National Conference on Mining, May 6-8 2002, Sta. Catalina Convent, Baguio City, Philippines.

Indigenous Peoples, Extractive Industries & the World Bank

This Second Edition includes the letters and responses of various stakeholders to the Final Report of the Extractive Industries Review. These are the following: a) the letter of indigenous peoples and their organizations to the World Bank; b) the European Parliament Resolution on the EIR; c) the EIR Eminent Person’s Response; d) the Final World Bank Group Management’s Response of September 2004; and, e) the WB O.P. 4.10. The articles from the First Edition were also significantly re-edited by Emily Caruso of the Forest Peoples’ Programme for this Second Edition.

The Philippine Mission of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous People.

Increasingly, today’s conflicts affect the lives of indigenous peoplesand their territories. Some of the main factors leading to conflictcontinue to be embedded in issues of social exclusion, control overresources and land, the violation of rights and inequality.

This is the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples' Philippine Edition book. It is written in English, Filipino, Ilokano and Bisaya dialects.