ASPECTOS LEGALES Y INSTITUCIONALES DEL RECONOCIMIENTO Y APOYO A LA CONSERVACIÓN POR PARTE DE PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS Y COMUNIDADES LOCALES

The briefing examines the systemic threats facing TICCAs, highlighting a widespread lack of legal recognition for customary land rights and traditional governance. While noting positive developments in international jurisprudence and specific national programs—such as Australia's Indigenous Protected Areas and Namibia's Communal Conservancies—it argues that state legislation often remains discriminatory, fragmented, and exclusionary. The document provides comprehensive recommendations for legal reform, the adoption of human rights standards, and the implementation of non-legal support mechanisms to ensure the resilience of indigenous-led conservation.

• TICCAs face three primary categories of external threats: global systemic pressures on biodiversity (such as climate change and habitat loss), direct pressures from industrial extraction and exclusionary conservation frameworks, and a pervasive lack of effective recognition of inherent rights to self-determination, customary law, and traditional territories.
• International law provides a broad range of provisions supporting indigenous rights across biodiversity, climate change, and human rights instruments, and regional courts (such as the Inter-American Court of Human Rights) are increasingly recognizing ancestral titles and the requirement for free, prior and informed consent (FPIC).
• National legal frameworks often undermine TICCAs through structural discrimination, where indigenous peoples are excluded from legislative drafting, and laws are implemented in ways that ignore original intent or prioritize industrial extraction over customary rights.
• A critical gap exists in land tenure security, particularly in Africa and South Asia, where states often claim ownership of unregistered lands, rendering customary tenure invisible and leaving communities vulnerable to land grabs and state-led concessions.
• State-managed protected areas frequently conflict with TICCAs by imposing 'top-down' conservation models that prohibit traditional resource use and ignore indigenous knowledge, often resulting in the criminalization of traditional livelihoods.
• Non-legal recognition—including administrative support, financial aid, social awards, and networking—is increasing but remains insufficient, often lacking gender sensitivity or failing to align with community-defined priorities.
• Specific positive national examples include Australia's Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) within the National Reserve System, Namibia's Communal Conservancies covering over 15 million hectares, and Bolivia's recognition of Indigenous Origin Community Lands (TCOs) and Indigenous Peasant Original Territories (TIOCs).

APA

Natural Justice (n.d.). ASPECTOS LEGALES Y INSTITUCIONALES DEL RECONOCIMIENTO Y APOYO A LA CONSERVACIÓN POR PARTE DE PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS Y COMUNIDADES LOCALES. https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/International-Law-and-Jurisprudence-Spanish.pdf

Chicago

Natural Justice. ASPECTOS LEGALES Y INSTITUCIONALES DEL RECONOCIMIENTO Y APOYO A LA CONSERVACIÓN POR PARTE DE PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS Y COMUNIDADES LOCALES. n.d. https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/International-Law-and-Jurisprudence-Spanish.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{naturaljusticendaspectos, author = {{Natural Justice}}, title = {{ASPECTOS LEGALES Y INSTITUCIONALES DEL RECONOCIMIENTO Y APOYO A LA CONSERVACIÓN POR PARTE DE PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS Y COMUNIDADES LOCALES}}, institution = {Natural Justice}, url = {https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/International-Law-and-Jurisprudence-Spanish.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }