Map of Case Study Locations

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Foreword / Victoria Tauli-Corpuz

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Preface / Annie Ngalmirama

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Acknowledgements

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Contributors

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pt. I

BACKGROUND ARTICLES

World Heritage Sites and Indigenous Peoples' Rights: An Introduction / Lola Garcia-Alix

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Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas: Towards Reconciliation? / Marcus Colchester

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Indigenous Peoples' Heritage and Human Rights / Jeremie Gilbert

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World Heritage, Indigenous Peoples, Communities and Rights: An IUCN Perspective / Tim Badman

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pt. II

CASE STUDIES

Europe

Laponian World Heritage Area: Conflict and Collaboration in Swedish Sapmi / Carina Green

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Africa

Sangha Trinational World Heritage Site: The Experiences of Indigenous Peoples / Olivia Woodburne

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`We are not Taken as People': Ignoring the Indigenous Identities and History of Tsodilo Hills World Heritage Site, Botswana / Michael Taylor

119

Kahuzi-Biega National Park: World Heritage Site versus the Indigenous Twa / Roger Muchuba Buhereko

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Bwindi Impenetrable National Park: The Case of the Batwa / Christopher Kidd

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Ignoring Indigenous Peoples' Rights: The Case of Lake Bogoria's Designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site / Korir Sing'oei Abraham

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World Heritage Site in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area: Whose World? Whose Heritage? / William Olenasha

189

Asia

Western Ghats of India: A Natural Heritage Enclosure? / C.R. Bijoy

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Indigenous Peoples and Modern Liabilities in the Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand: A Conflict over Biocultural Diversity / Reiner Buergin

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Shiretoko Natural World Heritage Area and the Ainu People / Ono Yugo

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Australia and Pacific

Pukulpa pitjama Ananguku ngurakutu -- Welcome to Anangu Land: World Heritage at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park / Michael Adams

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No Straight Thing: Experiences of the Mirarr Traditional Owners of Kakadu National Park with the World Heritage Convention / Justin O'Brien

313

Rainforest Aboriginal Peoples and the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area: The Role of Indigenous Activism in Achieving Effective Involvement in Management and Recognition of the Cultural Values / Adrian Marrie

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Tangible and Intangible Heritage of Tongariro National Park: A Ngati Tuwharetoa Perspective and Reflection / George Asher

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Rapa Nui National Park, Cultural World Heritage: The Struggle of the Rapa Nui People for their Ancestral Territory and Heritage, for Environmental Protection, and for Cultural Integrity / Leslie Cloud

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North America

Protecting Indigenous Rights in Denendeh: The Dehcho First Nations and Nahanni National Park Reserve / Jonas Antoine

423

Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage Project: A Collaborate Effort of Anishinaabe First Nations and Two Canadian Provinces to Nominate a World Heritage Site / Gord Jones

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South America

Refuge for People and Biodiversity: The Case of Manu National Park, South-East Peru / Conrad Feather

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Canaima National Park and World Heritage Site: Spirit of Evil? / Iokine Rodriguez

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We Heard the News from the Press': The Central Suriname Nature Reserve and its Impacts on the Rights of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples / Fergus MacKay

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pt. III

APPENDICES

Appendix 1

African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Resolution 197 on the Protection of Indigenous Peoples' Rights in the Context of the World Heritage Convention

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Appendix 2

World Conservation Congress Resolution 5.047 on the Implementation of UNDRIP in the Context of the World Heritage Convention

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Appendix 3

Call to Action of the International Expert Workshop on the World Heritage Convention and Indigenous Peoples, Copenhagen, 2012

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Appendix 4

Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to the UN General Assembly, 2012 (Excerpt)

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Appendix 5

Letter of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to the World Heritage Centre, 2013

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