Extractive industries operating within or near indigenous territories 2011, para. 52
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Contrasting perspectives exist with regard to the benefits of extractive operations. Various Governments and companies identified benefits to indigenous peoples resulting from natural resource extraction projects, while, in general, indigenous peoples and organizations reported that benefits were limited in scope and did not make up for the problems associated with these projects.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Economic Rights
Environment
Person(s) affected
Ethnic minorities
Year
2011
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Other
Reference
SR Indigenous Peoples, Report to the HRC (2011), A/HRC/18/35, para. 52.