The Law of the Mother Protecting Indigenous Peoples in Protected Areas - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0871564513 ISBN 13: 9780871564511

Publisher: Sierra Club Books, 1993

Synopsis

A look at how environmental protection efforts must take into account the needs, ancestral claims, and stewardship skills of the indigenous peoples features sixty-four color photographs and nearly three dozen essays on the subject.

About this title

From Library Journal:

There are approximately 6000 distinct cultural groups or indigenous peoples in the world. Each has its own language, customs, religion, and homeland. Many are also endangered. Davidson traveled around the world, interviewing indigenous peoples on all continents and the Pacific Islands. In Endangered Peoples , he presents compelling stories of these endangered cultures that tell of "the land that lives in their songs and oral histories. They are people born of specific places on the land." In The Law of the Mother , editor Kemf provides stories of a different but diverse group of cultures; a major concern expressed by many indigenous peoples is "property and the scope of government power to define what does and does not extinguish native title by law." Native title to land is the theme that binds the accounts of conservation projects in this book. These projects were implemented through joint efforts of the World Wildlife Fund and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Reserves-The World Conservation Union. Since 1993 is the United Nations' Year of the World's Indigenous Peoples, both books are especially timely, and they will interest anyone concerned with ecosystem conservation and the survival of indigenous groups. For large general collections.
- Mary J. Nickum, MAXIMA Corp., Lanham, Md.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sierra Club Books
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0871564513
• ISBN 13: 9780871564511
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Elizabeth Kemf