Indigenous peoples, business & environment 2012

13.00           Opening

Ms Cecilie Hansen, Mayor of Sør-Varanger

Lars-Anders Baer, WGIP Chair

13.15           Key note speech on indigenous peoples’ rights and international corporations

Dr James Anaya, United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

14.00           Environmental hot spots in indigenous peoples’ areas in the Arctic

Rodion Sulyandziga, RAIPON

14.30           Coffee break

14.45           Impact on local indigenous communities from industrial activities

The Nenets monitoring project (IPY-Nenets)

Results, experiences and possibilities of expansion

Winfried Dallmann, Norwegian Polar Institute

15.20           Indigenous ownership and economic development

Representative from Canada (tbc)

16.00           Coffee break

16.15           European companies operating outside Europe: international standards

Indigenous peoples' rights and the OECD Guidelines for multinational enterprises

Mari Bangstad, OECD Norwegian Focal Point

16.45           Panel discussion on land use and environmental consequences

Speakers and audience