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Event: Indigenous Peoples, Mining and Sustainable Development

Posted on: Thursday, May 6, 2010

Keywords: Indigenous Rights, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Climate Change

This event will be moderated by Lucy Mulenkei, the Executive Director of MADRE's partner, the Indigenous Information Network (IIN) in Kenya.
 
Indigenous Peoples, Mining and Sustainable Development

6:15 - 7:45pm, Thursday May 6, 2010 at the ECOSOC Chamber

North Lawn Building, UN Headquarters, New York

Moderator:
Lucy Mulenkei, Executive Director
Indigenous Information Network (IIN), Kenya

Speakers:

Geoff Nettleton
Coordinator, Indigenous Peoples LINKS (PIPLINKS)

Legborsi Saro Pyagbara
International Advocacy Officer
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP)

Geraldine Fiagoy
Anthropologist and Member of the Board, TEBTEBBA
Indigenous Peoples' International Centre on Policy Research and Education

Trinidad Carlos Serna
Human Rights Lawyer
Human Rights and Environment PUNO, PERU
 


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