May 3, 20131 min

Indigenous Peoples, the Extractives Industry, and Free, Prior, Informed Consent

Gold Mining alongside its attendant effects in Zamfara State of North Western Nigeria comes to mind

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In his keynote UN Special Rapporteur James Anaya described the report as “a very important contribution to implementing FPIC and moving forward the debate”. Certainly a lot more movement is needed, but a lot of progress has also been made since indigenous peoples began organising at a transnational level, especially through the UN Working…

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