Sustainable Development

🌱 What risks are there in mining? Mining often occurs “in remote, ecologically sensitive and less-developed areas that include many indigenous lands and territories”.[i] Mining comes with a lot of risk and both actual and potential adverse effect. For example, when mining operations are managed poo

🌱 How do Indigenous Peoples view water? By many Indigenous communities, “[w]ater is not considered or managed as a resource but is considered to be part of an interconnected whole”.[i] This is because, “[in] the traditions of many indigenous peoples, water is life itself”.[ii] Many Indigenous Peopl