Download the PDF File (13.38KB)On-line journals and resources that discuss biodiversity, agrobiodiversity, and indigenous farmers with a focus on the Andean region
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· Indigenous Peoples (English)
Article topics span natural and genetic resource
conservation and management, indigenous rights, culture, language, and
education, and protected areas.
For more details, click here.
http://www.developmentgateway.org/indigenous
http://www.livelihoods.org/index.html
· COMPAS (English and Spanish)
On-line and hard copy magazine, published bi-annually.
Topics include field methods, on-farm research and conservation, conflict
resolution, farmers’ worldviews, and indigenous learning.
http://www.compasnet.org/
· Etnoecológica (English, Spanish, and Portuguese)
Topics include background information on the discipline of
ethnoecology, research and findings conducted in this field, and case studies of
indigenous management and the conservation of natural and genetic resources,
especially in Mexico.
http://www.etnoecologica.org.mx/
· Biodiversidad (Spanish)
Latin-american magazine, published every three months that
deals with biodiversity conservation, establishment and management of protected
areas, indigenous rights, and policy related to land and biodiversity
management.
http://www.grain.org/biodiversidad/
· LEISA (English and Spanish)
On-line and hard copy magazine on low external input and
sustainable agriculture, published quarterly. LEISA deals with international
issues of sustainable agriculture, controversy resolution, agrobiodiversity
conservation, and agronomic practices.
http://www.ileia.org/
· Volveré (Quechua and Spanish)
Magazine, published every two months, concerned primarily
with social and literary topics. Some issues contribute to an understanding of
traditional Andean agriculture and agrobiodiversity (July 2003, II, no. 8, for
example). It also provides a useful annotated bibliography.
http://cavancha.cec.unap.cl/iecta/volvere/
The Development Gateway is an excellent source of information and links related to environmental policy, food security, water resources management, and even relief and recovery in Iraq. Under these broad topics, of particular concern to IPGRI may be the themes of indigenous peoples, knowledge, and rights. The Development Gateway has a chronological record under each of these themes related to the development and progress of farmers’ rights, initiatives, and access to resources, intellectual property rights issues, local current environmental, health, and socio-political crises, and much more. Each record includes a rich and varied collection of information resources such as articles, summaries of events and new policies, short book descriptions and sample book texts, publishing information, and order options, and links to news articles from the BBC and Amnesty International, for example.
The reader will become aware of community-based, regional, and international initiatives, projects, and organizations that influence (both positively and negatively) the advancement of indigenous peoples and conservation of their local environments. Actions and events involving the World International Property Organization (WIPO), the World Bank, United Nations agencies, national governments and agencies, NGOs, community groups, local and tribal organizations are all given equal attention.
The Development Gateway also gives the latest on pacts, agreements, and treaties signed related to indigenous peoples (For example, an international pact was signed between the Electronic Communication and Information Exchange (ECIE-USA) and the “Comunidad Indígena Ashaninka Marankiari Bajo” (CIAMB-Peru) which will facilitation coordination between CIAMB and North American tribes).
The Development Gateway Foundation is a non-profit organization that initially developed by the World Bank in 2001. It aims to build partnerships and information systems across concerned individuals and groups in developed and developing countries. One can easily become a member of any number of Development Gateway’s topics for free simply by registering at the following link: http://topics.developmentgateway.org/um~user/showUserRegister.
The subscriber can then receive e-mail updates informing him/her of newly posted items and the Development Gateway e-newsletter. Information is accessible in English, Spanish, and French.