Land and Forest Rights of Amazonian Indigenous Peoples from a National and International Perspective

Dr. jur. Siu Lang Carrillo Yap (2020), Georg August University of Göttingen, is a lawyer with an interdisciplinary background and several years of work experience in Amazonia. Currently, she is head of a program for strengthening indigenous autonomies in Peru.

• AcknowledgementsGerman and Spanish Summaries (Zusammenfassung/Resumen)List of Tables and GraphicsList of Abbreviations and Acronyms1 Introduction: Conflicts Because of Lands and Forests – the Challenging Relation between Amazonian Indigenous Peoples and Their Nation States1.1 Structure of the Book1.2 Method2 Setting the Scene2.1 The Amazonian Region as a Geographical Place2.2 Amazonian Indigenous Peoples2.3 Community Forest Management as a Form of Use of Forest Resources3 Establishing the Legal Standards: Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the International Level3.1 Development of Indigenous Rights in International Law3.2 Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the International Level3.3 Binding Character of International Agreements Referred to Indigenous Peoples (ILO Convention 169, UNDRIP and Biodiversity Convention)3.4 Conclusions4 Relationship between the Nation States and Indigenous Peoples4.1 Historical Appraisal of Citizenship Regimes: Citizens, Non-citizens and People under Guardianship Regime4.2 Indigenous Peoples in the Current Legal Systems4.3 Conclusions of the Chapter5 Rights of Amazonian Indigenous Peoples to the Lands and Territories5.1 Historical Appraisal: The Long Road for Amazonian Indigenous Peoples to Recover Their Rights over Lands and Territories5.2 Rights to the Lands in the Current Constitutions and National Laws5.3 Conclusions of the Chapter6 Rights of Indigenous Peoples to the Forest Resources6.1 Historical Appraisal of the Forest Rights of Indigenous Peoples6.2 Key Features of the Forest Norms6.3 Rights over Forest Resources6.4 Conclusions of the Chapter7 Community Forest Management (CFM)7.1 Definition of Community Forest Management7.2 CFM and Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge7.3 CFM before the Enactment of the Current Norms7.4 Current Regulation of CFM7.5 Conclusions of the Chapter8 Evaluation and Summary8.1 Implementing International Law in the National Legal Systems of Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru8.2 Strengthening the Lands and Forests Rights of Amazonian Indigenous Peoples for the Conservation of the Amazon RainforestReferencesIndex