Indigenous Peoples, Extractive Industries And The World Bank":
An Independent Review
June 2002 - April 2003

Tebtebba and the Forest Peoples Programme, a UK-based NGO, has undertaken an independent, participatory thematic review from June - April 2003 on the theme of 'Indigenous Peoples, Extractive Industries and the World Bank' as part of the focused research independently contracted by the 'World Bank's Extractive Industry Review'.

Download the Case Studies: (To be available for download soon)

• The case of East Peraj Coal Mines Open Cast Project in Jharkhand, India

• Case study on the Implementation of the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline, Report presented by Planet Survey-Environnement et Développement Durable, Centre for Environment and Development with the participation of Jeanne NOUAH and Joachim GWODOG from the Bagyéli Community of Bipindi-Kribi

• WHEN THE 'ISLES OF GOLD' TURN INTO ISLES OF DISSENT: A Case Study On the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 By Raymundo D. Rovillos, Salvador B. Ramo and Catalino Corpuz, Jr.

• World Bank Groups Projects and the Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East of Russia By Rodion Sulyandzige and Vladimir Bocharnikov

Downloaded literature related to the Extractive Industries Review include the following:

• Declaration of Civil Society and Indigenous Participants of the Regional Workshop of the World Bank's Extractive Industries Review, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - April 16-19, 2002

• A Listing of World Bank Projects

• The EIR: In a Nutshell

• A Critique by Friends of the Earth: "Treasure or Trash?": The World Bank's Flawed Defense of Mining as a Tool for Economic Development

• An Oxfam Report: Digging to Development? A Historical Look at Mining and Economic Development

• World Bank Group Financed Projects in Extractive Industries: A Case Study Compilation

• An EIR Report: Extractive Industries Review Project Visit to Papua New Guinea

• On the PT Kelian Mines, Indonesia: Communities and companies