Presented to the 10th Conference
of the International Association for the Study of Common
Property, Oaxaca, August 2004. New international laws and
standard-setting exercises have widely accepted indigenous
peoples’ right of free, prior and informed consent
to activities planned on their lands. Yet studies show that
consent is frequently engineered and indigenous institutions
are out-manoeuvred by competing interests seeking access
to indigenous peoples’ common resources. However, as
this report demonstrates, successful outcomes can be achieved
through collective land tenure, indigenous peoples’
control of the negotiation process, and use of hybrid institutions
for dealings with outside interests.
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