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25 Mar 2009

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Participants of the Manila Conference on Extractive Industries and Indigneous Peoples

Declaration of the International Conference on Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples

We, Indigenous Peoples and support organisations from 35 countries around the world and representing many more Indigenous Nations…have suffered disproportionately from the impact of extractive industries…[including] the worst forms of, environmental degradation, human rights violations and land dispossession and is contributing to climate change. … we call for: • a stop to the plunder of our lands, territories and resources; • a moratorium on further extractive industry projects that affect or threaten our communities, until structures and processes are in place that ensure respect for our human rights… • due process and justice to victims of human rights violations who are resisting extractive industries; • review of all on-going projects that are approved without respect for our FPIC and self determination rights; and • compensation and restitution for damages inflicted upon our lands, territories and resources, and the rehabilitation of our degraded environments caused by extractive industry projects that did not obtain our FPIC.