TY - BOOK AU - Bavikatte,Sanjay Kabir TI - Stewarding the earth: rethinking property and the emergence of biocultural rights SN - 9780199083046 (ebook) : AV - K3488 U1 - 344.046 23 PY - 2014/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - Biodiversity conservation KW - Law and legislation KW - Indigenous peoples KW - Ecology KW - Land tenure KW - Environmental aspects KW - Economic aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Do communities that care for the land have the right to protect it against destruction? Do the rights of such communities to act as trustees of the land override the rights of the government or the owners of the land? Written in an engaging style, rich with examples and theoretical insights, from law, economics and anthropology, 'Stewarding the Earth' maps the emergence of a new set of community rights to stewardship called 'biocultural rights' UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198098669.001.0001 ER -