ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

World problems

Lack of indigenous environmental rights

Lack of indigenous environmental rights

Denial of environmental rights for indigenous peoples

Incidence

Conflicts have arisen over indigenous rights to natural resources, such as experienced by Konos, Mendes and Temnes (Sierra Leone) and tribal peoples of Liberia, where thousands of indigenous peoples have been slaughtered in wars over diamond mining, destroying lives as well as the economy.

Broader

Presumptuous management of the environment

Discrimination against indigenous populations

Unvalued indigenous resources

Lack of international policy on specific issues

Narrower

Lack of common and local ownership over biodiversity

Limited control of environment by local communities

Aggravates

Unmeaningful relationships to place

Theft of tradition knowledge for commercial gain

Occupied territories

Fragmented planning of community life

Loss of indigenous biodiversity

Lack of community involvement in environmental protection

Inadequate access of indigenous peoples to international decision-making processes

Exclusion of indigenous peoples from natural resource management

Socio-cultural environment degradation

Denial of rights to development for indigenous peoples

Aggravated by

Incompatibility of environmental and economic decision-making

Unaccountability of institutions degrading the environment

Mockery of indigenous people

Disparagement of indigenous cultures

Undervaluation of community wealth

Placement of the burden of proof on the disempowered

Related

Criminal offences against the environment

Strategy

Establishing common ownership over biological resources

Legalizing community rights to resource use

Recognizing indigenous environmental rights

Metadata

Database

World problems

Type

(E) Emanations of other problems

Biological classification

N/A

Content quality

Unpresentable

Language

English

1A4N

J5704

DOCID

12057040

D7NID

143959

Last update

Oct 4, 2020