Concept Paper of the International Conference on Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples - [English] [Spanish]

Programme and Objectives - Download in .pdf

Plenary Inputs:

• The Global Economic Crisis, Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Industries - Mr. Roger Moody, Mining and Communities/Nostromo
• Extractive Industries and Climate Change - Mr. Geoff Nettleton, Indigenous Peoples Links
• Legal Strategies and Extraterritorial Implementation of ILO Convention 169 - Mr. Asier Martines, Almaciga
• Synthesis of Issues Raised and the Role of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other International Human Rights Instruments and Mechanisms - Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz,Executive Director of Tebtebba, Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)

Panel Presentations

• Panel 1: Socio-economic, environmental, human rights and cultural impacts of oil, gas and mineral extraction on indigenous peoples: Responses, challenges and lessons learned (Local, National, Regional Global)

1. Not an Inch More of Our Land (Jharkhand, India) - Mr. Punit Raj Kishor Minz, Jharkhand Mines Area Coordination Committee (JMACC)
2. Impacts of the Extractive Industries and Situation of the Indigenous Towns in the Andean Region (Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia) - Mr. Luis Vittor Arzapal, Coordinadora Andina de Organizaciones Indigenas (CAOI)
3. Impacts of Minera San Cristobal Open Mining Operation and Struggle Experiences of the Aboriginal People to Defend Lithium in Salar de Uyuni and their Participation in the Project (Potosi, Bolivia) - Mr. Freddy Mamani Condori
4. Extractive Industries and Other Threats in Sapmi, the Land of the Sami (Sweden) - Mr. Anders Blom
5. The Social, Environmental and Cultural Effects of Extractive Industries in Kajiado District, Rift Valley Province, Kenya: A Case Study of (gypsum and limestone) Cement Factories and Soda Ash Companies (Kenya, Africa) - Mr. Meitiaki Ole Soikan, Manyoito Pastoralist Integrated Development Organization (MPIDO)

• Panel 2: Experiences on how free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) has been obtained or violated in relation to extractive industries

1. Moving Free, Prior and Informed Consent from the Fringes to the Centre Stage: Exploring the context of opposition and opportunity in Canada (Canada) - Ms. Meaghan Simms, The North-South Institute
2. What Price Human Rights in a Global Financial Crisis (Australia) - Mr. Brian Wyatt, Native Title Council
3. Interacting with Indigenous Communities in the "Right" Way? (Suriname) - Ms. Loreen Jubitana, Association of Indigenous Village Leadersin Suriname (VIDS)
4. Informed Consent: A Case of Olkaria Maasai in Kenya (Kenya) - Mr. Andrew Korinko Ole Koisamou, Center for Pastoralists Development (CEPAD)
5. Mining Projects and Consent of Indigenous Towns: Case of Peru (Peru) - Mr. Luis Vittor Arzapalo, Coordinadora Andina de Organizaciones Indigenas (CAOI)

• Panel 3: Conflict situations in indigenous peoples' territories related to operations of extractive industries. Role played by the State in these conflicts,means and methods of conflict resolution used and lessons learned

1. The Subanons of Mt. Canatuan, the Road to Justice (Philippines) - Ms. Rhia Muhi, Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (LRC)
2. Save Niyamgiri: Indigenous Peoples' Struggle Against Vedanta (Orissa, India) - Mr. Sanjay Boso Mullick
3. Conflict and State's Role: The Case of Porgera, Papua New Guinea (Papua New Guinea) - Mr. Jeffrey Simon, Akale Tange Association and Porgera Alliance
4. Cases of Conflicts on Extractive Industries in Indonesia: Indigenous Peoples View, Actions and Lessons Learned (Indonesia) - Ms. Susana Setra, Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN)
5. Presentation of the Social and Cultural Conflicts of Goro Nickel Mining Project (New Caledonia) - Mr. Sarminin Boengkih

• Panel 4: Differential impacts of extractive industry corporations on indigenous women - Responses and needs

1. On Behalf of Kanak Women: A testimony from daughters and wives of miine workers; and today, mothers of young women working for mining companies (New Caledonia) - Mr. Sarminin Boengkih
2. Impacts of Large-scale Gold Mining on Indigenous Women in Benguet (Philippines) - Ms. Abi Bengwayan/Mr. Windel Bolinget
3. Indigenous Women and Mining: The Case of Suriname (Suriname) - Ms. Loreen Jubitana

• Panel 5: Assessment of roles played by bilateral donors, the UN system and other multilateral financial and trade institutions, instruments and agreements in relation to extractive industries

1. Legal suits against mining corporations: Cases from Papua New Guinea and Suriname - Prof. Stuart Kirsch
2. The Western Shoshone: An Indigenous Peoples’ Resistance in the United States - Ms. Julie Cavanaugh-Bill
3. Philippines Indigenous Peoples Engagement with International Mechanisms & Networks - Mr. Cathal Doyle

• Panel 6: Good practices on how extractive industry corporations have respected indigenous peoples' rights, ensured sharing of benefits, and implemented corporate social responsibility

1. Nickel Mining in the French-Controlled Non-self Governing Territory of Kanaky, New Caledonia: a colonial heritage that endures decolonisation processes (New Caledonia) - Mr. Sarimin Boengkih
2. Hidrocarburos y Pueblos Indigenas en el Peru (Hydrocarbons and Indigenous Peoples of Peru) - Mr. Saul Puerta Pena
3. Batani International Development Fund for Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation (Russia) - Ms. Yana Dordina
4. Engaging Indigenous Communities in Extractive Projects - Mr.Kirk Herbertson
5. COICA vs IIRSA (Mineria-Petroleos-Forestal) - Mr. Valentin Muiba

Workshops

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Manila Declaration of the International Conference on Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples - [English] [Spanish] [French]

Report of the international expert group meeting on extractive industries, Indigenous Peoples' rights and corporate social reponsiblity - [English]