This book addresses the critical issues that are threatening the self-determination, land, resources, and cultural heritage of Indigenous peoples.

This book offers the first systematic analysis of agreement outcomes and the factors that shape them, based on evaluative criteria developed especially for this study.

This volume explores the issue of language and cultural erosion in various post-colonial settings. This statement asserts that the aphasia experienced by indigenous people is merely a visible indication of a more profound problem - the disconnect between the mutually beneficial relationship that indigenous communities have with their environment, and the concept of development that is presented to them as their future.

This book examines the relationship between sacred landscapes, indigenous knowledge, ethno-culture, and natural resource management. The volume contributes to the existing literature on landscape studies and cultural geography by examining local perceptions toward multiple aspects of sacred landscape and ethno-culture under changing social and economic contexts, with case studies from diverse cultural and geographical areas worldwide.

This book provides a philosophical investigation of technology in Africa, articulating conceptual foundations and analyses rooted in African worldviews and communitarian values. It aims to spur discourse and understanding of how technology can be justly shaped for human advancement in Africa.

This book analyzes the nature of floods in many geographical settings and explores the multiple factors that influence flooding in different regions.

This book is a compilation of multidisciplinary studies and analyses that examine important issues related to area-based management in shipping.

Bringing together a well-respected team of commentators, many of them indigenous Australians themselves, this revised and updated edition examines the legal, social and political developments that have taken place in Australia since the publication of the last edition.

This yearbook gives a comprehensive update on the current situation of indigenous peoples and their human rights situation across the world, and offers an overview of the most significant developments in international and regional processes relating to indigenous peoples during 2016.

The study of indigenous religions has become an important academic field, particularly since the religious practices of indigenous peoples are being transformed by forces of globalization and transcontinental migration.