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Article: Indigenous Peoples, the Environment, and Law: An Anthology.(Book review)
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- UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy
- Article date:
- June 22, 2005
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INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND LAW: AN ANTHOLOGY, Edited by Lawrence Watters, Carolina Academic Press, 2004. pp. 439.
INTRODUCTION
Indigenous peoples, the environment, and the law have long been sources of conflict all over the world. While humanity is struggling to adapt to the increasing homogenization of cultures, economies, and environments, indigenous peoples are threatened in unique ways by globalization, neo-liberalism, economic development, climate change, environmental degradation, and technological advancements. National and international institutions increasingly have chosen or been forced to deal with the implications of integrating ...