Rights and Resources: Indigenous Communities and Environmental Conservation

Описание: Indigenous people are often considered the world’s best stewards of land. But lack of clear legal rights to property and land use has led to environmental exploitation including deforestation, extractive industrial waste, and pollution. This session will explore tensions between indigenous peoples’ land rights and development–or protection–of the land by government, corporations, and conservation organizations. It will also highlight successful collaborations between these actors and indigenous people.

Nicole Rycroft - Moderator
Founder and Executive Director, Canopy

Mandy Gull - Speaker
Deputy Chief, Cree First Nation of WasWanipi

Victor López Illescas - Speaker
Executive Director, Ut'z Che' - Guatemalan Community Forestry Association

Flaviano Bianchini - Speaker
Founder and Director, Source International

Nicole Rycroft - Moderator
Founder and Executive Director, Canopy


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