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When rights embrace responsibilities :

Sajeva, Giulia

When rights embrace responsibilities : biocultural rights and the conservation of environment / Giulia Sajeva - New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2018. - xxii, 183 pages ; 23 cm

Based on author's thesis (doctoral)--Università di Palermo, 2015, issued under title: When rights embrace responsibilities : biocultural rights of indigenous peoples and local communities.

An Environmental Crisis --
Understanding Rights, Human Rights, and Group Rights --
Friends and Foes : Rights, the Environment, and People --
Of Rights and Responsibilities --
Biocultural Rights : Handle with Care --
Past, Present, and Future : Beyond Biocultural Rights.

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 the environment and the problematic definitions of indigenous peoples and local communities.

9780199485154


Environmental law, International--Social aspects.
Conservation of natural resources--Law and legislation.
Indigenous peoples --Civil rights.

344.046 Sa28W

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