1IMPACT BENEFIT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES AND MINING COMPANIES: THEIR USE IN CANADA

• Main Authors: Irene Sosa, Karyn Keenan
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Canada; First Nations
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.473.2025; http://metisportals.ca/MetisRights/wp/wp-admin/images/Impact Benefit Agreements - Mining.pdf

Solidaria para el Desarrollo. The purpose of this collaboration, which has been supported with funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Weedon Foundation, is to build capacity among communities affected by mining in Peru and Canada, based on the belief that, by exchanging information and experiences between these communities, they will be better equipped to defend their rights and interests vis-à-vis mineral development projects. In the past, such projects have proved to have significant adverse environmental, social, cultural and economic effects. The report presents an overview of impact and benefit agreements (IBAs). These agreements are signed between mining companies and First Nation communities in Canada in order to establish formal relationships between them, to reduce the predicted impact of a mine and secure economic benefit for affected communities. IBAs are increasingly used by First Nations in Canada to influence decision making about resource exploitation in their lands. In negotiating and implementing these agreements, communities are learning important lessons that can help others in Peru or elsewhere in Canada. Despite years of experience negotiating these agreements in Canada, the corresponding