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common for companies and other outsiders to want to identify and
exploit potential divisions in the community and this can rightly make
many cautious to share openly on local structures and processes.
4
Traditional FPIC Process Subanen Final, 22 November 2009,
Pagadian City, Philippines – http://www.insidemindanao.com/april2010/
SUBANEN%20TRADITIONAL%20FPIC%20PROCESS.doc; Glennie,
J., Whitmore, A.Nettleton, G. 2004 Breaking Promises, making profits:
Mining in the Philippines, Christian Aid & PIPLinks, pp. 29-41.
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Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Protocols, 5 July 2011, http://
www.scribd.com/doc/60050046/Ki-Protocols; The consulta movement
continues... in Northern Ontario!; 18 July 2012, http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=11053;
More information on the case is
available at http://kilands.org/learn-more/.
6
United Nations Environment Programme, Community Protocols for
ABS, http://www.unep.org/communityprotocols/resources.asp.
7
Notes taken of workshop plenary, International Conference on
Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples, 24 March 2009, Manila,
Philippines.
8
M. Setra, 2009, Presentation to International Conference on
Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples, 24 March, Manila,
Philippines.
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A common argument from the industry at early stages of the project
cycle is that it is too early to object as the company is not sure whether
a resource is economic to exploit. Therefore, the community should
let the company enter its land to verify that. The problem is that if a
community has genuine concerns about the project, it moves almost
imperceptibly from the point where a community can object to one
where it has advanced so far that objection is no longer possible.
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Organizations that conduct trainings on participatory mapping with
indigenous communities include Forest Peoples Programme, Rainforest
Foundation and PAFID.
11 C.
Zorrilla, et al., 2009, ” A Guide for Community Organizers.” Global
Response, p. 11; Wilson, S. 2002. “A Life Worth More Than Gold.”
Washington Post, 9 June, http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.
php?a=1262.
12 B.
McGee, 2009, “The Community Referendum: Participatory
Democracy and the Right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent to
Development.” Berkeley Journal of International Law, 27( 2).
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In the author’s experience, communities opposing projects have
tended not to attend such meetings to express their opposition, because
they believe that the meetings will be rigged in favor of the company.
The case quoted involves the Norwegian company Intex seeking to
build a nickel mine on the island of Mindoro in the Philippines.