Theodore E. Downing, Jerry Moles, Ian McIntosh, Carmen Garcia-Downing; Mining, Minerals, and Sustainable Development
This report addresses the most critical sustainability in an encounter between indigenous peoples and the industry, as well as governments, financiers and non-governmental organizations. An encounter has four dimensions. The first involves perceptions and objectives - delineating who is or is not indigenous, presuppositions about one another, and desired outcomes. The second dimension involves the stakeholders’ capacities to sustain and/or resist negotiations. The third involves stakeholder tactics and/or strategies for dealing with one another. The fourth dimension consists of socio-economic and environmental risks and benefits - possible “on the ground” changes that may occur to the livelihoods and culture of project-affected peoples. A consideration of these four dimensions assists in understanding the negotiations, or lack thereof, between indigenous peoples and other stakeholders.
