Meerim Kylychbekova & Logan Hennessy
Negotiating Indigenous Sustainability
Measures of protection in agreements with mining companies
UNPFII
Salekhard, July 2007
Labrador and Newfoundland Voisey’s Bay Snap Lake
Ekati
Voisey’s Bay
Voisey’s Bay Nickel Company (VBNC)
AND the Labrador Inuit Association AND
the Innu Nation
AND the government of Newfoundland AND the government of Canada
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2002
Voisey’s Bay
Five Years of Negotiations Leveraged Land Claims Skills Development Center Business Development Committee Hiring Priorities Women’s Education and Training Programs
Voisey’s Bay
Environmental Management
Advisory Board
2 from regional government
2 from federal government
2 from Labrador Inuit Assoc. 2 from Innu Nation 1 independent chair
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Voisey’s Bay
Environmental Management
Special Committee on Caribou Continuous Electronic Monitoring of Water and Air Alternative Nickel Processing Recycling
Voisey’s Bay
Shipping Agreement
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Voisey’s Bay Nickel Co.
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Preventive Measures
Taku River Tlingit First Nation
Mining Policy March 2007
“Our Land is Our Future”
Taku River Tlingit First Nation
TRTFN government decision processes TRTFN‟s standards and expectations for miningrelated activities Procedures for seeking the consent and support of TRTFN
Taku River Tlingit First Nation
Company must apply to the TRTFN TRTFN evaluates the proposal Requires environmental assessment Requires Impacts and Benefits Agreement Agreement with government
Benefits for Government
Stronger role of Involvement Clear guidelines for risk and responsibilities Subsidized community development Subsidized education and training Subsidized infrastructure improvements
Benefits for Companies
Long-term company strategy Minimizing costs Good Industry Practice
New Directions for Agreements
Comprehensive Baseline Studies Capacity Building Further Support for Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Financial Transparency Climate Change
Role of the UNFPII?
Standards for Indigenous Sustainability in Contracts Public Access to Information – informed consent Need for future research
Ongoing work with RAIPON
Developing a guide to Good Neighbor Agreements Translation into Russian Distribution in Far East communities
A Guide to Good Neighbor Agreements
Preparing to Negotiate Top 10 Things to Avoid Benefit Sharing Environmental Monitoring „Successful‟ Good Neighbor Agreements Information Resources
Thank You
Yana Dordina, Rodion Sulyandziga, Pavel Sulyandziga, Misha Jones, David Gordon, Sibyl Diver, Leah Zimmerman, Paul Robinson, Sarah Moore, Doug Norlen, Payal Sampat, Cairan O’Faircheallaigh, Benjamin Bradshaw, David Chambers, Jaime Kneen, Keith Slack, Lauren Baker, Jerry Jack, Viviane Weitzner, David Szablowski, Robert Shimek Special thanks to RAIPON and the UNFPII for inviting us to attend