Essays about: "Indigenous Peoples"
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36. Newly designated Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas in Canada’s North : another label for inequitable co-management agreements or an honest attempt to walk the road of reconciliation?
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknikAbstract : Inclusion of Indigenous communities and Traditional Ecological Knowledges (TEK) alongside reconciliation efforts feature in numerous plans and policies for nature and biodiversity conservation. But to what extent do these agreements present an honest attempt to equally share power and responsibility between Indigenous peoples and governance agencies in protected area management? In this thesis, I trace how including Indigenous communities and their TEK entered Canada’s policy discourse on nature conservation. READ MORE
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37. Bolivia, Colombia & Canada : How the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Have and Have Not Been Adopted
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : Approximately 15 years ago the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) were signed, with 144 in favour, 11 abstentions and 4 rejections. The UNDRIP was ground-breaking, but the rejection from 4 powerful states (Canada, USA, New Zealand and Australia), and the subsequent lack of implementation decreased the expectations. READ MORE
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38. Space to Break the Ice…?: How the Sámi Assess the EU’s Addressal of Indigenous Rights and Needs in the EU’s Development of Arctic Space Infrastructures
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis focuses upon generating a Sámi assessment of the EU’s addressal of the rights and needs of indigenous peoples in the EU’s extensive development of space infrastructures in the Arctic. The central puzzle derives from the EU’s oft-presented claim that indigenous peoples will be engaged with, included in, and will benefit from said space development activities; previous literature exploring the EU as an indigenous rights actor, however, has established an exceptionally critical rhetoric surrounding the EU in this regard. READ MORE
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39. Land Under Attack! : A Study of the Framing Process of the Transnational Social Movement Fridays for Future
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : In this thesis, the discursive framing process of the transnational social movement Fridays for Future is analyzed. The analysis builds on cases regarding mining on indigenous peoples' territory. The material used for analysis is social media content from Fridays for Future in three different countries: Sweden, Australia, and Brazil. READ MORE
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40. What are the Underlying Factors for the Poor Implementation of the Free, Prior, and Informed Consent Principle in Australia, Canada, and the United States? : A Qualitative Comparative Study
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : It has been 15 years since the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples recognized the Free, Prior and Informed consent Principle, yet it has not been able to function to its fullest potential. This Thesis aims to carry out a Qualitative Comparative Analysis of the following three countries of Australia, Canada, and the United States. READ MORE
