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I'm reposting this from another list in case anyone can help. NKB >Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:50:27 -0400 >From: Ed Fallon <[log in to unmask]> >X-Accept-Language: th,en >MIME-Version: 1.0 >To: [log in to unmask] >CC: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] >Subject: For posting to "TENURE" list: Help needed on Andean indigenous land > rights >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >Sender: [log in to unmask] > > To the Land Tenure Center Network of Scholars and friends: > >I’m attaching a request for assistance from Ashoka, an organization for >progressive change in numeous developing countries; I have been pleased >to volunteer my assistance to Ashoka in several of its areas of concern. > >Epifanio Pacheco, an Ashoka fellow working to protect the land rights of >indigenous communities in Sucre department, Bolivia, is urgently seeking >assistance from individuals with knowledge about ind igenous landrights >in the Andes and nearby areas. More information about Epifanio and his >work is provided in the recent article, "Francesa quiere borrar huellas >de dinosaurios," which was published in the June 28 online edition of >www.laprensa-bolivia.com; or from the Ashoka e-mail addresses in the >note below. > >Ed Fallon >Ph.D., Develolpment, UW-Madison, 1983 >[log in to unmask] > > --------------------------------------------------------- > >Bolivian Fellow needs help with lands rights issue > > Bolivian Fellow Epifanio Pacheco is currently fighting a procedure >initiated by the Government of Sucre (the capital city of the >department of Bolivia where Epifanio lives) to annul the legal status of 3 >local Ayllus indigenous communities organized into a traditional system). >These 3 Ayllus received legal status but by attempting to revoke that >status the Government aims to take control of their land and natural >resources. Epifanio is requesting information about indigenous >organIzations that he could contact to find out information about land >rights and preserving and protecting natural resources. > > Please send the name of the organization and if possible a specific >contact person, preferably someone who understands Spanish. Please send >information directly to Epifanio at <[log in to unmask]> with a >copy to the Ashoka Andean Region office <[log in to unmask]> and >Stephanie Gottlieb of Ashoka's Global Fellowship([log in to unmask]). > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > Ashoka: Innovators for the Public is a global, non-profit >organization that identifies and supports social entrepreneurs (Ashoka >Fellows) in Asia, Africa, Central Europe, and Latin America. Social >entrepreneurs are people with innovative yet practical ideas who bring >about far-reaching social change in such fields as the environment, >education, health, human rights, and income generation. Ashoka has a >long record of success in selecting and supporting these extraordinary >individuals; we now have about 1000 Fellows in 35 countries. For more >information about Ashoka’s work, explore our websites at >www.ashoka.org and www.changemakers.net. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ N i c k B l o m l e y Associate Professor Department of Geography Simon Fraser University Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6, CANADA (604) 291-3713 (tel) (604) 291-5841 (fax) [log in to unmask] (email) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%