Library

Library

Information is power. Natural Justice holds this old adage dear and strives actively reflect on and disseminate our work in a variety of media and fora. Our Publications include workshop reports, books and volumes, articles, booklets and briefs, and legal submissions made to different processes under the Convention on Biological Diversity.

The section on Legal Resources highlights cross-cutting principles and includes links to international and regional Human Rights, Environmental Rights, and Cultural Rights instruments and mechanisms, an introduction to Case Law, and links to Community Declarations.

A short-list of Other Publications is included, as well as Institutional Links and key Acronyms.

 

Publications

Bio-cultural Community Protocols: A Community Approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy (Natural Justice and UNEP, 2009)
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Guide to Free Prior and Informed Consent (Oxfam Australia, 2010)
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Indigenous and Local Communities and Protected Areas: Towards Equity and Enhanced Conservation (Borrini-Feyerabend et al., 2004)
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Latest News
  • 19th Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation
    Peter Wood, Natural Justice Associate, attended the 19th Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation, 9-10 February in London. The meeting focussed on the implementation of the EU Timber Regul …

  • MPCA Workshop in Uttarakkand
    Medicinal Plants Conservation Areas (MPCAs) in India are bioculturally rich areas of land with a high prevalence of endemic medicinal plants. MPCAs are usually demarcated by communities or by the gove …

  • Meeting on Increasing Number of BCR Lawyers
    On the 13th of February, Kabir Bavikatte and Harry Jonas (Natural Justice) met with Antara Lahiri (Ashoka Law for All) and Vivek Maru (Namati) to discuss how best to increase the numbers of lawyers fo …

  • Maldhari Community Claims Traditional Lands
    In the face of government attempts to ban livestock in their traditional grasslands, the Maldhari community of the Banni grasslands of Kutch, Gujarat, India sent notices to their state government dema …

  • New Article on Stewarding the Commons
    Natural Justice’s own Kabir Bavikatte recently authored “Stewarding the Commons: Rethinking Property and the Emergence of Biocultural Rights” for the Common Voices newsletter of the Dakshin Foundation …

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Images from our work in Africa, Asia, and the Americas
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