2012 - Multilingual - Academic
Holding Extractive Companies to Account in Col…
This report showcases a Participatory Action Research project that lasted 26 months. It reports on Corporate Social Responsibility tools that companies and governments promote to ensure good corporate behaviour. The report looks at the extent to which CSRs respect human and ethnic rights in theory and practice. Recommendations are given for ways t…
2016 - English - Practical
Gang Lords Rule the Orinoco Mining Arc
This article studies the link between illegal mining, violence and the lack of consult to indigenous peoples in the Orinoco Mining Arc.
2009 - English - Practical
Impacts of FSC Certification in the Canadian B…
This research project aims to investigate the influence of FSC certification on relationships between forest companies and Aboriginal communities in Canada’s boreal forest.
2015 - English - Practical
The Failures of Forest Certification and the I…
This report looks at the failures of forest certification in Canada.
2013 - English - Practical
Making consent work for quality investment in …
This briefing note explains the importance of FPIC from the perspective of the extractive industry through attraction of responsible investors. FPIC can empower communities and promote sustainable development that would otherwise be undermined by fear, uncertainty, and debates over government/company responsibilities. FPIC also fulfills requiremen…
2013 - English - Practical
FPIC and the Extractive Industries: A guide to…
This manual discusses the relevance of ensuring Indigenous peoples right to FPIC to the policies and practices of the extractive industry, in addition to the responsibilities of government. The authors introduce the ‘spirit of FPIC’, to describe the key elements that must be included in an Indigenous community consultation framework including equa…