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The moors is an emblematic ecosystem: it’s good that it has gained a lot of attention in the last few years and it frequently appears on the front pages as a main part in debates on water and mining. As an Andean society, we take advantage of moors, conserve them, explore them and even live on them. But sometimes we forget that we are not the only ones to have moors. In Central America there...
Review of: Pokherel, J. C.; 1996, Environmental Resource Negotiation Btween Unequal Powers. Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi, India.
This book attempts to build a conceptual framework on negotiation by particularly applying Roger Fisher's works on Negotiating Power. Studies on negotiation from a weak nation's perspective and strategies pursued by weak nations in enhancing power are of...
For indigenous peoples round the world, traditional knowledge based on natural resources such as medicinal herbs forms the core of culture and identity. But this wealth of knowledge is under pressure. Indigenous communities are increasingly vulnerable to eviction, environmental degradation and outside interests eager to monopolise control over their traditional resources. Intellectual...
There are various mechanisms which can be used to protect Traditional Knowledge (TK). This report provides a comparative analysis of a number of case studies of existing databases and registers of TK and attempts to draw some conclusions and recommendations regarding their strengths and limitations for securing protection of TK.
The first section of the report discusses a number of...
This paper assesses what progress different countries have made over recent years on preserving, protecting and restoring forest biological diversity. Specifically, the report presents the findings of research undertaken in 22 countries by independent country monitors on implementation of the Expanded Programme of Work on Forest Biological Diversity adopted under the Convention of Biological...
In April 2008 a group of 170 partners met in Panama city to attend the forum ‘From Grassroots to Global: People-Centered Disaster Risk Reduction’. This document records the energy, ideas and views resulting from discussions and presentations in the formal sessions and also in the corridors of the event. The document outlines seven key challenges that need working on over the next...
