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Publications and reports - Parks and peoples

This site contains documents prepared by FPP, information from our partners, and other materials
of relevance to indigenous peoples, forest-dependent communities and forests.

Documents, listed below in date order, can be downloaded free, purchased online, or printed copies
can be ordered from julia@forestpeoples.org.

All our publications are free to indigenous peoples' organisations.
Southern NGOs are entitled to a 50% discount.

Publication
Format
Kenya
Protected area violates indigenous peoples' rights says African Commission

A 'landmark' decision of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights has affirmed the right of the Endorois pastoralists of Kenya to own their customary lands and to 'free, prior and informed consent', rights which were violated when they were removed from a protected area. The decision invokes the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and draws on the findings of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The case has major implications vindicating the right of all indigenous peoples to restitution for lands taken without their consent to create national parks and reserves.
Summary of decision and press release from MRG International
February 2010
pdf (0.1Mb)
Cameroon
Securing Indigenous Peoples' Rights in Conservation:
Reviewing and promoting progress in Cameroon

Part of FPP's series on Forest Peoples and Protected Areas
Messe Venant, Okani and Forest Peoples Programme
July 2009
pdf (0.5Mb)
Central African Republic
Securing indigenous peoples' rights in conservation:
Review of policy and implementation in the Dzanga-Sangha Protected Area Complex

Part of FPP's series on Forest Peoples and Protected Areas
Olivia Woodburne
June 2009
pdf (1.3Mb)
Cameroon
Indigenous peoples' participation in mapping of traditional forest resources
for sustainable livelihoods and great ape conservation

Report to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
John Nelson and Messe Venant
November 2008
pdf (0.7Mb)
Paraguay
Carta al BID re: Pueblos Indígenas y el Proyecto Conservación Patrimonio Natural Gran Chaco

(RG-T1204)
Octubre 2008
pdf (0.1Mb)
Inaction to recognise Indigenous Peoples' rights is frustrating conservation goals
IUCN World Conservation Congress, Barcelona - FPP launches 5 reports investigating how far conservationists have delivered on their promise to respect the rights of indigenous peoples in protected areas.
Full briefings and copies of the reports [reports also listed individually below]
October 2008
html
IUCN Resolutions and Recommendations on Indigenous Peoples
A comparative table

A record of the 30 resolutions and recommendations by the World Conservation Congress of most relevance to indigenous peoples. Despite having affirmed the need to respect the rights of indigenous peoples in conservation strategies for over 30 years, the World Conservation Union has failed to enforce this commitment on the ground.
Forest Peoples Programme
October 2008
pdf (0.2Mb)
Conservation and Indigenous Peoples: Assessing the Progress since Durban
Interim report: discussion draft

Launched at the IUCN World Conservation Conference, Barcelona, this is a review of 8 country studies which indicate that despite a commitment to respect the rights of indigenous peoples in protected areas, conservationists have failed to deliver on this promise.
Forest Peoples Programme
October 2008
pdf (0.5Mb)
Conservación y Pueblos Indígenas: Evaluando progresos desde Durban
Informe preliminar: borrador para discusión

Una contribución al Congreso Mundial de la Naturaleza de la UICN
Forest Peoples Programme
Octubre de 2008
pdf (0.5Mb)
 
Malaysia
Securing Indigenous Peoples´Rights in Conservation:
Reviewing and Promoting Progress in Sabah, Malaysia
Working Draft

A contribution to the World Conservation Congress, October 2008
Pacos Trust
September 2008
pdf (0.5Mb)
Uganda
Securing Indigenous Peoples´Rights in Conservation:
A review of south-west Uganda

A contribution to the World Conservation Congress, October 2008
Forest Peoples Programme and UOBDU (United Organisation for Batwa Development in Uganda)
September 2008
pdf (0.6Mb)
Philippines
Philippine Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas:
Review of Policy and Implementation
Working draft

A contribution to the World Conservation Congress, October 2008
Tebtebba Foundation
August 2008
pdf (1Mb)
DRC, Rwanda and Uganda
Joint declaration by indigenous organisations and indigenous support organisations on the Central Albertine Rift Transboundary Biosphere Initiative

Tripartate declaration to the governments of the DRC, Rwanda and Uganda on the creation of a transboundary reserve which includes Volcanoes National Park, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Semliki National Park, and Virunga National Park
April 2008
pdf (0.1Mb)
RDC, Rwanda et Ouganda
Déclaration commune des associations autochtones et des associations d'accompagnement des autochtones sur l'Initiative de la réserve de biosphère transfrontalière du Rift Albertin central

