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Publications and Reports - Guyana


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 in date order, can be downloaded free or printed copies can either be ordered online, or from julia@forestpeoples.org.

All our publications are free to indigenous peoples' organisations.
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Publication
Format
Samling plays leading role in Guyana’s illegal logging scandal
Media release by Bruno Manser Fonds
19 October 2007
pdf
Making FPIC - Free, Prior and Informed Consent - Work:
Challenges and Prospects for Indigenous People

FPP review of indigenous peoples' experiences with applying the principle of FPIC in Suriname, Guyana, Peru, Peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines
Marcus Colchester and Maurizio Farhan Ferrari
June 2007
pdf (0.5Mb)
Poniendo en práctica el CLPI -Consentimiento libre, previo e informado-
Desafíos y perspectivas para los Pueblos Indígenas

El informe resume algunas experiencias de pueblos indígenas con referencia a la aplicación del principio de consentimiento libre, previo e informado en Suriname, Guyana, Malasia peninsular, Perú, Indonesia, Papua Nueva Guinea y Filipinas
Marcus Colchester y Maurizio Farhan Ferrari
Junio de 2007
pdf (0.5Mb)
Pour une bonne application du libre consentement préalable et éclairé :
Défis et perspectives pour les peuples autochtones

Ce rapport présente un résumé de certaines expériences des peuples autochtones dans l'application du principe de libre consentement préalable et éclairé au Suriname, au Guyana, en Malaisie péninsulaire, au Pérou, en Indonésie, en Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée et aux Philippines
Marcus Colchester et Maurizio Farhan Ferrari
Juin 2007
pdf (0.5Mb)
Menjadikan FPIC - Prinsip Persetujuan Tanpa Paksaan atas dasar Informasi Awal - Berjalan:
Tantangan dan Peluang bagi Masyarakat Adat

Laporan tentang 'pekerjaan yang tengah berlangsung' ini menyarikan sejumlah pengalaman masyarakat adat dalam penerapan prinsip FPIC di Suriname, Guyana, Peninsular Malaysia, Peru, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea dan Filipina
Marcus Colchester dan Maurizio Farhan Ferrari
Juni 2007
pdf (0.5Mb)
A desk-based review of the treatment of indigenous peoples' and social issues
in large and medium-sized GEF biodiversity projects (2005-2006)

FPP analysis of 23 GEF projects into its treatment of indigenous peoples' rights and social issues in the design of its large conservation projects - in Bangladesh, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guyana, India, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela
Compiled by Liam Taylor and Tom Griffiths
February 2007
pdf
Forest Peoples, Customary Use and State Forests:
the case for reform

Marcus Colchester
Draft paper presented to the 11th Biennial Congress of the
International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP)
Bali, Indonesia, 19-23 June 2006
pdf
Concluding Observations by the UN Racial Discrimination Committee (CERD)
on the report submitted by FPP and APA in January 2006 (below)
March 2006
pdf
Submission to the UN Racial Discrimination Committee (CERD) by FPP and APA
on the adoption of racially discriminatory legislation by the Republic of Guyana

January 2006
pdf

In Search of Middle Ground:
Indigenous Peoples, Collective Representation and the Right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent

Examines how the legal and policy frameworks of four countries (India, Indonesia, Venezuela and Guyana) deal with indigenous peoples and the extent to which they offer scope for the exercise of the right to free, prior and informed consent
Marcus Colchester and Fergus MacKay
August 2004

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Forjando un Espacio de Negociación
Pueblos indígenas, representación colectiva y el derecho al consentimiento libre, previo e informado

Esta ponencia ilustra los problemas comunes que los pueblos indígenas enfrentan y las diversas soluciones que han desarrollado para responder a estos retos, basándose en unas investigaciones participativas llevadas a cabo en colaboración con organizaciones indígenas en Guyana, India, Venezuela e Indonesia.
Marcus Colchester y Fergus MacKay
Traducción al español: febrero de 2006
pdf

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Supplemental Report on the Initial Report of the Republic of Guyana on the Convention on the Rights of the Child
November 2003
Mining and Amerindians in Guyana
Final report of the APA/NSI project on 'Exploring Indigenous Perspective on Consultation and Engagement within the Mining Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean'
by Marcus Colchester, Jean La Rose and Kid James (Link to the North-South Institute's Research Projects web page, 'Ensuring Development Sustainability')
April 2002
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The Guyana National Protected Areas System Project
Paper prepared for the Workshop on Indigenous Peoples, Forests and the World Bank: Policies and Practice
May 2000
Indigenous Peoples, Land Rights and Mining in the Upper Mazaruni
Upper Mazaruni Amerindian District Council, Amerindian Peoples Association of Guyana and FPP
2000
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Undermining the Forests
The need to control transnational mining companies: a Canadian case study

FPP, PIP Links and WRM
2000
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Socavando los bosques
La necesidad de controlar a las empresas mineras transnacionales: un estudio de caso canadiense

FPP, PIP Links y WRM
2000
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Miner les forêts
La nécessité de contrôler les sociétés minières transnationales : une étude de cas sur le Canada

FPP, PIP Links et WRM
2000
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Guyana: Fragile frontier
Loggers, miners and forest peoples

Marcus Colchester
1997
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