World Heritage Sites and Indigenous Peoples' Rights

Map of Case Study Locations; Foreword; Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; Preface Annie Ngalmirama, Chairperson, Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation; PART I – BACKGROUND ARTICLES: World Heritage Sites and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights: An Introduction; Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas: Towards Reconciliation?; Indigenous Peoples’ Heritage and Human Rights; World Heritage, Indigenous Peoples, Communities and Rights: An IUCN Perspective; PART II – CASE STUDIES: Europe; The Laponian World Heritage Area: Conflict and Collaboration in Swedish Sápmi; Africa; The Sangha Trinational World Heritage Site: The Experiences of Indigenous Peoples; ‘We are not Taken as People’: Ignoring the Indigenous Identities and History of Tsodilo Hills World Heritage Site, Botswana; Kahuzi-Biega National Park: World Heritage Site versus the Indigenous Twa; Bwindi Impenetrable National Park: The Case of the Batwa; Ignoring Indigenous Peoples’ Rights: The Case of Lake Bogoria’s Designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site; A World Heritage Site in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area: Whose World? ; Whose Heritage? Asia; Western Ghats of India: A Natural Heritage Enclosure?; Indigenous Peoples and Modern Liabilities in the Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand: A Conflict over Biocultural Diversity; Shiretoko Natural World Heritage Area and the Ainu People; Australia and Pacific; Pukulpa pitjama Ananguku ngurakutu – Welcome to Anangu Land: World Heritage at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park; No Straight Thing: Experiences of the Mirarr Traditional Owners of Kakadu National Park with the World Heritage Convention; Rainforest Aboriginal Peoples and the Wet Tropics of Queensland World ; Heritage Area: The Role of Indigenous Activism in Achieving Effective Involvement in Management and Recognition of the Cultural Values ; The Tangible and Intangible Heritage of Tongariro National Park: A Ngāti Tūwharetoa Perspective and Reflection; Rapa Nui National Park, Cultural World Heritage: The Struggle of the Rapa Nui People for their Ancestral Territory and Heritage, for Environmental Protection, and for Cultural Integrity; North America; Protecting Indigenous Rights in Denendeh: The Dehcho First Nations and Nahanni National Park Reserve; The Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage Project: A Collaborate Effort of Anishinaabe First Nations and Two Canadian Provinces to Nominate a World Heritage Site; South America; A Refuge for People and Biodiversity: The Case of Manu National Park, South-East Peru Canaima National Park and World Heritage Site: Spirit of Evil? ‘We Heard the News from the Press’: The Central Suriname Nature Reserve and its Impacts on the Rights of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples; PART III – APPENDICES.

Biography

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