2012 - English - Technical
Development for a postneoliberal era? Sumak ka…
Through a detailed examination of the origins and application of one development model, this article examines the constraints on and limits to postneoliberal development in terms of state-civil society relations and as a form of postcolonial governmentality.
2013 - English - Practical
Good Life as a Social Movement Proposal for Na…
Good Life as a Social Movement Proposal for Natural Resource Use: The Indigenous Movement in Ecuador
The Ecuadorian indigenous movement has developed the concept of Good Life (Sumak Kawsay or Buen Vivir) as a conceptual weapon in order to defend the territories of indigenous nationalities as the movement itself defines them.
2011 - English - Academic
Pachakuti: Indigenous Perspectives, Buen Vivir…
Bob Thomson argues that understanding the limits to growth for our finite planet is slowly gaining currency due to the (mostly) European sustainable degrowth ‘movement’ and a plurinational Latin American cosmovision which is largely indigenous but also criollo.
2014 - English - Academic
Buen Vivir: Emergent Discourse within or beyon…
This paper sets out to review the content of Buen vivir (‘good living’) as an emergent discourse, reflecting on its genesis and contributions to the sustainability debate, as well as on incipient attempts at its institutionalization.
2012 - English - Simple
Indigenous Peoples Guidebook on FPIC and Corpo…
Tremendous progress has been made by Indigenous peoples over the last 20 years, but Indigenous peoples must now focus on spurring the private sector to make similar rights recognitions. By advocating the adoption of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), Indigenous peoples are changing business practices on a huge scale.
2012 - English - Practical
Training Manual on Free, Prior, and Informed C…
This manual is a working guide for Indigenous peoples to understand FPIC in relation to projects related to REDD+. The objective of the manual is to explain to Indigenous peoples about FPIC and provide a guide on the application of FPIC in REDD+ activities. The manual should be adopted to the various needs of different communities.