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This website provides information and resources on FPIC as a tool of self-determination to assist communities in decision making. We have selected articles, tool kits, videos, voice messages, and community stories about FPIC and consultation.

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Contesting the Limits of Consultation in the Amazon Region: On Indigenous Peoples' Demands for Free, Prior and Informed Consent in Bolivia and Peru
Scientific Paper

2013 - English - Practical

Contesting the Limits of Consultation in the A…

Deborah Delgado-Pugley

Consultation | FPIC | Consultation | Environmental Assessment | Environmental Impact | International Law | UNDRIP

Contesting the Limits of Consultation in the Amazon Region: On Indigenous Peoples' Demands for Free, Prior and Informed Consent in Bolivia and Peru

This article examines the effectiveness of UNDRIP in relation to two case studies in Bolivia and Peru in regards to regulations, policies, and environmental conditions.

Initiative on Free, Prior, and Informed Consent - Concept Paper
Report

2010 - English - Practical

Initiative on Free, Prior, and Informed Consen…

The Forest Dialogue

Consultation | FPIC | Industry | Corporate Social Responsibility | Decision Making | Land Stewardship | Sustainability | UNDRIP

Initiative on Free, Prior, and Informed Consent - Concept Paper

‘Free, Prior and Informed Consent’ (FPIC) has emerged as a key principle in international law, related to indigenous peoples and is considered necessary in sectors like dam building, extractive industries, forestry, plantations, conservation, bio-prospecting and environmental impact assessment. While the right itself is clearly affirmed, the pract…

Rejection of New Prosperity Project Provides Clarity to Industry: Lake Destroying Projects and Projects Without Indigenous Consent Need Not Apply
News Article

2014 - English - Practical

Rejection of New Prosperity Project Provides C…

MiningWatch

FPIC | Industry | Decision Making | Environmental Assessment | Environmental Impact | Land Access | Social & Cultural Impacts | UNDRIP

Rejection of New Prosperity Project Provides Clarity to Industry: Lake Destroying Projects and Projects Without Indigenous Consent Need Not Apply

MiningWatch Canada is glad to share the announcement by Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq that the federal government will not approve Taseko Mines’ New Prosperity gold-copper project. The project, located in south-central British Columbia, was a modification of a previously rejected application. The decision was made after the company’s second …

Indigenous Peoples Right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent: Reflections on Concepts and Practice
Scientific Paper

2005 - English - Technical

Indigenous Peoples Right to Free, Prior and In…

Joji Cariño

FPIC | Consultation | Decision Making | Environmental Assessment | Environmental Impact | International Law | Land Use Planning | Monitoring | Social & Cultural Impacts | Traditional Knowledge | UNDRIP

Indigenous Peoples Right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent: Reflections on Concepts and Practice

This paper explores the rights of Indigenous people in International law, through the frameworks of Free, Prior, Informed Consent (FPIC), and the World Commission on Dams (WCD). Reasons why FPIC is not always upheld in practice are explored through a series of case studies, and policy suggestions from the WCD are that prioritize the recognition of…

Workshop on the Impacts of Mining and other extractive projects on Ethnic Territories
Manual

2011 - Multilingual - Practical

Workshop on the Impacts of Mining and other ex…

Federico Herrera, Gladys Jimeno Santoyo, Justin Safayeni et al.

FPIC | Industry | Informed Decision Making | Consultation | Decision Making | Environmental Assessment | Environmental Impact | Land Access | Land Use Planning | Social & Cultural Impacts

Workshop on the Impacts of Mining and other extractive projects on Ethnic Territories

This workshop analyzes the impacts of mining and extractive projects on Colombian ethnic territories from a social, environmental, and spiritual perspectives. The workshop aimed to foster discussion and debate about the importance of impact assessment as a tool for informed decision making, in the application of Free, Prior, Informed Consent.

Ten principles for a landscape approach to reconciling agriculture, conservation, and other competing land uses
Scientific Paper

2013 - English - Technical

Ten principles for a landscape approach to rec…

Agni Klintuni Boedhihartono, Claude Garcia, Cora van Oosten et al.

Informed Decision Making | Pimatisiwin | Community Engagement | Environmental Assessment | Environmental Impact | Land Access | Land Stewardship | Social & Cultural Impacts | Sustainability

Ten principles for a landscape approach to reconciling agriculture, conservation, and other competing land uses

This article explores “landscape approaches” to the use of lands, which have emerged in response to the trade-off between the environment and resource development. Different types of landscape approaches to environmental conservation are discussed and ten principles of the approaches are identified. These principles emphasize adaptive management, …

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