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APPENDIX: KEY TERMS & CONCEPTS
INDIGENOUS GUARDIANSHIP
Remarkable places within Indigenous territories
persist because of what we call Indigenous
guardianship. Time-earned knowledge
systems and place-specific technologies are
linked to the right, responsibility, and capacity
to sustain vital natural systems. Enormous
pressures threaten guardianship around the
world, and Indigenous Peoples are seeking
recognition, partnership, and support to
counter these forces. Nia Tero exists to help
make that happen.
COLLECTIVE TERRITORY
Collective territories are places where people
can share a purpose and achieve things at a
scale not otherwise possible. That includes
nurturing vast natural ecosystems, managing
life-giving natural resources, and maintaining
revered sacred sites. Nia Tero focuses its work
in places where Indigenous Peoples hold
collective territories.
RECIPROCITY
Nia Tero views reciprocity as the way of life
that centers mutually beneficial exchange
and sharing between all beings; past, present
and future; human and nonhuman; seen and
unseen; on Earth, our only home.
INDIGENOUS WAYS AND MEANS
Nia Tero considers Indigenous ways and
means to be the way that Indigenous Peoples
relate to one another and all beings. This term
encompasses the full diversity of Indigenous
cultures, languages, protocols, and ways
of being and caring for the Earth. Nia Tero
acknowledges that this diversity is essential
to our shared humanity and shapes our
understanding of why the collective territories
that Indigenous Peoples inhabit remain
among the healthiest on Earth.
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SELF-DETERMINATION
Nia Tero fully supports Indigenous Peoples'
right to self-determination, as outlined in the
United Nations Declaration on the Rights
of Indigenous Peoples. Nia Tero's mission,
vision, and aspirations for impact all center
the rights of Indigenous Peoples to care for
thriving homelands and waters in accordance
with their own self-determined priorities and
decision-making processes.
FREE, PRIOR, AND
INFORMED CONSENT (FPIC)
As defined by the United Nations, Free, Prior,
and Informed Consent (FPIC) is a principle
protected by international human rights
standards that states all Peoples have the
right to self-determination and that Indigenous
Peoples’ rights to lands, territories, and
natural resources are embedded within the
universal right to self-determination. Indigenous
Peoples conduct their own independent and
collective discussions and decision-making
in an environment where they do not feel
intimidated and where they have sufficient
time to discuss in their language, and in a
culturally appropriate way; and can withdraw
consent at any stage.
