Sustainable Livelihoods
86. We strongly reject all policies, including privatization, liberalization and structural adjustment programmes which do not recognize and respect Indigenous Peoples’ rights. We strongly support the cancellation of the eternal debt of countries of the South which has resulted in adverse impacts on our cultures, lands and territories.
87. We urge States and the international community to develop specific instruments for the protection of Indigenous Peoples’ natural, cultural, social and technological capital as a repository for our economy and the strengthening of indigenous development.
88. We request national governments and the international community to establish a legal framework that validates and enables the functioning of traditional and innovative collective economic models. These economic models should have access to mainstream financial mechanisms, including credit, and should enable trade or barter in goods and services relevant to Indigenous Peoples and our communities.
86. We strongly reject all policies, including privatization, liberalization and structural adjustment programmes which do not recognize and respect Indigenous Peoples’ rights. We strongly support the cancellation of the eternal debt of countries of the South which has resulted in adverse impacts on our cultures, lands and territories.
87. We urge States and the international community to develop specific instruments for the protection of Indigenous Peoples’ natural, cultural, social and technological capital as a repository for our economy and the strengthening of indigenous development.
88. We request national governments and the international community to establish a legal framework that validates and enables the functioning of traditional and innovative collective economic models. These economic models should have access to mainstream financial mechanisms, including credit, and should enable trade or barter in goods and services relevant to Indigenous Peoples and our communities.