Showing posts with label Raika. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Raika. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Review of BCPs for Pastoralists in India

Via ikrweb.wordpress.com/
Natural Justice partner Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan (LPPS) recently hosted a workshop for pastoralist communities who have drafted biocultural community protocols in India, with representatives from the Raika, the Banni buffalo breeders, Kutchi camel breeders, Jaisalmer camel breeders and the Kuruba shepherds of Karnataka attending. Ilse Köhler-Rollefson (League for Pastoral Peoples) prepared a blog post on the workshop. 

Per the post, “while the pastoralists unanimously underlined the importance of BCPs, it was also quite evident that a lot of uncertainty still surrounds the concept and that undertaking the process is by no means easy or fast. It requires time, resources and commitment for it to be of value. Nevertheless, BCPs are a crucial and even essential tool – for groups of marginalised people that traditionally have not attached that much importance to land ownership and are now losing out rapidly.” 

The blog post can be accessed here.

Thursday, October 4, 2012

New IIED Article on Community Protocols

Credit: Nick Lunch
As delegates prepare for the 11th Conference of Parties (COP 11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) from 8-19 October in Hyderabad, India, Krystyna Swiderska of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) has prepared an article tracing the community protocols developed by two communities, the Raika of Rajasthan, India and the Dusun of Sabah, Malaysia to claim rights guaranteed by the CBD and the Nagoya Protocol  on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the CBD. 

The article notes that “although they have conserved important biodiversity of the regions where they have lived for generations, many communities are struggling to safeguard their biodiverse resources.” It presents community protocols as a way that communities are asserting their rights and engaging with outside actors. It then details, with text and photos, the unique ways of life of the Raika and Dusun and how they are using community protocols to protect their rights. 

The article can be found here. IIED’s recent publication on community protocols, rights and consent, drafted and edited in partnership with Natural Justice, can be found here in English and here in Spanish.

Monday, September 24, 2012

Nouveau film intitulé "Protocoles bioculturels communautaires: Articulant et Affirmant l'intendance des communautés"


Au moment où les protocoles bioculturelles communautaires se propagent dans le monde entier comme moyen d’auto-affirmation et de protection juridique des communautés, un nouveau film intitulé «Protocoles bioculturels communautaires: Articulant et Affirmant l'intendance des communautés» vient d’être diffusé. Le film a été réalisé par Sanjay Barnela et produit par Natural Justice, en collaboration avec Moving Images, Inde. Ce film a bénéficié du soutien financier de la Fondation Shuttleworth. Le film s’inspire de l’expérience de deux communautés, les tradipraticiens de Bushbuckridge, en Afrique du Sud, et la communauté Raika du Rajasthan, en Inde. 

Le film est accessible ici. Pour en savoir plus sur les protocoles communautaires cliquez ici. Le Protocole communautaire de Bushbuckridge peut être téléchargé ici et celui des Raika ici.

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Película sobre Protocolos Comunitarios Bioculturales disponible con subtítulos en español



Como los protocolos comunitarios bioculturales siguen propagándose en todo el mundo como forma de auto articulación comunitaria y protección legal, una nueva película titulada 'Protocolos Comunitarios Bioculturales: Articulando y Affirmando la Custodia " ha sido liberada con subtítulos en español. La película fue dirigida por Sanjay Barnela y producida por Natural Justice, en colaboración con Moving Images, India. La película fue financiada por la Fundación Shuttleworth.

La película sigue las experiencias de dos comunidades, los curanderos tradicionales de Bushbuckridge, Sudáfrica, y la comunidad Raika de Rajasthan, India. La película está disponible aquí. Más informaciones acerca de los protocolos comunitarios están disponibles aquí, en inglés. El PCB Bushbuckridge se puede descargar aquí y el PCB Raika se puede descargar aquí, ambos en inglés.

En relación a los PCB, Natural Justice también disponibiliza, en español, el Protocolo Comunitario Biocultural del Alto San Juan, Colombia, que encontrase aquí.