When Rights Embrace Responsibilities

Description:

The book discusses the development of the emerging concept of biocultural rights, which are defined as a basket of group rights. These rights are aimed at protecting the stewardship role that certain indigenous peoples and local communities have towards environment. This work provides an overview of the current ethical debate on different approaches towards the conservation of environment and the problematic definitions of indigenous peoples and local communities.

subjects: Biodiversity conservation,  Indigenous peoples,  Environmental protection,  International Environmental law,  Social aspects,  Conservation of natural resources,  Law and legislation,  Civil rights,  Group rights,  International law and human rights,  Human rights,  Environmental aspects,  Ethnoecology,  Traditional ecological knowledge,  Environment,  Environmental law