Feet on the Ground

<strong>Feet</strong> on the
GROUND
The Road to INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S RightS

We dedicate this publication to the people, communities and indigenous
people that have endeavored to consolidate the Rights of Native People, as
well as to the native people’s movements to defend their culture and territory.
USEFUL WEBSITES FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S MOVEMENTS
Mexico’s National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity
(CONABIO):
www.biodiversidad.gob.mx/usos/usos.html
Biodiversity Governance Project: Equitable and Fair Share of the Benefits
Derived From the Use and Management of Biological Diversity CONABIO-GIZ:
www.gobernanzabiodiversidad.mx
Equatorial Initiative offers information, videos, case studies and
publications for native people’s movementwith organizations dedicated s
for the defense of their territory and other environmental justice themes:
Case studies:
www.equatorinitiative.org
www.equatorinitiative.org/knowledge-center/e-library/case-studies/
(Above, to the right, select the webpage language; then, below to the left,
on the “apply filters”column, chose document language and then click in
“apply filters”).
TICCA Consortium:
Worldwide institution that works with organizations dedicated to the
research, defense and United Nations mechanisms that promote Human
Rights, the Rights of Native People and local communities:
ILO Convention 169:
www.iccaconsortium.org
www.cdi.gob.mx/transparencia/convenio169_oit.pdf
Convention on Biological Diversity:
www.cbd.int/doc/legal/cbd-es.pdf
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:
www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/DRIPS_es.pdf
Nagoya Protocol:
www.cbd.int/abs/doc/protocol/nagoya-protocol-es.pdf
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<strong>Feet</strong> on the
GROUND
The Road to INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S RightS
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BIODIVERSITY GOVERNANCE PROJECT TEAM: EQUITABLE AND FAIR SHARE
OF THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM THE USE AND MANAGEMENT OF BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY CONABIO-GIZ,
TINTA VITAL and PCI MEDIA IMPACT
Executive Producers: Andreas Gettkant,​Director PGB and
Sean Southey, CEO PCI Media Impact
Direction: Beatriz Padilla
Art Direction: Ángel Pethka
Script: Juan Carlos de Llaca and Beatriz Padilla
Art: HenryFo
Color: Pop Lee
Cover: HenryFo & Pop Lee
Technical Support: Emilio Arias
Translation: Beatriz Padilla
Proofreading: Patricia Robelo
Advisors: Lillian Liberman, Arturo Caballero, Ricardo Garibay
Indigenous Attire Design: Valeria Padilla Meshoulam
Thanks to:
Graciela Leal, Patricia Monroy, Aída Elizabeth Victoria,
Marco Rodríguez, Fernando Jaramillo, Jocelyn Iverson,
Callie Anne King-Guffey, Shannon O´Shea, Natabara Rollosson,
Carmen Rodríguez de Gante, Elia Stavenhaguen, María Fernanda
Rojas González, Mauricio Vértiz Sánchez, Eva Haunani Gurría,
Martin Sommerschuh, Carlos Galindo Leal,
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