State of the World's Indigenous Peoples United Nations

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

United Nations Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

United Nations.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic and Social Development.

Human Rights and Refugees.

Local Subjects:

Economic and Social Development.

Human Rights and Refugees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] United Nations Publications 2008

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While indigenous peoples make up around 370 million of the world's population - some 5 per cent - they constitute around one-third of the world's 900 million extremely poor rural people. Every day, indigenous communities all over the world face issues of violence and brutality. Indigenous peoples are stewards of some of the most biologically diverse areas of the globe, and their biological and cultural wealth has allowed indigenous peoples to gather a wealth of traditional knowledge which is of immense value to all humankind. The publication discusses many of the issues addressed by the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and is a cooperative effort of independent experts working with the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. It covers poverty and well-being, culture, environment, contemporary education, health, human rights, and includes a chapter on emerging issues.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9789210548434

9210548434