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ILO Convention on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, 1989 (No. 169): a manual

2003

Author(s): Schielmann S, Thornberry F,

The publication provides an overview of the ILO Convention No.169 which is the foremost international legal instrument that deals specifically with the rights of indigenous and tribal peoples, and whose influence extends beyond the number of actual ratifications.

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Shifting cultivation commonly known as slash and burn agriculture is an age-old traditional agricultural practice in Nagaland.

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Research Papers/Articles
A Changing Patterns of Livelihood of Tribes: A Case Study of Nagaland

2022

Author(s): Rulu M, Rahul

The study aims to show the changing trends in the livelihoods of Nagaland's Konyak, Ao, and Angami tribal groups in terms of main and marginal workers in cultivation, agricultural labour, household industry, and other working categories.

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The toolkit includes a range of case studies to highlight the diversity of approaches that communities already use to manage their own areas, and to show how these lessons can be applied to form a “global learning network” of ICCAs.

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The Toolkit summarizes the findings of interviews, consultations, and field visits carried out by a multi-sector, multi-national World Bank Team in 37 Indigenous communities17 located in urban, peri-urban and rural areas in seven LAC countries (Panama, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Argentina, Peru, Colombia and Bolivia) where the World Bank of other development actors had implemented WSS projects with Indigenous peoples.

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The study highlights a number of examples, including how governance can regulation, management and enforcement tends to improve marine park conservation whereas lack of enforcement can lead to ‘paper parks’.

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Training Materials
The World Intellectual Property Organization Traditional Knowledge Documentation Toolkit

2012

Author(s): Aguirre BV, Wendland W, Jiao F, Toki K , Bhatt S

This WIPO Traditional Knowledge Documentation Toolkit provides useful practical guidance on how to undertake a TK documentation exercise as a process and how to address critical IP related issues and questions, as they surface during this effort.

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Reports
A Framework for Gender-responsive Livestock Development: Contributing to a World Free from Hunger, Malnutrition, Poverty and Inequality

2023

Author(s): Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Livestock Research Institute, World Bank, International Fund for Agricultural Development,

This report provides an overarching framework to support the formulation of action plans and guidance documents contributing to gender equality and women’s empowerment through livestock development.

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This manual deeply rooted in a human rights based approach, is designed to assist development organizations to respect the right to FPIC when developing and implementing projects affecting Indigenous Peoples. The manual contains a six-step procedure to facilitate the FPIC process while showing its benefits, as well as providing the regulatory framework to be used when mainstreaming Indigenous Peoples’ rights within organizations’ policies and standards.

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Reports
Terminal Evaluation of the Project "Enhancing Climate Change Resilience in the Benguela Current Fisheries System"

2023

Author(s): Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

The report highlighted the outcome of the project Enhancing Climate Change Resilience in the Benguela Current Fisheries System.