Essays about: "indigenous land rights"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 62 essays containing the words indigenous land rights.

  1. 16. Defending the Defenders: International Protection for Local Human Rights Defenders in the Global South

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Timothy Lincoln Reeves Jr; [2022]
    Keywords : Human Rights Defenders Global South International Regional Human Rights Systems Attacks violations Protection; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Local human rights defenders play a significant role in the realization and enjoyment of human rights. Working alone or in association with others, they peacefully advocate for and promote fundamental freedoms and human rights for themselves and for their fellow citizens. READ MORE

  3. 17. The end of the timber frontier in northern Sweden : early logging, natural forests and the frontier concept

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Alice Cosatti; [2022]
    Keywords : timber frontier; Northern Sweden; Tjeggelvas nature reserve; Piteälven; Norrbotten; high-grading;

    Abstract : The Fennoscandian forests experienced drastic changes in the 19th century. The high demand for timber during the European industrialization pushed the timber companies towards increasingly remote forest landscapes for resource extraction. READ MORE

  4. 18. The challenge of a just transition in northern Sweden : uncovering environmental justice related frames of actors actively involved in wind energy development in northern Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Rebecca Kneifel; [2022]
    Keywords : environmental justice; wind farming; northern Sweden; reindeer herding; just transition;

    Abstract : The Swedish government has set the goal of taking a pioneer role and targeting a transition towards 100% renewable energy use until 2040. To reach this goal, the focus in energy production is shifting towards solar, hydro as well as wind power. READ MORE

  5. 19. Sustainability for whom? : A study on Sami perspectives on inclusion and rights within sustainable development in Sweden

    University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Louise Håkansson; Amanda Lundberg; [2022]
    Keywords : sustainability; sustainable development; green transition; green colonialism; decolonial theories; colonial governmentality; Sami; Sami people; Sápmi; Sami rights; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous rights; hållbarhet; hållbar utveckling; grön omställning; grön kolonialism; dekoloniala teorier; colonial; governmentality; samer; Sápmi; samiska rättigheter; urfolk; urfolksrättigheter;

    Abstract : The Sami in Sweden have lived on and managed their lands since time immemorial. The strong connection to the environment and nature has given them centuries of knowledge that is still applicable to this day. With the help of their ancestral knowledge the Sami have preserved their Indigenous land. READ MORE

  6. 20. Whose Land Are We Standing On? : Negotiating Borders, Governance, Land, and Selfhood in the North American Borderlands

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Irene de Boer; [2022]
    Keywords : indigenous border nations; colonialism; international borders; relational place-making; thematic analysis;

    Abstract : The imposition of European borders in North America has given rise to a need to inquire into the impact of the overlay of colonial borders upon earlier ideas of geographical boundaries, and upon indigenous border nations and their connections to places and ways of being. Here, we look to delineate a tentative approach to further such inquiries into indigenous border nations who have found themselves on or near an international border by examining the relationship with ancestral lands. READ MORE