Indigenous Rights Entwined With Nature Conservation

Increasing biodiversity loss makes the call for effective nature conservation sound louder and louder. Most remaining biodiversity-rich areas are inhabited or used by indigenous peoples and local communities. In recent years a new æparadigmÆ of ænature conservation with respect for the rights of indigenous peoples and local communitiesÆ was put forward. This study investigates how nature conservation initiatives interact with the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, taking a human rights and legal anthropological perspective.