Active citizens & accountable states
Doomed to fail: Outsiders’ assessments of the impact of mining and oil projects
Community-led processes hold the key for minimizing harm and maximizing benefits.
Food, agriculture, and livelihoods
Oxfam says course-correction needed on the New Alliance for Food Security
A new briefing paper says it’s time for the New Alliance to re-focus on the needs of smallholder farmers.
Active citizens & accountable states
Peru backslides on indigenous rights
Emily Greenspan is an extractive industries policy and advocacy advisor with Oxfam America. Recent statements from the Peruvian government do not bode well for implementation of Peru’s new Indigenous Peoples Consultation Law (Consultation Law). The landmark law, passed in 2011 and now being implemented, requires the Peruvian government to consult indigenous peoples affected directly by […]
Active citizens & accountable states
Defending community rights in Ghana: 3 Lessons for us all
An interview with Augustine Niber, Executive Director of the Centre for Public Interest Law in Accra, Ghana.
Social conflict, extractive industries, national human rights institutions and most importantly…communities
Oxfam releases framework to judge the effectiveness of national human rights institutions
From Pennsylvania to Peru: “Promised Land” Movie Highlights Universal Extraction Challenges
How different are the challenges rural communities face when making a deal with big oil?
Is sustainability just a sideshow at African mining conference?
Five challenges to the mining sector executives gathered in Cape Town next week
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