Problemática jurídica en torno a la pérdida del conocimiento tradicional (Tema Central)

Since the Ecuador Constitution regulations study on community indigenous peoples rights, the loss of traditional knowledge is focused, as scenery caused from historical processes, government policies and several distinct phenomena these native people have been subdued to, such as the lifestyle change and the territory restriction. The absence of values and law protection the judicial Ecuadorian organization requires directed towards their conservation, are the present study fundaments supported by indigenous vision of the world and the reality for two local communities in the province of Sucumbíos, the Cofán Dureno and Secoya (Siekopai) San Pablo, the Applying rule to Decision 391, the related Andean norms and Biologic diversity Agreement. The article concludes with a proposal of principles that conciliate values which identify these people. The analysis ends with a propensity of principles that conciliate values that identify these people.

State Policies, Territories and Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Ecuador (1983-2012)

This work seeks to reconstruct the dynamics of the agreements and disagreements between the State and the indigenous peoples in Ecuador, emphasising particularly on two key elements: first, the indigenous peoples participation and exercise of their political rights, in particular the right to self-government and autonomy within their jurisdictions; and secondly, indigenous peoples’ degree of direct influence on public policies’ formulation and implementation, specially those directly affecting their territories, including the exploitation of natural resources. In Ecuador, during this historical period, the state has gone through three major moments in its relationship with indigenous peoples: neo - indigenism associated to developmentalism (1980-1984); multiculturalism associated to neoliberalism (1984- 2006) as one of the dominant trends over the period; and the crisis of neoliberalism and the search for national diversity and interculturalism associated to post- neoliberalism (2007-2013). Each has had a particular connotation, as to the scope and methods to respond to indigenous demands. In this context, this research aims to answer the central question: how has the Ecuadorian State met the demands of the indigenous movement in the last three decades, and how has it ensured the validity of their gradually recognized rights? And how and to what extent by doing so, it contradicts and alters the existing economic model based on the extraction of primary resources?