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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.
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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.
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.
