Indigenous Peoples and Corporate Accountability in the ASEAN A Report of the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Indigenous Peoples and Corporate Accountability in the ASEAN
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Acknowledgement List of Abbreviations Executive Summary
Introduction ...... 2
Part 1 - Indigenous Peoples, Their Resources and Corporate Accountability ...... 3
Part 2 - Case Studies of Different Corporate Operations in the ASEAN Region ...... 6
1 . PLANTATIONS ...... ,,...... 6
Impacts of Economic Land Concessions on the Indigenous Peoples in Bousra Commune, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia ...... 6
Impacts of the Rubber Plantation on Indigenous Peoples in Pateh Commune, Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia ...... 6
Impacts of Cassava Plantations on Indigenous Peoples in Sangthong District, Vientiane Capital and Pakxan District, Borikhamxay Province, Laos ...... 10
Impacts of IOI Oil Palm Plantations on Indigenous Peoples in Long Teran Kanan, Tinjar, Baram, Sarawak, Malaysia ...... 12
Impact of Palm Oil Plantations on Indigenous Peoples in Bagocboc and Tingalan, Opol, Province of Misamis Oriental, Mindanao, Southern Philippines ...... 14
2. HYDROPOWER DAMS ...... 17
Impacts of the Nam Mang 3 Hydropower Project on Indigenous Peoples in the Phou Khao Khouay National Protected Area, Laos...... 17
3. MINING ...... 21 .. Impacts of Nickel Mining on Indigenous Peoples in Witamorini/Karonsi’e, Sorowako District, Luwu Timur Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia...... 21
Impacts of the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Corporation on Indigenous Peoples in Mankayan, Benguet Province, Philippines ...... 24
Impacts of the Rio Tuba Mining Corporation on Indigenous Peoples in Bataraza, Palawan, Philippines ...... 28
Part 3 - Conclusion: An Analysis of the Environment that Fosters Abuse of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights ...... 32
Part 4 - The Recommendations of Indigenous Peoples to the ASEAN ...... 39
Indigenous Peoples Recommendations to corporations and business enterprises ...... 40 Acknowledgement
This report has been collecti el de eloped b indigenous peoples organi ations in outheast sia and the egional ecretariat of the sia Indigenous Peoples Pact through the guidance of the ecretar eneral oan arling
The following indigenous peoples organi ations are particularl ac nowledged for contributing the case studies reflected in the report: