ancestral territories

• November 21, 2025

  Indigenous Rights to Land Versus Extractivism: The Promise and Limits of ILO Convention No. 169 in Mexico

  

  Tamara Wattnem, CASAS’ member, has published this article in Elements in Indigenous Environmental Research. Abstract: Indigenous and tribal communities often make claims to territory citing their longstanding ties to the land. Since 1989, they increasingly reference ILO Convention No. 169, the only legally binding international agreement on Indigenous and tribal peoples rights. This Element proposes…