Sentences with phrase «protecting traditional ways of life»

As a means of defending treaty rights and protecting traditional ways of life, Horn founded and directed the Indian Legal Defence Committee from 1967 to 1971.

The Treaty establishes a Torres Strait Protected Zone to «protect the traditional way of life and livelihood of the traditional inhabitants including their traditional fishing and free movement».

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They require us to carve out broad protected spaces for traditional culture as such — for a way of life, not just a set of beliefs.

Ultimately, we must work collectively to find ways that empower indigenous communities, provide us the tools to protect our lands and preserve our traditional ways of life,» said Almir Surui, Chief of the Surui People of the Brazilian Amazon.

It remains to be seen how well these plans will play out, but it was clear that this focus on protecting the rural, traditional way of life was truly important to political leaders and respected by members of the business community we heard from.

In a region of Peru where half the land has been granted to extraction projects, Acuña's strength and determination to protect the land and a traditional way of life are deeply important.

At the same time, this protects important wildlife corridors and traditional communities» way of life.

The Human Rights Committee explained that Indigenous people have the right to engage in economic and social activities which are part of the culture of the community to which they belong; [9] that development that threatens the way of life and culture of an Indigenous group breaches article 27; [10] and that protecting the traditional rights of an Indigenous group may weigh against a State enacting general laws permitting public rights (e.g. general rights to hunt or fish).

What most indigenous peoples pursue is especially «cultural» self - determination, which has been defined as «the right to recapture their identity, to reinvigorate their ways of life, to reconnect with the Earth, to regain their traditional lands, to protect their heritage, to revitalize their languages and manifest their culture — all of these rights are as important to indigenous people as the right to make final decisions in their internal political, judicial, and economic settings».