Extractive industries operating within or near indigenous territories 2011, para. 33
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Numerous questionnaire respondents also made an explicit connection between environmental harm and the deterioration of health in local communities. Several respondents suggested that the overall health of the community had been negatively affected by water and airborne pollution. Other reports highlighted an increase in the spread of infectious disease brought about by interaction with workers or settlers immigrating into indigenous territories to work on extractive industry projects. Respondents also linked environmental degradation to the loss of traditional livelihoods, which consequently threatens food security and increases the possibility of malnutrition.
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)
Environment
Health
Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
Ethnic minorities
Year
2011
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Indigenous Peoples, Report to the HRC (2011), A/HRC/18/35, para. 33.