Mining and Amerindians in Guyana : final report of the APA/NSI project on "Exploring Indigenous Perspective on Consultation and Engagement within the Mining Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean"
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2002
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North-South Institute, Ottawa, ON, CA
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Institutional controls on mining are weak. This report results from a participatory study carried out to assess mining impacts and to develop proposals for more effective Amerindian engagement with the mining sector. The consultation process comprised two national workshops of a National Indigenous Advisory Committee, four regional consultations in Amerindian communities, a field visit to mine sites in the Matthew’s Ridge region, interviews with key stakeholder groups and Government officials, and a literature review. Brazilian miners and syndicates are centrally involved in small, medium and large-scale mining ventures. There is much illegal traffic across the frontier. The prostitution of Amerindian women is rife in mining camps and rapes are widely reported.
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LAND RIGHTS, RIGHT TO NATURAL RESOURCES CONTROL, GOLD MINING, MINING POLICY, WATER POLLUTION, IMPUNITY, DRINKING WATER, RAPE, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, SELF-DETERMINATION, INFORMED CONSENT, NORTH-SOUTH COOPERATION, COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH, GUYANA, BRAZIL, SOUTH AMERICA