Extractive industries operating within or near indigenous territories 2011, para. 31
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- With respect to the negative impact of extractive operations on water resources, it was noted that water resource depletion and contamination has had harmful effects on available water for drinking, farming and grazing cattle, and has affected traditional fishing and other activities, particularly in fragile natural habitats. For example, the Government of the Philippines described an open-pit mining operation in the province of Benguet, where operations had left a wasteland where "no fresh fish could ever be found in creeks and rivers". It should be noted that reports of the adverse impact of extractive operations on water resources were not limited to exceptional cases of, for example, oil pipeline breaks. Adverse effects have also reportedly resulted from routine operations or natural causes, including the drainage of industrial waste into water systems caused by rain.
- 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
- 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. 31.
- Paragraph number
- 31
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