Déclaration tripartite aux gouvernements du RDC, de Rwanda et d'Ouganda sur la création d'une réserve transfrontalière qui inclut le Parc national des Volcans, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Semliki National Park et le Parc national de Virunga.
Avril 2008
pdf (0.1Mb)
Cameroon
Dzanga Protected Area Complex, Central African Republic
Report on Community Consultations

John Nelson
March 2008
pdf (0.4Mb)
Cameroun
Complexe d'aires protégées de Dzanga, République centrafricaine
Rapport des consultations auprès des communautés

John Nelson
Mars 2008
pdf (0.4Mb)
Cameroon
An Overview of Community Mapping with FPP in Cameroon
Working document
John Nelson
July 2007
pdf (0.6Mb)
Cameroun
Survol de la cartographie communautaire avec FPP au Cameroun

Document de travail
John Nelson
Juillet 2007
pdf (0.6Mb)
South-east Asia
Rediscovering community conserved areas in South-east Asia:
peoples' initiative to reverse biodiversity loss

Iindigenous peoples and local communities have recently sought to regain rights over local resources and establish community-based resource management. Article for the IUCN's Parks series on community conserved areas (CCAs)
Maurizio Farhan Ferrari
November 2006
pdf (0.3Mb)
Protected areas: protected against whom?
Published by WRM
2004
Indigenous Lands or National Parks?
Link to special edition of Cultural Survival Quarterly focusing on ‘Protected Areas’
guest edited by FPP
March 2004
link to Cultural Survival
 
World Parks Congress, Durban, 8-17 September 2003 - and beyond
Indigenous peoples and protected areas -
link to documents relating to the World Parks Congress
html
Congreso Mundial de Parques, Durban, septiembre de 2003... y más allá
Pueblos indígenas y áreas protegidas -
lazo internet a documentos relacionados con el Congreso Mundial de Parques
html
Congrès mondial sur les aires protégées, Durban, septembre 2003
Peuples autochtones et les aires protégées -
lien à la documentation relative au Congrès mondial
html

Salvaging Nature -
Indigenous peoples, protected areas & biodiversity conservation

Marcus Colchester
2003

Naturaleza cercada:
Pueblos indígenas, áreas protegidas y conservación de la biodiversidad

Marcus Colchester
2003
Nature sauvage, nature sauvée ?
Peuples autochtones, aires protégées et conservation de la biodiversité

Marcus Colchester
2003
découvrez et achetez
Indigenous peoples & protected areas in Africa: From principles to practice
Project background and all documentation
2001-2003
Les peuples autochtones et les aires protégées en Afrique  : du principe à la pratique
Récapitulation du projet et tous les documents
2001-2003
Indigenous peoples and protected areas in Africa: From principles to practice
Book of the above project, edited by John Nelson and Lindsay Hossack, FPP
August 2003
Les peuples autochtones et les aires protégées en Afrique : du principe à la pratique
Livre du projet ci-dessus. Editeurs : John Nelson et Lindsay Hossack, FPP
septembre 2003
Indigenous peoples and protected areas: From principles to practice -
Community testimony from Cameroon

John Nelson and Steve Morgan
Video on CD which complements the above book - English/French dialogue with English sub-titles
2003
Addressing Past Wrongs – Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas:
The Right to Restitution of Lands and Resources

Fergus MacKay
October 2002
Enfrentándose a los Errores del Pasado – Pueblos Indígenas y Áreas Protegidas:
El Derecho a la Restitución de Tierras y Recursos

Fergus MacKay
Octubre de 2002
Réparation des injustices passées – Les peuples autochtones et les aires protégées : Le droit à la restitution de leurs terres et ressources
Fergus MacKay
Octobre 2002
Heading towards Extinction? Indigenous Rights in Africa:
The Case of the Twa of the Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo

Albert Kwokwo Barume,
2000
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En voie de disparition ? Les droits des autochtones en Afrique :
Le cas des Twa du Parc nacional de Kahuzi-Biega, en République Démocratique du Congo

Albert Kwokwo Barume
2000
découvrez et achetez
Indigenous peoples and protected areas in South and Southeast Asia:
From principles to practice

Edited by Marcus Colchester and Christian Erni
Twelve case studies by indigenous communities affected by protected areas, as presented at the FPP/IWGIA conference of December 1998, held in Sabah, Malaysia
1999
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From principles to practice: Indigenous peoples and biodiversity conservation in Latin America
Edited by Andrew Gray, Helen Newing and Alejandro Parellada
1998
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Derechos indígenas y conservación de la naturaleza: Asuntos relativos a la gestión
Edited by Andrew Gray, Marcus Colchester and Alejandro Parellada
1998
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