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71.
Federal and State officials should be trained (in labour, agrarian, judicial, etc.
matters) along with the organizations of the national system of ombudsmen and civil
society organizations pursuant to Convention No. 169.
72.
Federal and State legislation should be adapted to the provisions of Convention
No. 169 where appropriate.
Agrarian and environmental conflicts
73.
The conservation and protection of the land, territories and resources of the
indigenous peoples and communities should take priority over any other interest in the
solution of agrarian conflicts.
74.
It is recommended that interdisciplinary working groups representative of the
peoples, civil society and the Government should be established to review cases of agrarian
conflict throughout Mexico, with a view to proposing adequate machinery for the solution
of each case, ensuring coordination between the different levels of Government, the
existence of adequate resources, measures of compensation and respect for the indigenous
peoples’ forms of conflict resolution.
75.
No indigenous community should be relocated against its will from the
Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve. Any relocation scheme for the communities settled
in the Reserve must be agreed among all the parties by consensus.
76.
The indigenous communities should take part in the management, administration
and control of protected natural areas in their territories and regions, taking into account
community environmental regulations.
77.
New ecological reserves should be established in indigenous regions only after
consultation with the communities affected, and the Government should respect and
support the decision and the right of the Indian peoples to establish community ecological
reserves on their territories.
78.
Any project under the Plan Puebla Panamá which may affect indigenous regions
and/or communities should be the object of prior consultation with the latter and, if
implemented, the communities’ rights and interests and possible participation in such
projects should be respected.
79.
Indigenous groups and communities should have priority access to natural
resources for the purpose of direct consumption and subsistence, ahead of any economic
or commercial interests.
80.
Suitable laws governing bio-prospecting in indigenous territories in a manner that
respects the cultural and natural heritage of the Indian peoples should be drawn up as
swiftly as possible.