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Legal Review No 7 Bolivia

First published on 09/30/2012, and last updated on 06/02/2017

No 7 Bolivia (in Spanish)

Bolivia es un país de gran diversidad cultural, con 36 naciones indígenas cuyas raíces se remontan varios siglos en la historia y un extenso acervo de conocimientos y prácticas tradicionales respecto al uso de los recursos naturales como base principal de su subsistencia, los que además han dado lugar a la domesticación de una enorme diversidad de especies cultivadas, fuente de la alimentación de la población nacional. Dentro del país se ha configurado una sociedad compleja y heterogénea, en la que las desigualdades sociales y el manejo insostenible de los recursos naturales constituyen uno de los principales retos en la agenda social y ambiental en el país.

 

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Between 2011-2012, the ICCA Consortium undertook an international-to-local analysis of a spectrum of laws relevant to ICCAs. The reports analyze the effects of laws, policies and implementing agencies on ICCAs, and explore the diversity of ways in which Indigenous peoples and local communities are using the law to sustain the resilience of their ICCAs. Goals:

  • Recognizing and supporting conservation by indigenous peoples and local communities.
  • Analyses of international law, national legislation, judgments, and institutions as they interrelate with territories and areas conserved by indigenous peoples and local communities.

The synthesis report was launched in 2012 at the World Conservation Congress (Jeju, Korea) and the 11th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (Hyderabad, India)