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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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Free, Prior and Informed Consent and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
Policy Brief

2008 - English - Moderate

Free, Prior and Informed Consent and the Rou...

Forest Peoples Programme

FPIC | Indigenous Governance | Informed Decision Making | Community Engagement | Consultation | Environmental Impact | Impact Benefit Agreement | International Law | Land Stewardship | Land Use Planning | Self-Determination | Social & Cultural Impacts | Sustainability | UNDRIP

Free, Prior and Informed Consent and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil

This briefing note provides an overview of FPIC in international law and across industry sections. The note also discusses how to identify customary land through mapping; engaging with representative organizations; pairing participation with informed consent; ensuring consent and resolving conflict. This note can inform consent processes throughout the consultation stages.

Understanding and Implementing the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: An Introductory Handbook
Manual

2011 - English - Moderate

Understanding and Implementing the UN Declar...

Brenda L. Gunn

FPIC | Rights and Legal Framework | Canadian Law | Environmental Impact | International Law | Self-Determination | Social & Cultural Impacts | UNDRIP

Understanding and Implementing the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: An Introductory Handbook

This handbook is intended to assist Indigenous community members and Canadian stakeholders to understand the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and how it can be implemented. An overview of the rights included in UNDRIP and their significance for Indigenous communities is included in the handbook, including a section about FPIC.

Engaging with Free, Prior, and Informed Consent
Report

2012 - English - Moderate

Engaging with Free, Prior, and Informed Consent

Farid Baddache, Faris Natour, Jasmine Campbell et al.

FPIC | Industry | Rights and Legal Framework | Business Practices | Community Engagement | Consultation | Corporate Social Responsibility | Decision Making | Impact Benefit Agreement | International Law | Pimatsiwin | UNDRIP

Engaging with Free, Prior, and Informed Consent

This report emerged out of a workshop held by Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) which brought together representatives from extractive industries to discuss the application of FPIC in engagement with Indigenous peoples. The report provides a corporate interpretation of the rights promised under FPIC including its legal requirements, benefits to corporate social responsibility, and potential impediments to business profits.

Review of IBA literature and analysis of gaps in knowledge
Report

2013 - English - Advanced

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 social benefits). Barriers to the use and implementation of IBAs are also analyzed, including their negotiation and legal basis.

Operationalizing Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in the Extractive Industry Sector? Examining the Challenges of a Negotiated Model of Justice
Scientific Paper

2010 - English - Moderate

Operationalizing Free, Prior, and Informed C...

David Szablowski

FPIC | Industry | Rights and Legal Framework | Business Practices | Community Engagement | Corporate Social Responsibility | International Law | Monitoring | Self-Determination | Sustainability | UNDRIP

Operationalizing Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in the Extractive Industry Sector? Examining the Challenges of a Negotiated Model of Justice

This article explores the development of the principle of FPIC and the challenges that it presents to conventional forms of governance. FPIC is examined as a form of negotiated justice that aims to produce regulatory decisions through horizontal and decentralized forms of engagement.

Consultas and Socially Responsible Investing in Guatemala: A Case Study Examining Maya Perspectives on the Indigenous Right to Free, Prior, and Informed Consent
Scientific Paper

2014 - English - Moderate

Consultas and Socially Responsible Investing...

Catherine Nolin, J.P. Laplante

FPIC | Indigenous Governance | Industry | Business Practices | Community Engagement | Consultation | Corporate Social Responsibility | Inherent Rights | Land Access | Land Use Planning | Self-Determination | UNDRIP

Consultas and Socially Responsible Investing in Guatemala: A Case Study Examining Maya Perspectives on the Indigenous Right to Free, Prior, and Informed Consent

This article looks at Guatemala with respect to "consultas comunitarias" and Canadian mining companies that are based in Indigenous communities.

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