by S. Sawyer (Editor), E. Gomez (Editor)
International institutions (United Nations, World Bank) and multinational companies have voiced concern over the adverse impact of resource extraction activities on the livelihood of indigenous communities. This volume examines mega resource extraction projects in Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Chad, Cameroon, India, Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines.
Author Biography
JON ALTMAN Director and Professor at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research of the Australian National University MEGAN DAVIS Senior Lecturer at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning of the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia KORINNA HORTA Senior environmental economist for the international programme of Environmental Defense, Washington, DC, USA BEN NAANEN Professor in the Department of History and Diplomatic Studies of the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria THOMAS PERREAULT Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University, USA RAYMUNDO D. ROVILLOS Associate Professor of History and Dean of the College of Social Sciences at the University of the Philippines, Banguio VICTORIA TAULI-CORPUZ Executive Director of the Tebtebba Foundation, Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and Convenor of the Asian Indigenous Women's Network PATRICIA URTEAGA-CROVETTO Lecturer at the Pontificial Catholic University of Peru, and National Coordinator of the 'Concertación' and 'GIRH-Perú' Projects VIRGINIUS XAXA Professor of Sociology at the Delhi School of Economics of the University of Delhi, India