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Video Interviews With Comca'ac Elders From El Desemboque: Seri Natives Of Sonora, Mexico
El Desemboque, known as "Haxöl Iihom" in the Seri language, is a town located 376 km[citation needed] from Hermosillo on the shore of Gulf of California in the Mexican state of Sonora. It is one of two major villages on the Seri Indian communal property, the other being Punta Chueca. The Spanish name refers to the fact that the (generally dry) Río San Ignacio meets the sea near that point. The Seri name is literally where the clams lie. It has been a good location to find the small clams Protothaca grata (haxöl).
Community-Based Forest Management In The Yungas Biosphere Reserve, Northern Argentina
Elena Ianni, Mauricio Mattenet, Davide Geneletti and Lucio R. Malizia, 2009
The purpose of this paper is to discuss a methodology for the implementation of a participative plan for forest use and management in a rural community. We present an ...
Treatment Issues For Aboriginal Mothers With Substance Use Problems And Their Children
Alison Niccols, Colleen Anne Dell, and Sharon Clarke, 2009
In many cultures, approximately one third of people with drug dependence are women of child-bearing age. Substance use among pregnant and parenting women is a major public health concern. ...
Ngati Whare Deed Of Settlement
The Ngati Whare Deed of Settlement was initialled on 22 October 2009, and is subject to ratification by the members of Ngati Whare.
The Deed of Settlement for the comprehensive settlement of Ngati Whare’s historical Treaty claims has been finalised and initialed by the Crown ...
Ngati Manawa Deed Of Settlement Ratification
On 22 October 2009, Ngati Manawa and the Crown initialed a Deed of Settlement that will settle all of Ngati Manawa’s historical Treaty claims.
The Deed of Settlement is subject to ratification by Ngati Manawa iwi members through a postal ballot closing at 12:00pm ...
Summary Of The Sixth Meeting Of The Working Group On Article 8(J) Of The Convention On Biological Diversity
2-6 NOVEMBER 2009
The sixth meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and related provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was held from 2-6 November ...
Imagining A Traditional Knowledge Commons: A Community Approach To Sharing Traditional Knowledge For Non-Commercial Research
International Development Law Organization, Natural Justice, October 2009 The authors examine the concept of TK Commons. Noting that the TK Commons does not preclude the rights of communities to enter into commercial ABS agreements ...
Brazil's Indigenous And Afro-Brazilian Populations Face Serious Discrimination: UN Human Rights Chief
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Friday that Brazil's "impressive" array of laws and policies, designed to promote human rights and improve the socio-economic situation, are not being properly implemented with the result that ...
Intestinal Parasitic Infections Amongst Orang Asli (Indigenous) In Malaysia: Has Socioeconomic Development Alleviated The Problem?
Lim Y AL, Romano N, Colin N, Chow SC, Smith HV, 2009
Orang Asli are the indigenous minority peoples of peninsular Malaysia. Despite proactive socioeconomic development initiated by the Malaysian Government in upgrading the quality ...
Morbidity And Mortality Disparities Among Colonist And Indigenous Populations In The Ecuadorian Amazon
Kuang-Yao Pan W, Erlien C, Bilsborrow RE, 2009
Rural populations living in the northern Ecuadorian Amazon (NEA) experience the highest health burden of any region in the country. Two independent studies of colonist and indigenous groups living ...
