Publications about indigenous peoples and issues in Asia

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Below you find a list of our most recent English publications. If you are interested in publications in other languages, for example Philippine or Thai, please browse our 'Publications by language section', or make an advanced search under 'Search publications'.

 
 


Drivers of Deforestation?

Facts to be considered regarding the impact of shifting cultivation in Asia.

Submission to the SBSTA on the Drivers of Derforestation.

Asian Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) and IWGIA - 2012 May 14

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The Indigenous World 2012

This yearbook contains a comprehensive update on the current situation of indigenous peoples and their human rights, and provides an overview of the most important developments in international and regional processes during 2011.

Available as book and CD.

IWGIA - 2012 May 10

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Customary Law in Forest Resources Use and Management - A Case Study among the Dzao and Thai People in North-West Vietnam

Culture Identity and Resources Use Management (CIRUM)

This study takes a closer look at the role of customary law in forest management and conservation in Vietnam. It documents customary law applied in forest resource use and management among Thai and Dzao communities and concludes with a set of recommendations which can contribute to an improvement of forest related laws and policies. The findings and recommendations of this report are particularly relevant in light of the fact that Vietnam is currently busy preparing for REDD – Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, one of the global initiatives to mitigate climate change under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

IWGIA, AIPP and CIRUM - 2012 April

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ASEAN, Climate Change, REDD+ and Indigenous Peoples

Christian Erni
Briefing paper informing about indigenous peoples in South East Asia, the impact of climate change and the possibilities and threats represented by REDD +. It considers the responses of the ASEAN regarding these global challenges and makes recommendation as to how ASEAN should promote and protect the rights of indigenous peoples in relation to climate change and climate change mitigation.

IWGIA and AIPP - 2011 November

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Climate Change, Trees and Livelihood: A Case Study on the Carbon Footprint of a Karen Community in Northern Thailand

Written by Northern Development Foundation (NDF) and the Huay Hin Lad community with support from Oxfam-GB

Briefing paper that summarizes the results of a recent study on the amount of greenhouse gases released through traditional land use of a Karen community, and offers policy recommendations aiming at greater cooperation between the government and indigenous communities in addressing forest conservation and climate change mitigation

AIPP, IWGIA, NDF with support from NORAD - 2011 May

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Alienation of the Lands of Indigenous Peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh

Shapan Adnan & Ranajit Dastidar
This book deals with the forcible takeover of the lands of the indigenous peoples of the CHittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Based on fieldwork research among both Pahari and Bengali groups, the book documents the bewildering variety of mechanisms used to grab Pahari lands in the CHT, inclusive of illegal violence and intimidation. It also puts forward a wide range of policy measures to reduce land grabbing and ethnic tension. These policies are addressed to Pahari organizations as well as progressive sections of the government, mainstream Bengali society, donor agencies, the media, public interest organizations, the NGO sector, advocacy groups and others at home and abroad.

Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission & IWGIA - 2011 May

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The Indigenous World 2011

Featuring 58 country reports and a section on international processes relating to indigenous peoples, the book presents indigenous peoples’ voices and current concerns. It gives a unique overview of important events and developments in the indigenous world during 2010.

Available as both book and CD.

IWGIA - 2011 May

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Indigenous Affairs 1-2/2010 - Development and Customary Law

Combined issue that brings together a mixture of different articles and perspectives on development, self-determination and the role of customary law. The articles touch upon indigenous peoples' economic, legal, social and political development.

IWGIA - 2010 December

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Who We Are: Indigenous Peoples in Asia

Definition of Indigenous Peoples in Asia

2010 July

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ASEAN's Indigenous Peoples

Briefing paper identifying the indigenous peoples living in the Southeast Asian ASEAN countries and informing about their rights and the mayor problems facing them.

AIPP, IWGIA, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) - 2010 May

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The Indigenous World 2010  

Featuring 64 country reports and a section on international processes relating to indigenous peoples, the book presents indigenous peoples’ voices and current concerns. It gives a unique overview of important events and developments in the indigenous world during 2009.

