Experts on the Chinese military have long argued that China's real defense budget is much higher than the official figure, which doesn't include big-ticket items such as arms imports, indigenous weapons development, and military components of the space program.
Given this context, the CISP programme successfully promoted indigenous culture and development in the remote provinces located North and Northeast of Cambodia.
Its message is clear: only through meaningful consultation with indigenous peoples will development be beneficial rather than detrimental to the very peoples it is supposed to serve, like the Mayangna.
Awareness about the cultural contribution of indigenous peoples to sustainable development enhanced.
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.
These efforts are geared towards the development of a competitive indigenous-led creative micro-industry.
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.
Understand that indigenous people look at time horizons and development differently and that actions taken must benefit future generations.
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ICT4ID is a UNESCO project that encourages the use of information and communication technologies for intercultural dialogue and to contribute to the development of communication capacities of indigenous people.
This is his cover story, a fig leaf for his smuggling plans, and an illustration of the kind of development that might genuinely help the indigenous peoples.
"The key factor in its decision has been the Chinese's support of indigenous vendors such as the Chinese Academy of Science's development support of Red Flag Linux OS, " says Gartner analyst Louisa Lui.
Such ill-advised efforts are being repeated all over the world, wherever development continues to ignore the special needs of minority or indigenous groups.
In addition, she says the company has expanded access and quality of healthcare, introduced vocational training, put a priority on local business development, and established more respect for human rights, including Indigenous rights.
However, given the changes in the indigenous people's way of life and traditional education, due to economic development, urbanisation and the transformation of livelihood practices, it is now imperative to promote and particularly target women with community education programmes in order to enhance their capacity to effectively function in the emerging socioeconomic environment.
It then explores the indigenous societies at the time of the Spanish Conquest, the hierarchy of the chiefdoms, and the development of slavery.
Conservation policy has also come in for criticism for often having little regard for indigenous populations - for example, the Ba'aka have not yet been informed about the CFBP national parks development.
While the environmental transformations engendered by climate change are expected to be unprecedented, existing in-depth indigenous knowledge on strategies for coping with change may also provide a crucial foundation for new adaptation measures and sustainable development in the face of climate change.
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