Cabécar Indigenous territories
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Cabécar Indigenous territories are legally recognized ancestral lands in Costa Rica inhabited and managed by the Cabécar people, one of the country’s largest Indigenous groups.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cabécar Indigenous territories canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous territory
ⓘ
collective land tenure system ⓘ |
| administeredAs | Indigenous reserves of Costa Rica ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Indigenous movements for land rights in Costa Rica
ⓘ
Talamanca Bribri-Cabécar cultural region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Costa Rica ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
maintenance of traditional knowledge of forests and rivers
ⓘ
safeguarding Cabécar cosmology and spirituality ⓘ |
| environment |
high-biodiversity areas
ⓘ
tropical rainforest ecosystems ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Cabécar people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governanceModel | collective self-governance ⓘ |
| governedBy | Cabécar traditional authorities ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | Cabécar people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landTenure | collective ownership ⓘ |
| landUse |
hunting and gathering
ⓘ
spiritual and ceremonial activities ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ traditional agroforestry ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Cabécar language
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| legalFramework |
Costa Rican Constitution
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ILO Convention 169 NERFINISHED ⓘ Indigenous Law No. 6172 of Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalStatus | legally recognized ancestral lands ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Caribbean slope of Costa Rica
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Talamanca mountain range NERFINISHED ⓘ provinces of Limón and Cartago ⓘ |
| managementPrinciple |
collective decision-making
ⓘ
customary law ⓘ |
| partOf | national system of Indigenous territories in Costa Rica ⓘ |
| population | Cabécar people are among the largest Indigenous groups in Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
conservation of forests and watersheds
ⓘ
protection of Cabécar culture and identity ⓘ protection of Cabécar language ⓘ protection of traditional livelihoods ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | ancestral territory of the Cabécar people ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Government of Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rights |
autonomy in internal affairs
ⓘ
collective land rights ⓘ free prior and informed consent ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
agricultural expansion
ⓘ
illegal logging ⓘ land invasions ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.