Download or read book Prior Informed Consent and Mining written by Susan Bass and published by Oryx/Greenwood. This book was released on 2004 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Free Prior and Informed Consent written by Shanta Martin and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Making Free Prior and Informed Consent a Reality written by Cathal Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Finding Common Ground written by and published by IIED. This book was released on 2003 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Free Prior and Informed Consent to Mine Development in the Yukon written by Emily Martin and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) has catalyzed Indigenous rights conversations in Canada around Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC). The Yukon territory, where a majority of First Nations have self-government and settled land claims, provides a unique case for assessing how FPIC is being defined and exercised in light of possible mine developments. Findings from semi-structured interviews and document review revealed limited explicit engagement with FPIC by key Yukon governance institutions. This thesis serves to identify and make sense of this situation in an exploratory way, offering three factors: time, treaty implementation priorities, and awaited federal action, to explain the apparent lack of institutional engagement with FPIC. Despite instances of consent-like rights held by First Nations in the Yukon, there remains a lack of clear articulation from a majority of these First Nations about expectations for the meaningful expression of consent. Through a case study with the Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation (LSCFN), this research revealed that although LSCFN's expectations of FPIC are not fully formed as of yet, they include: early and ongoing engagement, full and accessible information, internal engagement and governance processes, the mitigation of resource barriers, enforceable commitments, contextually relevant and mutually agreed upon processes, appropriate representation, agreed upon definitions, and the mitigation of power imbalances. Given the reticence of the State to acknowledge and implement FPIC this thesis also evaluates the treatment of FPIC by the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) standard, and largely confirms the comprehensiveness of that novel governance process relative to LSCFN's emerging expectations around FPIC.
Download or read book Decolonizing Law written by Sujith Xavier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-24 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together Indigenous, Third World and Settler perspectives on the theory and practice of decolonizing law. Colonialism, imperialism, and settler colonialism continue to affect the lives of racialized communities and Indigenous Peoples around the world. Law, in its many iterations, has played an active role in the dispossession and disenfranchisement of colonized peoples. Law and its various institutions are the means by which colonial, imperial, and settler colonial programs and policies continue to be reinforced and sustained. There are, however, recent and historical examples in which law has played a significant role in dismantling colonial and imperial structures set up during the process of colonization. This book combines usually distinct Indigenous, Third World and Settler perspectives in order to take up the effort of decolonizing law: both in practice and in the concern to distance and to liberate the foundational theories of legal knowledge and academic engagement from the manifestations of colonialism, imperialism and settler colonialism. Including work by scholars from the Global South and North, this book will be of interest to academics, students and others interested in the legacy of colonial and settler law, and its overcoming.
Download or read book Breaking New Ground written by and published by IIED. This book was released on 2002 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Mining Capitalism written by Stuart Kirsch and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-06-07 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corporations are among the most powerful institutions of our time, but they are also responsible for a wide range of harmful social and environmental impacts. Consequently, political movements and nongovernmental organizations increasingly contest the risks that corporations pose to people and nature. Mining Capitalism examines the strategies through which corporations manage their relationships with these critics and adversaries. By focusing on the conflict over the Ok Tedi copper and gold mine in Papua New Guinea, Stuart Kirsch tells the story of a slow-moving environmental disaster and the international network of indigenous peoples, advocacy groups, and lawyers that sought to protect local rivers and rain forests. Along the way, he analyzes how corporations promote their interests by manipulating science and invoking the discourses of sustainability and social responsibility. Based on two decades of anthropological research, this book is comparative in scope, showing readers how similar dynamics operate in other industries around the world.
Download or read book Human Rights in the Extractive Industries written by Isabel Feichtner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-13 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses key challenges and conflicts arising in extractive industries (mining, oil drilling) concerning the human rights of workers, their families, local communities and other stakeholders. Further, it analyses various instruments that have sought to mitigate human rights violations by defining transparency-related obligations and participation rights. These include the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), disclosure requirements, and free, prior and informed consent (FPIC). The book critically assesses these instruments, demonstrating that, in some cases, they produce unwanted effects. Furthermore, it highlights the importance of resistance to extractive industry projects as a response to human rights violations, and discusses how transparency, participation and resistance are interconnected.
Download or read book Meaningful Consultation and Participation in the Mining Sector A Review of the Consultation and Participation of Indigenous Peoples Within the International Mining Sector written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Microsoft Word - ExecSum-litr- Meaningful Consultation and Participation in the Mining Sector? A Review of the Consultation and Participation of Indigenous Peoples within the International Mining Sector Executive Summary Gail Whiteman and Katy Mamen The North-South Institute - 1 - Executive Summary The issues surrounding meaningful consultation and participation of Indigenous peoples in decision-m. [...] This review is one of the principal outputs of a collaborative research project between The North-South Institute (Canada), the Amerindian Peoples Association (Guyana) and the Institute of Regional Studies of the University of Antioquia (Colombia), entitled Exploring Indigenous Perspectives to Consultation and Engagement in the Mining Sector of Latin America and the Caribbean. [...] This situation has led critics to seriously question the substance of the World Bank and others' alleged support of Indigenous rights, particularly in light of current revisions to the World Bank's policy for Indigenous peoples (OD 4.20), and the World Bank's recent rejection of the right to prior informed consent. [...] Furthermore, the full impacts of mining on Indigenous peoples in remote areas are seldom communicated to shareholders and the public, often due to the absence of paths of communication available to Indigenous peoples to voice their concerns to the outside world. [...] Most problematic is the continual lack of recognition for the international rights of Indigenous peoples, including the right to prior informed consent and the right to meaningful consultation and participation in natural resources development.
