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Negotiating Indigenous Sustainability
Measures of protection in agreements with mining
companies
Meerim Kylychbekova & Logan Hennessy
UNPFII
Salekhard, July 2007
Labrador and Newfoundland
Voisey’s Bay
Snap Lake
Ekati
Voisey’s BayVoisey’s Bay Nickel Company (VBNC)
AND
the Labrador Inuit Association
AND
the Innu Nation
AND
the government of Newfoundland
AND
the government of Canada
2002
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Voisey’s BayFive Years of Negotiations
Leveraged Land Claims
Skills Development Center
Business Development Committee
Hiring Priorities
Women’s Education and Training Programs
Voisey’s BayEnvironmental 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 ManagementSpecial Committee on Caribou
Continuous Electronic Monitoring of Water and Air
Alternative Nickel Processing
Recycling
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Voisey’s BayShipping Agreement
Voisey’s Bay Nickel Co.
Preventive Measures
Taku River Tlingit First Nation
Mining Policy March 2007
“Our Land is Our Future”
TRTFN government decision processes
TRTFN’s standards and expectations for mining-related 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
Taku River Tlingit First Nation
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
Comprehensive Baseline Studies
Capacity Building
Further Support for Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK)
Financial Transparency
Climate Change
New Directions for Agreements
Role of the UNFPII?
Standards for Indigenous Sustainability in Contracts
Public Access to Information – informed consent
Need for future research
Developing a guide to Good Neighbor Agreements
Translation into Russian
Distribution in Far East communities
Ongoing work with RAIPON
Preparing to Negotiate
Top 10 Things to Avoid
Benefit Sharing
Environmental Monitoring
‘Successful’ Good Neighbor Agreements
Information Resources
A Guide to Good Neighbor Agreements
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