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These dynamics were particularly dramatic in the southern plains, where lands traditionally controlled by indigenous communities were lost to migrants from the hill districts in the 1950s and 1960s. 31. (...) The Chepangs, who are traditionally hunter-gatherers and practise a nomadic way of life in the forests, are now under threat of eviction from their traditional lands. (...) The park was established in 1971 in areas traditionally used and inhabited by the Tharu, Majhi, Bote, Darai and other communities who were displaced to the park’s buffer zone.

European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages of 5 November 1992, defines the "regional or minority languages" as traditionally used within a given territory of a State by nationals of that State who form a group numerically smaller than the rest of the State's population and different from the official language(s) of that State. (...) Broadcasting in languages and dialects traditionally used by Turkish citizens in their daily lives The third harmonization package has brought amendments to the “Law on the Establishment of Radio and Television Enterprises and Their Broadcasts” which provide for broadcasting in languages and dialects traditionally used by Turkish citizens in their daily lives. In order to regulate the implementation of this legislative amendment, “The Regulation on Radio and Television Broadcasts in Languages and Dialects Traditionally Used by Turkish Citizens in Their Daily Lives” was drafted by the Supreme Board of Radio and Television and entered into force upon its publishment in the Official Gazette of 25 January 2004, No. 25357.

The Sami people 4. The Sami people traditionally inhabit a territory known as Sápmi, which traverses the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Russian Kola peninsula. (...) The Sami people’s culture and traditions have evolved over hundreds of years through a close connection to nature and land. Traditionally, the Sami have relied on hunting, fishing, gathering and trapping, with reindeer herding, in particular, of central importance. (...) States’ expropriation of land traditionally used by the Sami people, be it for the purpose of natural resource extraction or other development projects, constitutes a limitation of their property rights.

The Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) and private TV and radio channels broadcast in languages and dialects used traditionally by Turkish citizens in their daily lives.

The communities interviewed complain that their sources of water for both drinking and irrigation purposes are diminishing and that the woodland fauna that forms part of their diet and the undergrowth vegetation traditionally used for ritual, medicinal and nutritional purposes are in decline or have disappeared. 23. (...) Various sectoral laws, such as the 1981 Water Code, despite a number of reforms made to them, facilitate and protect the registration of private property rights over resources that have traditionally belonged to indigenous communities. In the arid northern region, for example, access to water is vital to the lives of the Aymara, Atacameño and Quechua rural communities, but is often denied to them because the resources have been appropriated by mining companies. (...) They complain that the Mining Code and the Water Code are given precedence over the Act; (c) They complain that applications by indigenous communities for water rights are dealt with in a discriminatory fashion as compared with those by mining companies and that the existing mechanisms for environmental impact assessments are inadequate; (d) The communities condemn the failure to provide information and to involve them when regulations are adopted or actions taken that concern their territory and the natural resources traditionally considered to belong to them. 27. Under Chilean legislation, the regulations governing water, the subsoil and maritime and lake resources are completely independent of those governing land ownership and the productive use to which they may be put: the rights to “ownership” and “use” may be granted freely by the State to anyone who applies for them.

The Nama are herders and pastoralists who are descendants of some of the first inhabitants of present-day Namibia. The Nama traditionally led a nomadic life in the vast areas between the Kalahari and the Namib deserts but suffered enormous losses during German colonization, which contributed to a breakdown of their tribal social structure. (...) They also have the right to hunt traditionally with bows and arrows; they are the only San group in the country that has this right under Namibian law. (...) The Khwe likewise have no right to hunt game, traditionally or otherwise, within the park’s boundaries, and may only gather, in specific ungazetted areas, some essential subsistence items, including firewood. 48.

More importantly, the Special Rapporteur had been curious to learn about a country traditionally strongly influenced by the Lutheran Evangelical Church, which, according to the Constitution, occupies the special rank of “the Established Church of Denmark” (usually called the “Folkekirke”) and to which, until a generation ago, some 95 per cent of the Danish population belonged. (...) Unlike the Baptists, Catholics have a history in Denmark of being a community of “foreigners”, traditionally composed of traders, diplomats and other people temporarily residing in the country. (...) However, public attention could rise swiftly whenever religion comes up in the context of immigration, which has changed the Danish religious landscape profoundly by confronting a traditionally very homogeneous society with new religious communities, in particular Islam.

Pastoral livestock herding has traditionally adapted well to the challenging geographical conditions and seasonal climatic changes in Mongolia, and it has been a particularly successful strategy for the sustainable use of semi-arid and arid grasslands. (...) Goats are more destructive than other species because they eat a wider range of plants and dig up their roots. They have traditionally not been one of the most important herd animals in Mongolia, but their numbers have increased in response to growing demand for cashmere wool products. 19. (...) These pressures threaten the traditionally harmonious relationship between Mongolians and the environment.

To all those who have been following the sinister history behind this terrorist and his links with the successive US governments, the FBI and the CIA in his dirty war against Cuba, this is an additional proof of the support and protection that the US authorities have traditionally granted to him. Since the moment of his landing in Florida after traveling from Isla Mujeres in Mexico on board of the “Santrina” boat, as was timely denounced by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, Posada Carriles has been, as he always was, under the tutelage and protection of the US government.

Since all substantive issues, like the review of the scope and operation of CCW, as well as most procedural issues should normally be dealt with by the forum assigned to undertake the preparatory work of the Conference, the purpose of the present consultations should be to focus the attention and seek the preliminary views of the CCW States Parties on several organizational points, as follows: (a) Timing of the Review Conference: Traditionally the CCW conferences are held in the fall of each year, usually in November.