Download or read book Mining and Critical Ecosystems written by Marta Miranda and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is a culmination of a two-year research effort aimed at identifying environmentally and socially vulnerable areas at risk from mining. The report aims to provide a methodology that companies, governments, and civil society groups can use to develop a set of standards for environmentally responsible mining.
Download or read book Regulation of Extractive Industries written by Rachael Lorna Johnstone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-02-28 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book intends to inform the key participants in extractive projects – namely, the communities, the host governments and the investors – about good practice for effective community engagement, based on analysis of international standards and expectations, lessons from selected case-studies and innovations in public participation. The extent of extractive industries varies widely around the Arctic as do governmental and social attitudes towards resource development. Whilst most Arctic communities are united in seeking investment to fund education, healthcare, housing, transport and other essential services, as well as wanting to benefit from improved employment and business opportunities, they have different views as to the role that extractive industries should play in this. Within each community, there are multiple perspectives and the goal of public participation is to draw out these perspectives and seek consensus. Part I of the book analyses the international standards that have emerged in recent years regarding public participation, in particular, in respect of indigenous peoples. Part II presents six case studies that aim to identify both good and bad practices and to reflect upon the distinct conditions, needs, expectations, strategies and results for each community examined. Part III explores the importance of meaningful participation from a corporate perspective and identifies some common themes that require consideration if Arctic voices are to shape extractive industries in Arctic communities. In drawing together international law and standards, case studies and examples of good practice, this anthology is a timely and invaluable resource for academics, legal advisors and those working in resource development and public policy.
Download or read book Mountain Movers written by Daniel M. Franks and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The products of mining are everywhere – if it wasn’t grown, it was mined or drilled. But the mining industry has a chequered past. Pollution, human rights abuses, and corruption have tarnished the reputation of the industry across the globe. Over a decade ago the major mining companies embraced the concept of sustainable and equitable development and embarked on an explicit process of reform – but has the industry actually changed? This book explores the dynamics of change-making for sustainable development in the resources sector, specifically the mining of mineral and energy resources. The author recounts the stories and insights of over forty change-makers both inside and outside the industry, from anti-mining activists to the professionals charged with the task of reform, introducing the people who are moving an industry that moves mountains. The book takes stock of what has worked and what has not, analyzing the relative influence and dynamics of the key corporate, civil society and government actors with a view to developing new approaches for improving environmental and social outcomes from mineral and energy development. Illustrated with case studies from Angola, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Guinea, Peru, The Philippines, Romania, Sierra Leone, South Africa, and The United States of America, and brimming with the backstories to the major sustainability initiatives, Mountain Movers reveals where progress has been made and where reform is still needed towards a more sustainable and equitable mining industry.
Download or read book Pitfalls Pipelines written by Abigail Anongos and published by IWGIA. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indigenous peoples have suffered disproportionately from the effects of extractive industries on their lands and livelihoods, including environmental degradation, human rights violations, and dispossession. Although the abuses have been ongoing, there has been a growing assertion of the rights of indigenous peoples to decide their own development paths, which frequently calls for the rejection of large-scale extractive projects. Based primarily on the proceedings of an International Conference on Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples that took place in Manila in March 2009, this book thematically explores the nature of the problem, reviews recent developments and analyses the strategies employed at local, national, and international levels.
Download or read book Indigenous Peoples Consent and Benefit Sharing written by Rachel Wynberg and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-09-30 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indigenous Peoples, Consent and Benefit Sharing is the first in-depth account of the Hoodia bioprospecting case and use of San traditional knowledge, placing it in the global context of indigenous peoples’ rights, consent and benefit-sharing. It is unique as the first interdisciplinary analysis of consent and benefit sharing in which philosophers apply their minds to questions of justice in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), lawyers interrogate the use of intellectual property rights to protect traditional knowledge, environmental scientists analyse implications for national policies, anthropologists grapple with the commodification of knowledge and, uniquely, case experts from Asia, Australia and North America bring their collective expertise and experiences to bear on the San-Hoodia case.
Download or read book Responsible Mining written by Sara Bice and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows how the concept of responsible mining is based on five key principles or pillars: holistic assessment; ethical relationships; community-based agreements; appropriate boundaries and good governance.
Download or read book A House Undermined written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A House Undermined: Transforming relations between mining companies and Indigenous Peoples in the Americas SPRING 2011 The North-South Institute research for a fairer world Key Points: · At the root of conflict around mining, oil and gas is the enormous power imbalance that exists between Indigenous Peoples defending their land and way of life on the one hand, and companies and governments pushing. [...] The rights of Indigenous Peoples, particularly the right to free, prior and informed consent over developments affecting their territory (see box), are enshrined in a variety of international instruments, and increasingly in national laws and international jurisprudence.4 If extractive projects are to proceed peacefully and deliver maximum benefits to all concerned, then relations between companie. [...] In Peru we analyzed negotiations and conflict around the Tintaya Mine, the processes a Canadian oil and gas company used by which they claimed free, prior A House Undermined: Transforming relations between mining companies and Indigenous Peoples in the Americas The Chief shows a map of traditional Lokono territory to community women. [...] Fundamental issues At the root of conflict in the extractive sector is the enormous power imbalance between communities on the one hand, and companies and governments on the other. [...] 4 Relevant instruments include the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; ILO Convention 169; the Convention on Biological Diversity; the UN Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; and the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, among others.
