E/CN.4/2004/80/Add.2 page 21 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.

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