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TOO MUCH FOR TOO FEW: Problems of Indigenous Land Rights in Latin America

TOO MUCH FOR TOO FEW: Problems of Indigenous Land Rights in Latin America Abstract In a number of countries in Latin America, recent changes in the constitutional and legislative environment under which indigenous people hold or claim land and natural resource rights have triggered a number of processes and projects to demarcate, legalize, or otherwise consolidate indigenous lands. This review begins with a look at Nicaragua and goes on to examine five of the South American processes, allegedly with the most favorable legal and policy environments, and concludes that they suffer from common problems related to ( a ) the amount of land and resources being claimed by relatively small numbers of people, ( b ) the contestation of the claims by non-indigenous sectors, and ( c ) the nature of indigenous organizations and the NGOs that support them. The confrontation between policy and reality yields some lessons for the future. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annual Review of Anthropology Annual Reviews

TOO MUCH FOR TOO FEW: Problems of Indigenous Land Rights in Latin America

Annual Review of Anthropology , Volume 34 – Oct 21, 2005

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Annual Reviews
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Copyright © 2005 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved
ISSN
0084-6570
eISSN
1545-4290
DOI
10.1146/annurev.anthro.33.070203.143844
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Abstract

Abstract In a number of countries in Latin America, recent changes in the constitutional and legislative environment under which indigenous people hold or claim land and natural resource rights have triggered a number of processes and projects to demarcate, legalize, or otherwise consolidate indigenous lands. This review begins with a look at Nicaragua and goes on to examine five of the South American processes, allegedly with the most favorable legal and policy environments, and concludes that they suffer from common problems related to ( a ) the amount of land and resources being claimed by relatively small numbers of people, ( b ) the contestation of the claims by non-indigenous sectors, and ( c ) the nature of indigenous organizations and the NGOs that support them. The confrontation between policy and reality yields some lessons for the future.

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Annual Review of AnthropologyAnnual Reviews

Published: Oct 21, 2005

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