The Ecuadorean government would also face heavy resistance from its well-organized indigenous community regarding the environmental cost of exploiting those reserves.
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The Historical Park is a meeting place for members of the Siksika First Nation, a self-governing indigenous community, and visitors are welcome.
The indigenous community has used the Internet to get its message out to the international community, Siren said, in an echo of protest movements elsewhere.
Having said so let us not underestimate the striving potential of the new grassroots nationalistic and populist movements that have emerged in South America in the 1990's, particularly in the indigenous community.
Moreover, the indigenous community that Correa claims to represent is showing stronger signs of coordinated opposition to the already politically embattled president and are now latching onto a controversial water law to corner Correa on his environmental defense policies.
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It formalizes the relationship between those who want to use the genetic resources of a given area, say as a basis for developing cosmetics or pharmaceuticals, and those who live in the region where the resources are found, for example an indigenous community in the Amazon.
Last week, the National Ocean Council brought together more than 500 Federal, state, tribal, and local government representatives, indigenous community leaders, and other stakeholders and members of the public from across the country for a National Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning (CMSP) Workshop in Washington, DC.
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Indigenous knowledge and community-based coping strategies provide a foundation for national adaptation planning that can be both appropriate and effective.
China too is moving to the next level by developing its own indigenous venture capital community, its own local currency funds and its own stock exchanges.
Other groups promote human rights or (which often means and) speak for indigenous peoples, women or community organisations.
Recognize that indigenous people are seeking the same community goals as corporations: better education, more employment and improved economic opportunities.
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Otavalo's Runa Tupari (www.runatupari.com), an indigenous-run agency involved in community tourism provides daily treks with local guides who explain the area's legends.
Mr. HANDEL: El Alto has the largest community of people of indigenous origin in Latin America concentrated in a city which is poor.
The event included presentations by indigenous peoples of case studies where community-based knowledge complements and advances current scientific understandings, while sustaining cultural integrity and fulfilling local needs.
Fiji has been rocked by three coups since 1987, fuelled by fears among indigenous Fijians that economically powerful ethnic Indian community would politically dominate the islands in the Pacific.
Through these radio receivers, the indigenous communities are now able to listen to the community radio programme and other national radio channels without purchasing batteries.
So civil society can be community groups, NGOs, labour unions, indigenous groups, charitable organisations, faith-based organisations, professional associations and foundations.
That is why the CBD has programmes of work on all of these issues, and why our 2011-2020 strategic plan was negotiated and adopted with the participation of stakeholders at every level: youth, indigenous leaders, city mayors, development agencies, the climate change community, parliamentarians, business leaders, environment ministers and heads of state.
The prevalence of many indigenous languages in Mexico can pose difficulties with regards to learning resources and communication in the community.
"I do believe the community is willing to embrace the justice of this campaign because Australians understand that indigenous culture and history are a source of pride for us all, " Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said.
The World Conference on Human Rights recognizes the inherent dignity and the unique contribution of indigenous people to the development and plurality of society and strongly reaffirms the commitment of the international community to their economic, social and cultural well-being and their enjoyment of the fruits of sustainable development.
The meeting also requested the development of a stakeholder engagement strategy for IPBES. It is expected that the scientific community, civil society, the business and industry sector, as well as representatives from indigenous peoples and local communities, will act both as contributors and end users of the Platform.
Since 1997, for example, indigenous folk in Oaxaca, Mexico, have been encouraged by the Mexican government and the World Bank to establish community forest enterprises.
In many areas where indigenous culture can be seen, there is usually a pavilion-like structure built from wood or bamboo where the community elders gather for discussions.
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