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Lessons Learned from the Application of Human Rights-Based Approaches in the Indigenous Forestry Sector in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: A Case (+)

“In order to assess the nature and extent to which the application of human-rights based approaches (HRBAs) can impact a community, this case study analyses the implementation of such approaches in a civil society-initiated project that focused on the protection of village forest management in areas inhabited by indigenous peoples (IPs). The project was based in the semi-autonomous region of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in southeastern Bangladesh. The stakeholders of this initiative included: (i) The local forest-dependent communities (in this case, local indigenous communities who are collectively known as the Jumma peoples); (ii) A local non-governmental organization (NGO) named Taungya, which is based in Rangamati Hill District (the headquarters of the CHT); (iii) Danida (the development aid section of the Danish government); and, (iv) Concerned government officials of the forestry sector at the subdistrict/district/regional and national levels.

Topic: Environment / Climate Change, Indigenous Peoples
Region: Asia & Pacific
Resource Type: Case Study
Author: UNDP
Country: Bangladesh
Year: 2007
Language: English

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