Pitfalls and Pipelines - Philippine Indigenous Peoples Links

346 Pitfalls and Pipelines: Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Industries
community organizing and networking and courageous local
action. The Global Network, which was established to implement
the Manila Declaration, commits to sustain its support
for local community strengthening and exchange learning
visits, ensuring linkages between the local, national, regional
and global initiatives, and helping indigenous peoples’ use the
gains they achieved in establishing norms, mechanisms and
procedures within the UN and other multilateral bodies. This
provides the greatest hope for the future.
Endnotes
1
The Four Corners is a region of the United States where the states of
Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet. The indigenous nations
present include the Navajo (Dine), Hopi, Ute and Zuni.
2
R. Moody, 2007, Rocks and Hard Places, London: Zed Books; Mines &
Communities, 2012, “US uranium mines still imperil Navajo land and
people.” 11 April, pp. 127-129. http://www.minesandcommunities.org//
article.php?a=11613.
3
One of the members is an indigenous expert, Pavel Sulyandziga, a
former member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
4
Quoted in: N. Klein, 2010, “Unions see green light on climate.”
Red Pepper, 11 January, http://www.redpepper.org.uk/
Unions-see-green-light-on-climate.
5
The Indigenous Peoples’ Global Network on Extractive Industries
had its first meeting in May 2009 during the 8 th Session of the UN
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York. Tebtebba and
the network also organized a side event parallel to the sessions to share
the results of the 2009 Manila Conference. It has, since then, met annually
during the Permanent Forum sessions.