strengthening their territories of life against all odds, through collective and culturally rooted governance and management systems.