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Ohtonen, Pinja (2024)

How Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Can Promote Sustainable Land Resource Management: The Case of New Zealand

Bachelor thesis | Politicologie (BSc)

Indigenous people possess valuable knowledge of land management due to their traditional nature- based lifestyle. Furthermore, land often has spiritual, political, and cultural value to indigenous people, incentivizing them to sustainably manage the land and its natural resources. It has therefore been argued that effective protection of the rights of indigenous peoples may advance sustainability outcomes. With a case study of New Zealand, this thesis examines the causal mechanisms through which the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples may enhance the promotion of sustainable land resource management. Consequently, this thesis aims to contribute to the ongoing debates on how to achieve environmentally sustainable development models, especially in industrialized countries.

sustainability, indigenous people, human rights, sustainable development, New Zealand, traditional ecological knowledge, natural resource management

Author

Ohtonen, Pinja

Faculty

Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences

Specialisation

International Relations and Organizations

Supervisors

Bejeno, C. E.

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en