[WSMDiscuss] Fwd: Colombia: New decree guarantees indigenous autonomy over Amazon territories
Ashish Kothari
chikikothari at gmail.com
Thu Apr 12 15:48:49 CEST 2018
Close on the heels of the Colombian court recognising the rights of the
Amazon in Colombia ... both, prima facie, positive developments.
ashish
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Subject: Colombia: New decree guarantees indigenous autonomy over
Amazon territories
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 13:40:47 +0100
From: Hannibal Rhoades <hannibal at gaianet.org>
To: ICCA_Consortium at googlegroups.com
CC: Fiona <fiona at gaianet.org>
Dear Friends,
This Tuesday, 30 years after indigenous communities in the Colombian
Amazon received legal title to their lands, the Colombian Government
signed a new decree guaranteeing indigenous autonomy over Amazon
territories in Guainía, Vaupés and Amazonas.
*Media release* *available online here:
http://www.gaiafoundation.org/new-decree-recognises-autonomy-of-indigenous-communities-across-colombian-amazon/*
Described as /"the most important thing that has happened to the
indigenous Amazonians in 30 years”, /the decree guarantees the rights of
Associations of Traditional Indigenous Authorities to administer state
resources, without intermediaries, after these rights were threatened by
plans to bring indigenous territories under municipal control. This
could have opened them up to new pressures from agriculture,
forestry/logging and mining through a shift in governance.
Please share the news!
Hannibal
Hannibal Rhoades
Communications and Advocacy
The Gaia Foundation
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