Indigenous peoples and sustainability: cases and actions

A Guide to Action

pt. I. Indigenous Peoples and Sustainability. Who are Indigenous Peoples? What is sustainability? What is the Role of Indigenous Peoples in Sustainability? How do Indigenous Communities Conserve and Sustainably Manage Biodiversity? How are Indigenous Peoples and their Knowledge Threatened? Who 'Owns' Traditional Resources?

pt. II. Principles to Guide Indigenous Peoples and Sustainability. What Principles Guide Community-Controlled Sustainability? What Principles Should Guide Equitable Relationships? How do Rights Guide Efforts to Support Indigenous Peoples and Sustainability?

pt. III. A Guide for Action. What Actions Are Possible to Enhance Community Control? How Can Equitable Relationships Become Integral to Sustainability Strategies? Where to from here?

Annex 3. Resources for and by Indigenous Peoples & Sustainable Development.

Annex 4. The Global Network of Indigenous Knowledge Resource Centers

Annex 5. Kari-Oca Declaration and the Indigenous Peoples' Earth Charter

Annex 6. Statement from the COICA/UNDP Regional Meeting on Intellectual Property Rights and Biodiversity

Annex 7. First International Conference on the Cultural & Intellectual Property Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Whakatane, 12-18 June 1993 Aotearoa New Zealand, The Mataatua Declaration on Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights of Indigenous Peoples, June 1993

Annex 8. Charter of the Indigenous-Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests

Annex 9. UN Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Annex 10. The Covenant on Intellectual, Cultural and Scientific Resources

Annex 11. UNDP Consultation on the Protection and Conservation of Indigenous Knowledge

Annex 12. Final Statement from the UNDP Consultation on Indigenous Peoples' Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights.