Certifying a state forestry agency in Quebec: Complementarity and conflict around government responsibilities, indigenous rights, and certification of the state as forest manager

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 551-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Wyatt ◽  
Sara Teitelbaum
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Rights ◽  
The State ◽  
State Forestry ◽  
Forest Manager

scholarly journals Renegotiating the Columbia River Treaty: Transboundary Governance and Indigenous Rights

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 4-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Cohen ◽  
Emma S. Norman
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Columbia River ◽  
Indigenous Rights ◽  
The State ◽  
Environmental Agreements

This article builds on regional environmental governance (REG) scholarship to explore alternatives to conventional transboundary agreements. Specifically, we use two narratives to tell the story of one river variously known as Wimahl, Nich’i-Wàna, or Swah’netk’qhu, and, more recently, the Columbia River. We suggest that the state-led narrative of the signing and implementation of the 1964 Columbia River Treaty has obscured Indigenous narratives of the river—a trend replicated in most scholarship on transboundary environmental agreements more broadly. In exploring these narratives, we: situate the silencing of Indigeneity in the 1964 Columbia River Treaty; highlight the reproduction and amplification of that silence in the relevant literature in the context of strengthened Indigenous rights; and explore what a multilateral—as opposed to binational—approach to environmental agreements might offer practitioners and scholars of REG.

scholarly journals Amazonía: cambio de la comprensión de la territorialidad al interior del territorio waorani (Los derechos indígenas)/ Amazon: change of the understanding of the territoriality to the interior of the waorani territory (indigenous rights)

2017 ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Iván Tarcicio Narváez Quiñónez
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
National Park ◽  
Indigenous Rights ◽  
The State ◽  
Agricultural Frontier ◽  
Cultural Integrity ◽  
Yasuni National Park ◽  
Indigenous Territories ◽  
Negative Impacts

La colonización dirigida, espontánea y estratégica, además de la permanente ampliación de la frontera agrícola para la extracción de recursos naturales, han determinado el uso y zonificación del espacio amazónico en los últimos 50 años. Las drásticas huellas socio-económicos, culturales y ambientales generadas por estos procesos han impactado negativamente la vida de los pueblos ancestrales y la naturaleza. Una consecuencia drástica es el cambio de la comprensión de la territorialidad en el interior de los territorios indígenas, y de la percepción que de aquel cambio tienen el Estado y los actores asentados en el entorno territorial comunitario. El presente estudio aborda el caso del pueblo waorani e inquiere cómo la ampliación de la frontera extractiva intensificaría los impactos negativos del proceso de desterritorialización en el Parque Nacional Yasuní, poniendo en mayor riesgo la integridad física y cultural de los de los pueblos que viven en aislamiento voluntario: Tagaeri y Oñamenane u otros de los cuales no se tiene referencia.   Abstract Targeted, spontaneous and strategic colonization, in addition to the permanent expansion of the agricultural frontier for the extraction of natural resources, has determined the use and zoning of the Amazonian space in the las 50 years. The drastic socioeconomic, cultural and environmental impacts generated by these processes have impated negatively the life of the ancestral peoples and nature. A drastic consequence is the change of the understanding of the territoriality in the interior of the indigenous territories, and the perception that the state and the actors settled in the community territorial environment have of that change. This study addresses the case of the Waorani people and inquires how the expansion of the extractive frontier would intensify the negative impacts of the process of decentralization in the Yasuní National Park, putting at greater risk the physical and cultural integrity of the peoples living in voluntary isolation: Tagaeri and Onamenane or others of which there is no reference.

scholarly journals Indigenous Rights and Multilevel Governance: Learning From the Northwest Territories Water Stewardship Strategy

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Latta
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Water Policy ◽  
Indigenous Rights ◽  
The State ◽  
Multilevel Governance ◽  
Resource Governance ◽  
Effective Collaboration ◽  
Over Time

States’ increasing recognition of Indigenous rights in the realm of natural resources has led to a variety of co-management arrangements and other forms of melded authority, evolving over time into increasingly complex governance relationships. This article takes up such relationships within the analytical frame of multilevel governance, seeking lessons from the experiences of Indigenous involvement in water policy in Canada’s Northwest Territories (NWT). It examines the way that effective collaboration in resource governance can emerge within the space of tension between evolving Indigenous rights regimes and the continued sovereignty of the state. At the same time, the analysis raises questions about whether multilevel governance can contribute to meaningful decolonization of relationships between settler states and Indigenous Peoples.

scholarly journals The origins of prescribed burning in Scandinavian forestry: the seminal role of Joel Wretlind in the management of fire-dependent forests

2019 ◽  
Vol 139 (3) ◽  
pp. 393-406
Author(s):  
Sarah Cogos ◽  
Samuel Roturier ◽  
Lars Östlund
Keyword(s):  
Prescribed Fire ◽  
Prescribed Burning ◽  
Fire Regime ◽  
Fire Suppression ◽  
Fire Regimes ◽  
The State ◽  
Natural Processes ◽  
Forest Manager ◽  
Forest District

