When rights embrace responsibilities : biocultural rights and the conservation of environment / Giulia Sajeva

By:

Sajeva, Giulia [author]

Publication details: New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2018.Description: xxii, 183 pages ; 23 cmISBN:

9780199485154

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DDC classification:

23 344.046 Sa28W

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Library and Documentation Division PGRRL	344.046 Sa28W (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		112919

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.

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