Mining and Community Rights: Does Consulta Previa Promise Peace or Conflict?

June 5, 2013

Registration: 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Panel and Discussion: 6:00 p.m. to 7...

AS/COA

680 Park Avenue

New York

Live broadcast

(Image: Nicolas Villaume)

Overview

How can we foster greater dialogue between civil society, government, and the private sector over natural resource extraction in the hemisphere? Americas Quarterly and Americas Society/Council of the Americas June 5 panel discussion focused on the issue of community relations and extractive investments and activities. The panel brought together a group of academic, policy, and business experts to discuss efforts and new developments to improve the framework for the process and practice of community consultation (consulta previa) in cases of natural resource investment.  Panelists: <ul style="margin-left: 40px;"> <li>Rachel Davis, Managing Director, Shift</li> <li>Emily Greenspan, Senior Policy Advisor, Oxfam America</li> <li>Robert Thompson, Lawyer and Policy Advisor to the Peruvian Superintendent of Banks, Insurance Companies and Pension Funds</li> <li>Christopher Sabatini, Editor-In-Chief, Americas Quarterly; Senior Director of Policy, Americas Society/Council of the Americas (Moderator)</li> </ul>   Event Information: Mari Hayman | <a href="mailto:mhayman@as-coa.org">mhayman@as-coa.org</a> | 1-212-277-8390 or Wilda Escarfuller | <a href="mailto:wescarfuller@as-coa.org">wescarfuller@as-coa.org</a> | 1-212-277-8387 Press Inquiries: Adriana La Rotta | <a href="mailto:alarotta@as-coa.org">alarotta@as-coa.org</a> | 1-212-277-8384 Read more about consulta previa in the Winter 2013 issue of Americas Quarterly, <a href="http://www.americasquarterly.org/content/natural-resource-extraction-latin-america">“Natural Resource Extraction in Latin America.”</a> Click <a href="http://www.americasquarterly.org/rio-rancheria-documentary">here</a> to view an AQ documentary about a mining company’s plans to relocate a river in La Guajira, Colombia.

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