Resources

Negotiating Cultural Rights and the Rights to Culture: Case Studies and Lessons from Thailand (2013)

Kay Pitman The 1990s saw a growing demand in Thailand for communities to be included in decisions about the management of cultural and natural resources, culminating in the 1997 Constitution in which some of these rights were formalized. Recognizing that…
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Reflecting on Prejudice: A Change in Attitude towards Indigenous Peoples (2013)

Julian Watkins At APC, the importance of a practical, culture-based educational system has always been self-evident. Embracing our values and the journey that has brought us to the present allows us to look forward and move with purpose towards the…
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Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Progress towards ‘Opportunities for All’? (2013)

Kay Pitman With just over 1,000 days left until the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) 2015 target date, the United Nations Development Program and its partners from across the world gathered in Colombia last week to share experiences and continue the…
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Ancestral Land Titling in Limbo (2012)

Sylvia Miclat Pulangiyen tribal leaders discussing CADC application Last 25 January 2012, Joint Administrative Order (JAO) No. 1 was signed, effectively relegating the ancestral domain titling process to a joint national committee composed of four government agencies responsible for issuing…
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