World Rainforest Movement - December 2005

This book gathers articles published in the monthly electronic bulletin of the World Rainforest Movement (WRM) regarding indigenous peoples and their struggles in defence of the forest. These peoples are the guardians of the forest and no-one is more interested than them in ensuring the conservation of the forests that have been their home, an integral part of their culture and the source of their livelihood. In the book, the major issue of indigenous peoples still living in voluntary isolation is highlighted as a way of contributing to the protection of their rights. December 2005.

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CONTENTS

ABOUT THIS BOOK
INTRODUCTION
I) INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
GENERAL ARTICLES
- Those who protect the forest
- Capturing Carbon: Dilemmas for Forest Peoples
- The need to listen to and learn from local communities
- Forest peoples: A ray of hope
- Stopping human rights abuses is key to solving forest crisis
- Indigenous Peoples: Guardians of the forests
- Wilderness Parks or Community conservation
- Indigenous Peoples and climate negotiations
- Community View from UNFF: Interview with Freddy
Molina, ACICAFOC
AFRICA
- Cameroon: Bagyeli struggling to be heard
- Kenya: Indigenous group faces October 1 Court date
- Rwanda: Dispossessed Twa people press for recognition
- Uganda: The Batwa organize to reassert their rights
AMERICA
- Guyana: Empowerment of indigenous peoples through
participatory mapping
- Peru: Camisea gas project undermines the rights of indigenous peoples
- Suriname: Chinese logging companies and tribal rights
- Venezuela: Mapping a way forward
ASIA
- Indonesia: The struggle for self-governance
- Laos: The impact of the Nam Theun 2 dam on indigenous peoples
- Philippines: Indigenous peoples and the Convention on Biological Diversity
- Russia: Mapping Evenki lands in Central Siberia
II) INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN VOLUNTARY ISOLATION
INTRODUCTION
- The Indigenous peoples’ right to live in voluntary isolation
AFRICA
- Cameroon: Does isolation still protect forest communities?
- Congo: The Northern Mbendjele Yaka use avoidance to
maintain autonomy
AMERICA
- After the rubber boom
- Argentina: The silent genocide of the Mbya Guarani
- Brazil: Indigenous peoples in isolation and policies to defend and protect them
- Colombia: The Nukak, the last contacted nomadic people
- Ecuador: The Huaorani people of the Amazonia, self-isolation and forced contact
- Paraguay: The last Ayoreo in voluntary isolation
- Peru: Policy development for indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation
ASIA
- India: Wave of poaching and exploitation hits isolated tribes
- Indonesia: The Baduy people of western Java, a living tradition
CASES OF IMPOSED CONTACTS
- ‘La Fumée du Metal’: The health impacts of contact
- Central Africa: Land loss and cultural degradation for the Twa of the Great Lakes
- India: The sedentarisation of the Malapantaram in Kerala
- Papua New Guinea: First contact in a clash of world views
III) RELATED ARTICLES
- The Mumbai – Porto Alegre Forest Initiative, 2005
- Closing Statement of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity
- Tiohtiá:ke Declaration
- The Vth World Parks Congress: Parks for people or parks for business
- The GEF and Indigenous peoples: some findings of a recent critical study
REFERENCES

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