working with indigenous lands and protected areas in south america
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Working with Indigenous Lands and Protected Areas in South America - Global Protect Areas Strategy Meeting in Costa Rica, 2008TRANSCRIPT
WORKING WITH INDIGENOUS LANDS AND
PROTECTED AREAS
• 1.3 billion people depend on natural resources for employment
• Around 60 million IPs depend on forests for their survival.
• 80% of the terrestrial eco regions are inhabited by IPs
• One third of the PAs in developing countries overlap with IPs
Context
Core Values
TNC promotes Respect for People, Communities and Cultures and affirms that “enduring conservation success depends on the active involvement of people and partners whose lives and livelihoods are linked to the natural systems we seek to conserve”.
Issues addressed
TNC’s Policy- summary TNC recognizes indigenous peoples’ land, social, economic and cultural rights and promotes the full and effective participation in decisions that affect their lives, their traditional lands and territories, and their cultural integrity
ILO, CBD, UN, BINGOs and National legislation
• Collective rights • Protected Areas • Governance, participation and self determination • Principle of Free, Prior and informed consent
• Lands and Territories • Property rights and traditional knowledge • Natural resources, Access and Benefit Sharing • Social and economic development
• Discrimination, equality and gender • Infrastructure development • International borders
International Agreements & Legislation
TNC AMAZON PROGRAM – AN EXAMPLE OF INTEGRATING INDIGENOUS LANDS WITH CONSERVATION
Indigenous Lands in Amazon Basin
Country Indigenous Lands
(hectares) % of Amazon territory per
country
Brasil 107.529.833 20,8 Peru 15,700.000 21,8
Equador 5.596.275 48 Bolívia 3.274.557 19,2
The importance of IL´s in Amazon
Inside Native Lands Strategy: AMAZON MOSAICS where we work
Amazon Indigenous Training Center
Socio-environmental Diagnosys
(ETHNOMAPPING)
Landscape Planning
(ETHNOZONING)
TERRITORIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
MONITORING & EVALUATION
LEVERAGE & POLICY
SELF- MANAGEMENT
AND EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION
INPUTS FOR IP´S
INPUTS FOR PUBLIC POLICIES
PARTICIPATORY APPROACH
INSTITUTIONAL STRENGHTENING TRAINNING CONSERVATION PROJECTS SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION STAKEHOLDERS COMMITMENT MOSAIC MANAGEMENT IMPACTS MITIGATION
Conceptual Model: Territorial & Environmental Management
Terra Indígena Uaçá
Terra Indígena Galibi
Terra Indígena Juminã
Terra Indígena Uaçá
Terra Indígena Galibi
Terra Indígena Juminã
LONG-TERM RESULTS
Building a system How do we support indigenous Amazonian organizations in influencing
public policies?
Supporting Indigenous Lands Territorial and Environmental Management System building and implementation (SIGATI):
NETWORKS AND ALLIANCES:
POLITICS:
PA´s Market Enterprises
Indigenous & Enviro
Agencies
GOV
Indigenous Organization
Local NGO´s
Ind. Land B
Ind. Land C
Ind. Land A
SIGATI
U$ 38 GEF
SNUC Brasil´s PA
National System
WISH LIST
Deforestation in 2008: increased by 48% in comparison to last year; There is very little deforestation on Indigenous Lands (Amazon PA´s have 3,7%!!). http://www.imazon.org.br/publicacoes/publicacao.asp?id=549
News from the Rainforest
Brazilian Rainforest Deforestation Newsletter (June, 2008):
Issues for IP´s and PA´s
• How do we integrate PAs and indigenous lands? How do we build mosaic management guidelines and institutionality?
• How do we ensure new markets for environmental services include indigenous and protected areas (carbon, avoided deforestation eg) ?
• How do we measure effective conservation on indigenous lands?
• How do we minimise the impact of infrastructure
expansion on PAs and IL´s?
The stakes
THANKS!
Luis Pabon: [email protected]
Paulina Arroyo: [email protected]
Alexandre Goulart: [email protected]