Mining industry perspectives on indigenous rights:corporate complacency and political uncertainty
Over the last decade or so, there has been a global shift towards attempts to recognise the rights of indigenous peoples, particularly in regards to extractive activities on their traditional territories. At the same time, however, the extraction of natural resources in breach of indigenous rights,...
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ftmacquarieunicr:oai:https://researchers.mq.edu.au:publications/781a3b7d-ac2d-4127-a4a0-1cef7f306b93 2024-09-30T14:42:31+00:00 Mining industry perspectives on indigenous rights:corporate complacency and political uncertainty Lawrence, Rebecca Moritz, Sara 2019-01 https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/781a3b7d-ac2d-4127-a4a0-1cef7f306b93 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2018.05.008 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85048135668&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Lawrence , R & Moritz , S 2019 , ' Mining industry perspectives on indigenous rights : corporate complacency and political uncertainty ' , Extractive Industries and Society , vol. 6 , no. 1 , pp. 41-49 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2018.05.008 Indigenous Rights Human Rights Mining Resource Extraction Sami Sweden Sámi article 2019 ftmacquarieunicr https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2018.05.008 2024-09-04T23:52:01Z Over the last decade or so, there has been a global shift towards attempts to recognise the rights of indigenous peoples, particularly in regards to extractive activities on their traditional territories. At the same time, however, the extraction of natural resources in breach of indigenous rights, continues to take place at ever increasing rates. Using a case study of Swedish mining industry attitudes to indigenous rights, and specifically that of the principle of Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), the article explores this paradox. Mining companies operating in Sweden do not currently respect or implement the principle of FPIC, and the article illustrates how mining representatives justify and reconcile this. It elucidates how the Swedish mining industry mobilises various, and at times contradictory, discourses, including on the one hand, the complacent rationale that human rights protections are superfluous in Sweden, and on the other hand, the idea that a respect for FPIC would create uncertainty and thereby threaten the existence of the mining industry. Article in Journal/Newspaper sami Macquarie University Research Portal The Extractive Industries and Society 6 1 41 49 |
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Over the last decade or so, there has been a global shift towards attempts to recognise the rights of indigenous peoples, particularly in regards to extractive activities on their traditional territories. At the same time, however, the extraction of natural resources in breach of indigenous rights, continues to take place at ever increasing rates. Using a case study of Swedish mining industry attitudes to indigenous rights, and specifically that of the principle of Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), the article explores this paradox. Mining companies operating in Sweden do not currently respect or implement the principle of FPIC, and the article illustrates how mining representatives justify and reconcile this. It elucidates how the Swedish mining industry mobilises various, and at times contradictory, discourses, including on the one hand, the complacent rationale that human rights protections are superfluous in Sweden, and on the other hand, the idea that a respect for FPIC would create uncertainty and thereby threaten the existence of the mining industry. |
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Lawrence , R & Moritz , S 2019 , ' Mining industry perspectives on indigenous rights : corporate complacency and political uncertainty ' , Extractive Industries and Society , vol. 6 , no. 1 , pp. 41-49 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2018.05.008 |
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