Each one begins with a summary of the main issues it addresses, and key words relevant to those issues. The book concludes with some warnings and suggested actions for local communities. These are intended to help guide communities through the basic questions they should be asking when confronting those interested in their knowledge, natural resources, or biogenetic materials. Publishing Details from IDRC and Excerpt from Introduction . 5369 Canotek Road, Ottawa, ON, K1J 9J3, Canada.
Indigenous peoples are responsible for most of the world's cultural and biological diversity.
Indeed, there is an inextricable between the two. The primary purpose of this document is to alert the conservation and development communities to the value and importance of involving Indigenous peoples in national and other strategies for sustainable development. Its preparation results from a long process guided by the IUCN Inter-Commission Task Force on Indigenous Peoples. It assembles a set of useful concepts, strategies, and approaches that will assist governments, development agencies, NGOs and other groups to work more effectively with Indigenous peoples to attain sustainability. It is accompanied by a detailed and extensive collection of case studies.