Land and Forest Rights of Amazonian Indigenous Peoples from a National and International Perspective

Dr. jur. Siu Lang Carrillo Yap (2020), Georg August University of Göttingen, is a lawyer with an interdisciplinary background and several years of work experience in Amazonia. Currently, she is head of a program for strengthening indigenous autonomies in Peru.

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List of Abbreviations and Acronyms



1 Introduction: Conflicts Because of Lands and Forests – the Challenging Relation between Amazonian Indigenous Peoples and Their Nation States

 1.1 Structure of the Book

 1.2 Method



2 Setting the Scene

 2.1 The Amazonian Region as a Geographical Place

 2.2 Amazonian Indigenous Peoples

 2.3 Community Forest Management as a Form of Use of Forest Resources



3 Establishing the Legal Standards: Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the International Level

 3.1 Development of Indigenous Rights in International Law

 3.2 Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the International Level

 3.3 Binding Character of International Agreements Referred to Indigenous Peoples (ILO Convention 169, UNDRIP and Biodiversity Convention)

 3.4 Conclusions



4 Relationship between the Nation States and Indigenous Peoples

 4.1 Historical Appraisal of Citizenship Regimes: Citizens, Non-citizens and People under Guardianship Regime

 4.2 Indigenous Peoples in the Current Legal Systems

 4.3 Conclusions of the Chapter



5 Rights of Amazonian Indigenous Peoples to the Lands and Territories

 5.1 Historical Appraisal: The Long Road for Amazonian Indigenous Peoples to Recover Their Rights over Lands and Territories

 5.2 Rights to the Lands in the Current Constitutions and National Laws

 5.3 Conclusions of the Chapter



6 Rights of Indigenous Peoples to the Forest Resources

 6.1 Historical Appraisal of the Forest Rights of Indigenous Peoples

 6.2 Key Features of the Forest Norms

 6.3 Rights over Forest Resources

 6.4 Conclusions of the Chapter



7 Community Forest Management (CFM)

 7.1 Definition of Community Forest Management

 7.2 CFM and Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge

 7.3 CFM before the Enactment of the Current Norms

 7.4 Current Regulation of CFM

 7.5 Conclusions of the Chapter



8 Evaluation and Summary

 8.1 Implementing International Law in the National Legal Systems of Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru

 8.2 Strengthening the Lands and Forests Rights of Amazonian Indigenous Peoples for the Conservation of the Amazon Rainforest



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