About the Book

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.

About the Author

Abigail Anongos has represented the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) as Secretary-General. The CPA is an independent federation of primarily grassroots-based organizations among indigenous communities in the Cordillera Region, Philippines. Dmitry Berezhkov is an Itelmen from Kamchatka. He is currently Vice-president of RAIPO (Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North), having been executive director of RAIPON and President of the Kamchatka Regional Association of Indigenous Peoples. He has been involved in the preparation and implementation of dozens of environmental projects in Kamchatka and many other regions of Russia. He is current studying on the indigenous studies program in Tromso University in Norway. Sarimin J. Boengkih is director of Agence Kanak de Developpement. Julie Cavanaugh-Bill is an attorney who represented the Western Shoshone Defense Project in their various legal actions, and is a board member of the international rights network, ESCR-Net Asier Martinez de Bringas was a Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Girona. He has been Coordinator of the project for training Latin American indigenous representatives which the Universidad de Deusto (Bilbao) has jointly conducted with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva. He has published many publications about human rights and indigenous peoples’ rights. Robert Goodland is an environmental scientist specialising in economic development. He advised the World Bank from 1978 to 2001, and became technical director to the World Bank’s Extractive Industries Review. Dr. Stuart Kirsch is a Professor of Anthropology at University of Michigan, who worked for many years on the Ok Tedi copper and gold mine in Papua New Guinea and is author, among other publications, of Reverse Anthropology: Indigenous Analysis of Social and Environmental Relations in New Guinea. Roger Moody is features editor of the Mines and Communities website. He is an experienced international researcher and campaigner who has focused on the issue of mining, especially as it relates to indigenous peoples. He has been the keynote speaker at a number of international events, and is the author of many highly acclaimed works including the Gulliver File and Indigenous Voice. Geoff Nettleton is Coordinator of Indigenous Peoples Links (PIPLinks). He worked with Anti Slavery International, Cordillera Peoples Alliance (Philippines), Philippine Resource Centre (UK), among others, for more than 30 years. He is a member of the advisory Board of the International Work Group on Indigenous Affairs (Denmark). Legborsi Saro Pyagbara is International Advocacy Officer for the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) in Nigeria. He is a board member of the ESCR-Net: international rights network. Brian Wyatt is Chief Executive Officer of the National Native Title Council, and was previously chief executive of the Goldfields Land and Sea Council for 11 years. Andy Whitmore is currently working for Indigenous Peoples Links (PIPLinks) on research and communications, and is undertaking graduate research at the University of Middlesex on indigenous peoples’ rights. He is also the managing editor of the Mines and Communities website, and is currently co-chair of the London Mining Network. He has worked on the issues of mining and affected communities since becoming a founder member of the Minewatch collective in the late 1980s. Since then, Andy has worked primarily on indigenous issues for, among others, Survival International, Central American Human Rights Committee and Minewatch.

Table of Contents:
Acronyms • Glossary • Foreword • Introduction PART 1: Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples: Issues and Impacts Chapter 1.1: Overview of Impacts of Extractive Industries on Indigenous Peoples Chapter 1.2: Financial Innovations and the Extractive Industries Chapter 1.3: Indigenous Peoples, Mining and Climate Change PART 2: Indigenous Peoples and the Extractive Industries: Responses Chapter 2.1: Local Community Assistance Chapter 2.2: Challenges at the National Policy Level Chapter 2.3: International Advocacy with Companies and Their Investors Chapter 2.4: Negotiations and Engagement with Companies Chapter 2.5: Mining Industry Responses to Criticism Chapter 2.6: Legal Strategy from the Local to the International Chapter 2.7: International Processes and Complaints Mechanisms Chapter 2.8: Importance of Free, Prior and Informed Consent PART 3: Concluding Observations Appendix Appendix 1: The Manila Declaration of the International Conference on Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples Appendix 2: Report of the International Expert Group Meeting on Extractive Industries, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility Appendix 3: List of Resources • Documents • Organizations About the Authors • About the Editor