Land conflict and Mayangna territorial rights in Nicaragua's Bosawás reserve
Abstract— This paper examines conflicts over land and resources in Nicaragua's Bosawás rainforest reserve between Mestizos and Mayangna Indian people. Mestizos are people of mixed Indian and European descent who speak Spanish and do not consider themselves to be Indians. Bosawás is one of the l...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1470-9856.1998.tb00177.x 2024-06-02T08:11:28+00:00 Land conflict and Mayangna territorial rights in Nicaragua's Bosawás reserve HOWARD, SARAH M. 1998 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1470-9856.1998.tb00177.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1470-9856.1998.tb00177.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1470-9856.1998.tb00177.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Bulletin of Latin American Research volume 17, issue 1, page 17-34 ISSN 0261-3050 1470-9856 journal-article 1998 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1470-9856.1998.tb00177.x 2024-05-03T10:35:45Z Abstract— This paper examines conflicts over land and resources in Nicaragua's Bosawás rainforest reserve between Mestizos and Mayangna Indian people. Mestizos are people of mixed Indian and European descent who speak Spanish and do not consider themselves to be Indians. Bosawás is one of the last refuges of the Mayangna indigenous group and is also the largest area of protected tropical rainforest in Central America. The Mayangna village of Sikilta, in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region, is used to illustrate the nature of land conflicts in the region. Such conflicts–between economic development and conservation, between livelihoods and conservation, and between peasant livelihoods and indigenous territorial rights–are symptomatic of rainforest areas in other parts of the world. Land conflicts in Bosawás are examined within the broader economic, political and institutional context. Potential solutions to land conflict in Sikilta are explored. The paper illustrates the complexities surrounding the demarcation and upholding of indigenous land rights. It highlights the institutional complexities and weaknesses which have allowed Sikilta's land problem to go unresolved. It is argued that until national problems of unequal access to land and unsustainable forms of forest use are addressed, communities like Sikilta will continue to suffer invasion of their land. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Wiley Online Library Indian Bulletin of Latin American Research 17 1 17 34 |
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Abstract— This paper examines conflicts over land and resources in Nicaragua's Bosawás rainforest reserve between Mestizos and Mayangna Indian people. Mestizos are people of mixed Indian and European descent who speak Spanish and do not consider themselves to be Indians. Bosawás is one of the last refuges of the Mayangna indigenous group and is also the largest area of protected tropical rainforest in Central America. The Mayangna village of Sikilta, in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region, is used to illustrate the nature of land conflicts in the region. Such conflicts–between economic development and conservation, between livelihoods and conservation, and between peasant livelihoods and indigenous territorial rights–are symptomatic of rainforest areas in other parts of the world. Land conflicts in Bosawás are examined within the broader economic, political and institutional context. Potential solutions to land conflict in Sikilta are explored. The paper illustrates the complexities surrounding the demarcation and upholding of indigenous land rights. It highlights the institutional complexities and weaknesses which have allowed Sikilta's land problem to go unresolved. It is argued that until national problems of unequal access to land and unsustainable forms of forest use are addressed, communities like Sikilta will continue to suffer invasion of their land. |
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