Indigenous People “Vis-à-vis” Participatory Natural Resource Management (original) (raw)

Indigenous people have high dependency on natural resources and hence they have high interaction with natural resources. Efforts done by local community, to conserve their natural resources on one hand aids their livelihood system but also supports other ecological units and ecosystem as a whole. The degree of sustainability in resource use is dependent on indigenous people’s knowledge, culture, values, norms, and capacity to act and organize them. The present paper highlights the problems and challenges faced by indigenous peoples. It also makes suggestions on how to expand and deepen partnerships with governments and others for conservation of natural resources and at the same time upliftment of indigenous people. As most indigenous peoples live in marginal areas assisting indigenous peoples in overcoming their poverty and to contribute to sustainable development is essential. The crucial role of indigenous peoples for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development has rece...