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On protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures to conserve biodiversity. Exploring their contribution to Colombian snakes

open access: yesPerspectives in Ecology and Conservation
Other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) have recently been implemented in countries such as Colombia and, together with protected areas (PA), are crucial biodiversity conservation strategies.
Karina Gisell Rey Pulido   +1 more
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Between the Ayllu and the nation-state : intertextuality and ambiguities of identity in San Pablo de Lípez

open access: yes, 2011
This thesis is based on fieldwork carried out in San Pablo de Lípez province, Bolivia. Through an examination of the history of the region, economic activities, ritual and oral histories, it seeks to understand the sorts of relations that have come to ...
Bolton, Margaret
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'Es una comunidad libre' : contesting the potential of indigenous communities in southeastern Bolivia

open access: yes, 2012
The thesis is a study of a Guaraní community (comunidad) situated in the Department of Santa Cruz in the southeastern lowlands of Bolivia. The thesis uses the concept of ‘comunidad’ as a focus of investigation.
Groke, Veronika
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The indigenous children of Noah? : a decolonial interpretation of theological themes in the Primer Nueva Corònica y Buen Gobieno(1615) by Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
This research study aims to examine a theological defense of the oppressed natives of the Andes after the consolidation of the Spanish Empire in South America between the end of the sixteenth and the early seventeenth centuries.
Bedrinana, Alejandro Romulo Leon
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Indigenous Political Participation: The Key to Rights Realization in the Andes

open access: yes, 2011
There is no way back, this is our time, the awakening of the indigenous people. We\u27ll keep fighting till the end. Brother Evo Morales still has lots to do, one cannot think that four years are enough after 500 years of submission and oppression,” said
Selekman, Stephanie
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Cross-Border Interactions and Health in the Brazil-Colombia-Peru Border Zone

open access: yesMundo Amazónico, 2010
The border area between Brazil, Colombia, and Peru has a population of over 100,000 people; at least a quarter are indigenous (mostly Tikuna), and the rest is composed of people from the Andean region and some itinerant groups (migrants, traders, etc ...
Martha Cecilia Suárez-Mutis   +3 more
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Problemática jurídica en torno a la pérdida del conocimiento tradicional

open access: yesForo, Revista de Derecho, 2017
Desde el estudio de las normas constitucionales del Ecuador sobre los derechos colectivos de los pueblos indígenas, se enfoca la pérdida de los conocimientos tradicionales, escenario causado por los procesos históricos, las políticas gubernamentales y ...
Ena G. Matos Jaqui
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Indigenous Justice From a Human Rights Perspective - A field study of Kichwas in the Andean region of Ecuador

open access: yes, 2009
In Ecuador the traditional indigenous justice has been practiced alongside with the national justice since the conquest in the 16th century. As of 1998 it is legally recognized by the state through the ratification of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples ...
Engström, Anna-Karin
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Harnessing Wisdom for Managing Watersheds: Honey Bee Perspective on Innovations, Institutions and Policies for Marginal Environments [PDF]

open access: yes
Participatory approaches for watershed management are now considered essential for sustainable natural resources management and yet there is very little opportunity for intellectual participation by the people.
Muralikrishna S   +4 more
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Migration, ethnic economy and precarious citizenship among urban indigenous people [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
textThis thesis contributes to our understanding of the impacts of political, social and economic dynamics of contemporary “free-market cities” on indigenous people that leave their traditional territories to settle on Latin American metropolises.
Bariola, Nino
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