World Heritage Review 62: World Heritage and Indigenous Peoples

For historical, cultural and practical reasons this is a complex and sensitive matter, but the very fact that it has become a focus of attention holds great promise for the future. Forty years ago, framers of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention sensed the need to grant formal protection to the most exceptional cultural and natural sites, including those that appeared threatened by the swift and far-reaching transformations through which the world was then (and still is) going.