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.

UNESCO: Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems

The resolution was proposed by Margaret Morgan, who said consultation meetings with union members had given a clear message that headteachers regarded the new appraisals as involving "bureaucratic overload" and "an impossible timescale".

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