AbstractIn Sweden, prescribed burning was trialed as early as the 1890s for forest regeneration purposes. However, the origins of prescribed burning in Sweden are commonly attributed to Joel Efraim Wretlind, forest manager in the State Forest district of Malå, Västerbotten County, from 1920 to 1952. To more fully understand the role he played in the development of prescribed burning and the extent of his burning, we examined historical records from the State Forest Company’s archive and Wretlind’s personal archive. The data showed that at least 11,208 ha was burned through prescribed burning between 1921 and 1970, representing 18.7% of the Malå state-owned forest area. Wretlind thus created a new forestry-driven fire regime, reaching, during peak years, extents close to historical fire regimes before the fire suppression era, and much higher than present-day burning. His use of prescribed fire to regenerate forests served as a guide for many other forest managers, spreading to all of northern Sweden during the 1950–1960s. Our analysis of Wretlind’s latest accounts also shows how he stood against the evolutions of modern forestry to defend a forestry system based on the reproduction of natural processes, such as fire.

Multiculturalism, Legal Pluralism and Local Government in Colombia: Indigenous Autonomy and Institutional Embeddedness in Karmata Rúa, Antioquia

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 517-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCELA VELASCO
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Indigenous Rights ◽  
The State ◽  
Indigenous Autonomy ◽  
Political Autonomy ◽  
Institutional Embeddedness ◽  
Local Decision ◽  
Local Decision Making ◽  
New Institutions

AbstractIn the 1990s, Colombia decentralised politics and passed multicultural reforms as part of wider strategies to strengthen the state. Multiculturalism produced a complex institutional environment marked by jurisdictional overlap and legal plurality. The literature on Colombia's multiculturalism confirms that violence, indigenous rights abuses and the lack of enabling legislation on indigenous territorial entities limited ethno-political autonomy and instead enhanced the capacity of the state to transform indigenous identity and bureaucratise local decision-making practices. However, some indigenous authorities used the new institutions to take control of communal matters, changing local governments along the way. The better-known case of indigenous self-government is that of the Nasa people in Cauca, characterised by the capture of local institutions to advance ethnic rights. In my study of the Embera Chamí of Karmata Rúa (Antioquia) I argue that they represent an alternative approach centred on institutional embeddedness, or the repetition of ethnic autonomy rules by multiple layers of government.

scholarly journals Participation of stakeholders in sustainable management of a state-owned forest reserve in kwara state, nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Folaranmi Dapo Babalola ◽  
Elizabeth Bethlove Jegede
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Tectona Grandis ◽  
The State ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
Management Participation ◽  
State Forestry ◽  
Illegal Activities ◽  
Rural Dwellers ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Purpose: The study evaluates participation of stakeholders in sustainable management of Odun Forest Reserve, a government owned reserve located in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria. The reserve is under the management of the State Forestry Department with dominance of Tectona grandis and Gmelina arborea. Methodology: Stakeholders selected for this study include the rural dwellers, the timber contractors and designated staff of the Kwara State Department of Forestry. Structured questionnaire was used for collection of primary data. Findings: The products collected in the reserve include timber, firewood and leaves. Majority of the rural dwellers did not participate in the decision making relating to Odun Forest Reserve (87,5%), prevention of illegal exploitation (80,0%) and in the management of Odun Forest Reserve. Concerted efforts are required by the State Forestry Department to involve the local stakeholders in the management. Research Limitation: Entry into the reserve is by authorization or payment of levy to the Department of Forestry. Originality: The development of the area as a whole will eventually enable the realization of the goal of sustainable forest reserve management. Participation will give the stakeholders the sense of ownership necessary for sustainability and protection against illegal activities.

scholarly journals Violación del derecho a la consulta indígena: siembra de soya transgénica en comunidades mayas del estado de Campeche, México / Violation of the indigenous rights to be consulted: transgenic soy bean sowing in Mayan communities from the state of Campeche, Mexico

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (13) ◽  
pp. 51-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Negrín Muñoz
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Rights ◽  
The State

En el año 2012, fue autorizada la siembra de soya genéticamente modificada a escala comercial en comunidades mayas del Estado de Campeche, México. A este hecho se opusieron organizaciones indígenas mediante la vía legal -amparo-, obteniendo, luego de tres años, un fallo favorable de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación, pero aún no definitivo, ya que la máxima instancia condicionó la siembra de soya genéticamente modificada  a la realización de una consulta en las comunidades afectadas.Las primeras convocatorias de dicha consulta se realizaron desde el 31 de marzo de 2016.De acuerdo con el protocolo presentado por las autoridades encargadas de la organización y puesta en marcha del proceso de consulta, el mismo constará de cinco fases. Hasta el 23 de septiembre de 2017, se han realizado cinco sesiones que corresponden apenas a la primera fase del proceso de la consulta, que es la de acuerdos previos.Debido a que esta figura de la consulta es relativamente nueva en México, y a la marcada y tradicional relación asimétrica que existe entre autoridades oficiales y comunidades indígenas, el proceso al que se hace referencia se ha visto entorpecido debido a que las primeras están acostumbradas a imponer condiciones y las segundas están decididas a defender sus derechos.De esta manera, el tema principal del presente trabajo es mostrar el desarrollo, por demás irregular, de este proceso de consulta.

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