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Richardson on Indigenous Peoples & Environmental Governance

By Lawrence Solum

Benjamin J. Richardson (York University - Osgoode Hall Law School) has posted The Ties that Bind: Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Governance (Indigenous Peoples and the Law: Comparative and Critical Perspectives, 2009) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:

Canvassing practices in many countries, this chapter analyses the relationships between Indigenous peoples and environmental governance. It examines the environmental values and practices of Indigenous peoples, primarily in order to assess their implications for the Indigenous stake in environmental governance. It identifies at least six major theories or perspectives concerning Indigenous environmental values and practices. Secondly, the chapter reviews the legal norms and governance tools that structure Indigenous involvement in environmental management, in order to assess their relative value for Indigenous stakeholders and implications for sustainable utilisation of natural resources.

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on September 04, 2008 (boomark / email).