Voice of America: Forum Recognizes Indigenous Peoples Land Rights

Voice of America Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

Forum Recognizes Indigenous Peoples Land Rights Nov 6th 2012, 12:23 Africa has been the focus of large-scale foreign land acquisitions following the food and financial crises of 2008 and 2009. The 1st Africa Land Forum is being held in Cameroon this week (11-7/8) to consider how those deals are affecting indigenous people. The 1989 Convention on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples says governments "shall respect the special importance for the cultures - and spiritual values of the peoples concerned - of their relationship with the lands or territories…they ... Media files: 65D08630-45BB-49FB-9D4B-131B999FEEED_cx0_cy6_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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