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Environmental Justice and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - International and Domestic Legal Perspectives (Paperback)
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Environmental Justice and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - International and Domestic Legal Perspectives (Paperback)
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More than 300 million people in over 70 countries make up the
worlds indigenous populations. Yet despite ever-growing pressures
on their lands, environment and way of life through outside factors
such as climate change and globalization, their rights in these and
other respects are still not fully recognized in international law.
In this incisive book, Laura Westra deftly reveals the lethal
effects that damage to ecological integrity can have on
communities. Using examples in national and international case law,
she demonstrates how their lack of sufficient legal rights leaves
indigenous peoples defenceless, time and again, in the face of
governments and businesses who have little effective incentive to
consult with them (let alone gain their consent) in going ahead
with relocations, mining plans and more. The historical background
and current legal instruments are discussed and, through examples
from the Americas, Africa, Oceania and the special case of the
Arctic, a picture emerges of how things must change if indigenous
communities are to survive. It is a warning to us all from the
example of those who live most closely in tune with nature and are
the first to feel the impact when environmental damage goes
unchecked.
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