Legal Recognition of the Commons

Discussion

Vandana Shiva et al, in the 1997 book The enclosure and recovery of the common, between page 96 and 120

• lists INTERNATIONAL EXAMPLES OF THE LEGAL RECOGNITION OF COLLECTIVE RIGHTS:

1. Australia (Land Rights, Trad. Hunting Rights, Biodiv Rights)
2. New Zealand (Land and NR Rights, Fishing/Hunting/Gathering Food Rights, Water Rights, Biodiv Rights, MIneral Resource Right, Intellectual and Cultural Property Rights)
3. US (Land an NR Rights, Fishing Rights, Forest Rights)
4. Canada (Land Right Hunting and Fishing Rights, Further Rights confirmed by Native Title, Biodiv Rights)
5. India (Panchayats, Forests; Land, Water)