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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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Review of IBA literature and analysis of gaps in knowledge
Report

2013 - English - Technical

Review of IBA literature and analysis of gap...

ReSDA, Adam Wright, Ben Bradshaw

FPIC | Business Practices | Community Engagement | Consultation | Decision Making | Environmental Assessment | Environmental Impact | Impact Benefit Agreement | Land Use Planning | Social & Cultural Impacts

Review of IBA literature and analysis of gaps in knowledge

This report discusses Company-Community Agreements or Impact-Benefit Agreements negotiated between industries and Indigenous communities surrounding a development project. The Impact-Benefit Agreement (IBA) is discussed as a positive negotiation strategy with benefits for both developers (easier negotiations) and communities (financial and socia...

State of the World's Indigenous Peoples
eBook

2009 - English - Simple

State of the World's Indigenous Peoples

United Nations

Indigenous Governance | Environmental Assessment | International Law | Social & Cultural Impacts | UNDRIP

State of the World's Indigenous Peoples

This book focuses on the current state of Indigenous Peoples worldwide from a global perspective.

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...

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 Cons...

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 pra...

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...

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 secon...

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 ...

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 ...

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