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FPP's report of activities for its charitable arm, over the year 2002

Formal request to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to initiate an urgent procedure to avoid immediate and irreparable harm

Nɨpodɨmakɨ elder Alejandro Paitekudo of the Colombian Amazon talks about how the earth should be cared for, with respect, and about their people's vision for living in harmony with the forest and the planet.

"In order to live well, we, The Nɨpodɨmakɨ People of the Colombian Amazon, have been caring for the land and forest with ‘pareka uai’ – with the word and the wisdom of the sweet manioc plant."

The evidence draws on detailed studies by Forest Peoples Programme which reveal a systematic failure of the effectiveness of World Bank projects and policies to protect the rights and improve the livelihoods of forest peoples.

Summary report of Round Table Discussion held at World Bank Headquarters, Washington, DC 17-18 October 2002

This briefing aims to:

• Outline the safeguard provisions of the World Bank's existing Indigenous Peoples Policy (OD4.20)
• Provide a background to the World Bank's revision of its Indigenous Peoples Policy
• Highlight the substative concerns of indigenous peoples regarding the March 2001 draft revised policy (Draft OP/BP4.10) and their criticisms of the revision process.

Esta nota tiene la meta de:

• Resumir las estipulaciones de salvaguardia de la politica operativa vigente del Banco Mundial sobre Pueblos Indigenas - Directriz Operativa 4.20 (DO 4.20);
• Presentar los antecedents de la revision de la politica del Banco Mundial sobre Pueblos Indigenas;
• Destacar las preocupaciones substantivas de los pueblos indigenas sobre el borrador de marzo de 2001 de la politica revisada (Borrador PO/PB 4.10) y anotar sus criticas del proceso de revision.

Ce dossier vise a:

• Delineer les dispositions de la politique de sauvegarde dans la Politique sur les Peuples Autochotones (DO 4.20) existante de la Banque Mondiale;
• Donner le contexte de la revision de la Politique sur les Peuples Autochotones de la Banque Mondiale;
• Mettre en evidence les preoccupations importantes des peuples autochtones vis-a-vis de la politique revisee (project PO/PB 4.10) de mars 2001, ainsi que leurs critiques du prcessus de revision.

Consultation and feasibility study.

Etude de consultation et de faisabilité.

On August 8, 2002, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued a request to the Government of Suriname asking that it “take appropriate measures to suspend all concessions, including permits and licenses for logging and mine exploration and other natural resource development activity on lands used and occupied by the 12 Saramaka clans

Overview – August 2002 (Background to the Batwa of South West Uganda)

The conflict between conventional conservation strategies and indigenous conservation systems: the case study of Ngorongoro Conservation AreaThe research at hand was carried out with the aim of exploring issues surrounding conservation and the rights of the Maasai pastoralists in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA).

Le conflit entre les stratégies conventionnelles de conservation et les systèmes de conservation autochtones : l’étude de cas de la Zone de conservation de NgorongoroCette étude a pour but d’examiner les problèmes liés à la conservation de la Zone de conservation de Ngorongoro (la NCA, Ngorongoro Conservation Area) et les droits des pasteurs Massaï dans cette zone.