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Home Our Work: By issue Control Over Resources About this issue All over the world, people are living the consequences of unregulated extraction of minerals and other resources. With little benefit to local people, such extraction leaves farmland, water systems and forests destroyed. People whose land was taken face the loss of their livelihoods, homes and access to water, with little compensation and few alternatives. Our Work on this issue We work on mining, forestry and coastal resources to promote responsible regulation and community participation in resource management. We support people's efforts to defend their livelihoods, to document violations, and to develop the skills to engage with governments and foreign corporations. And we collaborate with others here in Canada to promote government and corporate accountability. Sub-issuesEnvironmentLandNatural resources Latest Updates Control Over ResourcesCanada Top Swedish, US and Canadian pension funds linked to Brazilian land grabs, displacement of people A New York company managing the retirement savings of workers in Sweden, the US and Canada is evading Brazilian laws on foreign investment to acquire farmlands from a businessman accused of violently displacing local communities. Control Over ResourcesAfrica The truth from our fields Inter Pares staff Eric Chaurette visited a cotton farmer group in Burkina Faso in February 2015. He got the latest news on the farmer-researcher project. Women’s leadershipGovernanceControl Over ResourcesAsia The Power of Collective Action in Bangladesh Nijera Kori landless groups in the communities of Charbata, Bangladesh, successfully led collective action to protect the land to farm and the river to fish. Human rightsControl Over ResourcesAfrica Happy Birthday Tiniguena! Tiniguena, founded in 1991, is a courageous organization that over its history has managed to accomplish big things. Load more Our Impact on this issue Control Over ResourcesCanada Inter Pares calls for an ombudsperson to investigate on abuses committed by Canadian extractive companies Read related update > Indigenous & ethnic rightsControl Over ResourcesLatin America Reinforcing solidarity links between Canada and Guatemala to better promote human rights. Read related update > Indigenous & ethnic rightsControl Over ResourcesCanada Supporting Canadian First Nations in their fight to preserve their livelihoods by collaborating with organizations that work towards mining accountability. Read related update > See all impacts Related Counterparts Related Voices Related Resources See all related resources Solidarity with Indigenous activism Indigenous & ethnic rightsControl Over ResourcesCanada Bulletins Inter Pares Annual Report 2020 - Sustaining Social Justice Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAfrica Annual Reports Envisioning the New Normal Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAfrica Bulletins Related Staff Fernande Abanda Samantha McGavin Jean Symes Eric Chaurette first previous 1 2
Control Over ResourcesCanada Top Swedish, US and Canadian pension funds linked to Brazilian land grabs, displacement of people A New York company managing the retirement savings of workers in Sweden, the US and Canada is evading Brazilian laws on foreign investment to acquire farmlands from a businessman accused of violently displacing local communities.
Control Over ResourcesAfrica The truth from our fields Inter Pares staff Eric Chaurette visited a cotton farmer group in Burkina Faso in February 2015. He got the latest news on the farmer-researcher project.
Women’s leadershipGovernanceControl Over ResourcesAsia The Power of Collective Action in Bangladesh Nijera Kori landless groups in the communities of Charbata, Bangladesh, successfully led collective action to protect the land to farm and the river to fish.
Human rightsControl Over ResourcesAfrica Happy Birthday Tiniguena! Tiniguena, founded in 1991, is a courageous organization that over its history has managed to accomplish big things.
Control Over ResourcesCanada Inter Pares calls for an ombudsperson to investigate on abuses committed by Canadian extractive companies Read related update >
Indigenous & ethnic rightsControl Over ResourcesLatin America Reinforcing solidarity links between Canada and Guatemala to better promote human rights. Read related update >
Indigenous & ethnic rightsControl Over ResourcesCanada Supporting Canadian First Nations in their fight to preserve their livelihoods by collaborating with organizations that work towards mining accountability. Read related update >
Inter Pares Annual Report 2020 - Sustaining Social Justice Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAfrica Annual Reports