IWGIA - 2010 April

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Land, People and Politics. Contest over Tribal Land in Northeast India

Land is the centre of most conflicts in Northeast India because of its importance in the life of the people of the region, particularly its tribal communities. It is also the resource most under attack, in the tribal areas in particular. This book is an attempt to understand the processes that result in tribal land alienation and the consequent conflicts in the region.

IWGIA and NESRC - 2008 November

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The Concept of Indigenous Peoples in Asia - A Resource Book

This book does not intend to dwell or expand on the controversy on the applicability of the concept to Asia. Its point of departure is the fact that more and more groups in Asia identify themselves as indigenous peoples, and its ultimate purpose is to provide assistance in addressing the practical question of how the concept of indigenous peoples can be applied in the particular context of Asian nations. This is done by means of a compilation of key articles, both previously published and unpublished, which directly or indirectly address the issue from historical, anthropological, legal and indigenous activists' perspectives, and at international, regional, national and local levels.

IWGIA & AIPP - 2008 November

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Frontier Encounters. Indigenous Communities and Settlers in Asia and Latin America

Poverty and the maldistribution of land in core areas of developing countries, together with state schemes for the colonization of unruly frontiers, have forced indigenous peoples and settlers into uneasy co-existence. Presenting material from various Asian and Latin American countries, Frontier Encounters examines factors that make for conflict and accommodation, studies the role of policy frames, and looks at promising mitigation strategies.

IWGIA - 2008 April

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Negotiating Autonomy - Case Studies on Philippine Peoples' Land Rights

This book is based on some of the presentations made at the 2005 National Conference on Indigenous Peoples' Land Rights held in Quezon City, the Philippines. It serves as a starting point for discussions on indigenous peoples' rights vis-á-vis the state in the Philippines, and in Southeast Asia.

IWGIA - 2007 February

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Indigenous Peoples and Local Government: Experiences from Malaysia and the Philippines

Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA)
This volume presents the result of research on indigenous peoples' participation in local government in two Southeast Asian countries: the Philippines and Malaysia. The book compiles existing legislation affecting indigenous participation in local government in the two countries, and looks at concrete experiences with local governments.

PACOS Trust, Center for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC) & Anthrowatch - 2005 June

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Development and Ethnocide: Colonial Practices in the Andaman Islands

Sita Venkateswar
This book is an ethnographic account of colonialism in the Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal, India.

IWGIA - 2004 January

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The Jharkhand Movement. Indigenous Peoples' Struggle for Autonomy in India

R.D. Munda & S. Bosu Mullick
The volume contains the most significant articles and documents on the Jharkhand movement, the oldest of the autonomy movements in India, which as recently resulted in the formation of a separate state by the name Jharkhand.

Birsa & IWGIA - 2003 June

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Naga: a People Struggling for Self Determination

Shimreichon Luithui
Since more than 50 years, an indigenous people living in the mountainous Northeastern corner of the Indian Subcontinent has fought a silent war. Silent because this war has been largely ignored be the world.

IWGIA - 2001 June

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Indigenous Affairs 4/00 - Indochina

This issue of Indigenous Affairs focuses on the indigenous peoples of Indochina.

IWGIA - 2001 January

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The Orang Asli and the Contest for Resources. Indigenous Politics, Development and Identity in Peninsular Malaysia

Colin Nicholas
The book traces the history of the indigenous peoples of Peninsular Malaysia from early times to the present; from when the Orang Asli were an independent and autonomous people, to a situation where others are seeking to control their lives today.

Center for Orang Asli Concerns & IWGIA - 2000 June

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Life is not Ours Land and Human Rights in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh - Update 4

Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission
From 1991 to 2000 the Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission produced four reports on the situation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts titled “Life is not Ours: Land and Human Rights in the Chittagong Hill Tracts”. All four reports document gross human rights violations in the Chittagong Hill Tracts and the last update also analyses the situation after a peace accord was signed in 1997 between the Government of Bangladesh and the indigenous political party PCJSS.

IWGIA and the Chittagong Hill Tracts Organising Committee - 2000 June

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Land Rights of the Indigenous Peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh

Raikumari Chandra Roy
The book describes the struggle of the indigenous peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts region in south-eastern Bangladesh to regain control over their ancestral land and resource rights.

IWGIA - 2000 June

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Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas in South and Southeast Asia. From Principles to Practice

The case studies presented in the book analyse a wide range of interactions between indigenous peoples and protected areas, from the old-style national parks, which have expelled indigenous peoples, to more recent initiatives that try to accommodate indigenous interests and even respect indigenous rights.

The Forest Peoples Programme & IWGIA - 2000 June

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The Indigenous World 1999-2000

This yearbook provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1999 and 2000 among indigenous peoples in Asia, Africa, the Arctic, the Pacific and the Americas, with a special focus on indigenous women.

IWGIA - 2000 May

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Indigenous Affairs 1/00 - The Pacific

This issue of Indigenous Affairs focuses on the indigenous peoples of the Pacific

IWGIA - 2000 April

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The Indigenous World 1998-99

This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1998 and 1999 among indigenous peoples in Asia, Africa, the Arctic, the Pacific and the Americas, with a special focus on indigenous women.

1999 May

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The Indigenous World 1997-98

This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1997 and 1998 among indigenous peoples in Asia, Africa, the Arctic, the Pacific and the Americas.

Out of print!

IWGIA - 1998 May

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East Timor: Occupation and Resistance

This book is a collection of articles written by internationally known experts, activists and politicians. The document provides a broad and in-depth picture of the consequences of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor concentrating developments in recent years.

IWGIA - 1998 April

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The Indigenous World 1996-97

This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1996 and 1997 among indigenous peoples in Asia, Africa, the Arctic, the Pacific and the Americas.

IWGIA - 1997 May

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The Indigenous World 1995-96

This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1995 and 1996 among indigenous peoples in Asia, Africa, the Arctic, the Pacific and the Americas.

Out of print!

IWGIA - 1996 May

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Vines that won't bind: Indigenous peoples in Asia - Proceedings of Conference, Chiang Mai, Thailand

This book is a compilation of proceedings from a Conference on Indigenous Peoples in South and Southeast Asia.

IWGIA - 1996 April

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The Indigenous World 1994-95

This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1994 and 1995 among indigenous peoples in Asia, Africa, the Arctic, the Pacific and the Americas.

IWGIA - 1995 May

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The Indigenous World 1993-94

This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1993 and 1994 among indigenous peoples in Asia, Africa, the Arctic, the Pacific and the Americas.

Out of print!

IWGIA - 1994 May

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Yearbook 1992

This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1992 among indigenous peoples.

IWGIA - 1993 May

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Where T'Boli Bells Toll: Political Ecology Voices Behind the Tasaday Hoax

Levita Duhaylungsod & David Hyndman


IWGIA - 1993 April

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Yearbook 1991

This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1991 among indigenous peoples.

Out of print!

IWGIA - 1992 May

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Yearbook 1990

This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1990 among indigenous peoples.

IWGIA - 1991 May

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Yearbook 1989

This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1989 among indigenous peoples.

IWGIA - 1990 May

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People in Between

With the proliferation of transnational timber companies, "development" has come to the area. Papua New Guinea's more than 700 societies have now become dependent on commercial logging. This document deals with one such project - the Kumil Timber Project.

IWGIA - 1990 April

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Yearbook 1988

This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1988 among indigenous peoples.

IWGIA - 1989 May

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Yearbook 1987

This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1987 among indigenous peoples.

IWGIA - 1988 May

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Yearbook 1986

This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1986 among indigenous peoples.

IWGIA - 1987 May

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Transmigrasi: Indonesian Resettlement Policy 1965-1985, Myths and Realities

Mariël Otten


IWGIA - 1986 April

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The Naga Nation and its Struggle against Genocide



IWGIA - 1986 April

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Whaling off Lembata: the Effects of a Development Project on an Indonesian Community

Robert Barnes


IWGIA - 1984 April

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Genocide in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh



IWGIA - 1984 April

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East Timor: The Struggle Continues



IWGIA - 1984 April

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Multi-ethnicity in India: The Adivasi Peasants of Chota Nagpur and Santal Parganas

Susana B.C. Devalle


IWGIA - 1980 April

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East Timor, Indonesia and the Western Democracies

Torben Retbøll


IWGIA - 1980 April

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