Contested Rights of Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples in Conflicts Over Biocultural Diversity: the Case of Karen Communities in Thung Yai, a World Heritage Site in Thailand

Contested Rights of Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples in Conflicts Over Biocultural Diversity: the Case of Karen Communities in Thung Yai, a World Heritage Site in Thailand
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Download or read book Contested Rights of Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples in Conflicts Over Biocultural Diversity: the Case of Karen Communities in Thung Yai, a World Heritage Site in Thailand written by Reiner Buergin and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zusammenfassung: The conceptualization of interrelations between biological and cultural diversity since the 1980s indicates a biocultural turn in discourses and policies regarding nature conservation, sustainable development, and indigenous peoples. These interrelations frequently manifest as conflicts between local communities who derive their livelihoods and identity from their lands and resources, and external actors and institutions who claim control over these areas, invoking superior interests in nature conservation, development, and modernization. In these asymmetric conflicts over biocultural diversity, framed in discourses that demand the preservation of both biological and cultural diversity, the opportunities for local communities to assert their claims crucially depend on external discursive and legal frameworks.Based on a study of the Karen ethnic minority groups in the Thung Yai World Heritage Site in Thailand, this article explores challenges and chances for local communities to assert claims and rights to lands, resources, and self-determination in the context of the biocultural turn in environment and development discourses as well as heterogeneous legal frameworks.

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