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Indigenous Peoples. Their forests, struggles and rights
This book gathers articles published in the monthly electronic bulletin of the World Rainforest Movement regarding indigenous peoples and their struggles in defence of the forest. 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. Also available in French and Spanish

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Special Bulletin Nº 87 - October 2004 - (complete version)
On Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation
Many people are unaware that there are still indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation –both contacted and uncontacted- particularly in the tropics. People are also largely unaware about the impacts resulting from forced or free contacts of these peoples with the outside world. As a means of generating awareness and support to their plight, we have focused this entire bulletin on this issue, in collaboration with the Forest Peoples Programme and with other organizations and individuals working to protect these peoples' rights.

Special Bulletin Nº 73 - August 2003 - (complete version)
On Protected Areas and Local Communities
The Vth IUCN World Parks Congress will be held in Durban, South Africa, from 8 to 17 September, 2003. Given that this is a 10 yearly event which according to its organisers “provides the major global forum for setting the agenda for protected areas”, we have dedicated this full bulletin to the controversial issue of protected areas in their relationship with people.

Special Bulletin Nº 63 - October 2002 - (complete version)
On Community-Based Forest Management
For centuries, local communities benefited from sustainable forest use. However, centralized control over natural resources has for many years now been eroding local rights and resulting in extensive deforestation processes. The current disaster --generated by state and corporate driven activities in forests-- shows the need to change course and to put forest management back again in the hands of local communities. The industrial model has clearly failed to ensure forest conservation, while community-based approaches show that the improvement of peoples' livelihoods is compatible with the sustainable use of forests.

Special Bulletin Nº 62 - September 2002 - (complete version)
On Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous peoples are the guardians of the forests. No-one is more interested than they are in ensuring the conservation of forests which are their homes, an integral part of their culture and provide for their livelihoods. All the previous WRM bulletins have reflected many of their struggles to protect the forests, but we have now decided to focus the entire bulletin on indigenous peoples, in order to both highlight the problems they confront and the solutions they are implementing to ensure the recognition of their rights as a first --though crucial-- step to seriously address the ongoing forest crisis.

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FOREST PEOPLES PROGRAMME BRIEFINGS

Clasified by continent

Africa

La Voix Batwa (Pygmees) des Forests Tropicales Africaines
http://www.heritiers.org/troncpygmies2.html  (in French)

Native Forest Network - Africa
http://www.nfn.org.au/africa/index.html 

Ogiek.org (Kenya)
http://www.ogiek.org/ (in English)

Pambazuka News
http://www.pambazuka.org/ (in English)

Americas

Amazon Alliance for Indigenous and Traditional Peoples of the Amazon Basin: http://www.amazonalliance.org/ (in English and Spanish)

Amazonia - European Working Group on Amazonia (EWGA) (in English)
http://www.amazonia.net/Themes/AMAZON_PEOPLES/index.html 

Amerindian Peoples Association of Guyana
http://www.sdnp.org.gy/apa/  (in English)

Cabeceras Aid Project
http://www.onr.com/cabeceras/ (in Spanish and English)

Centro Cultural ABYA-YALA
http://www.abyayala.org/ (in Spanish)

CEDIN - Centro para el Desarrollo Indígena (Costa Rica)
http://www.cedin.iwarp.com/ (in Spanish)

Cimi - Conselho Indigenista Missionário
http://www.cimi.org.br/ (in Portuguese)

COICA - Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica
http://www.coica.org/ (in Spanish)

Comissão Pró-Yanomami
http://www.proyanomami.org.br/v0904/index.asp (in Portuguese)

Comité Internacionalista Arco Iris (COINARIR)
http://www.coinarir.org/  (in Spanish and Italian)

Comunicaciones Mapuche Xeg Xeg
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/7718/ (in Spanish)

Comunidad kichwa de Sarayacu
http://www.sarayacu.com/

Comunidades Aborígenes de la República Argentina
http://www.madryn.com/pm/endepa/index.html  (in Spanish)

Confederación de los Pueblos Indígenas de Bolivia
http://www.cidob-bo.org/   (in Spanish)

Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas de la Amazonía Ecuatoriana http://www.ecuanex.net.ec/confeniae/  (in Spanish)

Convergencia de los Movimientos de los Pueblos de las Américas (COMPA)
http://www.sitiocompa.org/compa/inde