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Indigenous Resource Rights and Mining Companies in North America and Australia
Author(s) -
McGILL STUART,
CROUGH GREG
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
natural resources forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1477-8947
pISSN - 0165-0203
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1987.tb00286.x
Subject(s) - indigenous , veto , indigenous rights , resource (disambiguation) , land rights , geography , political science , environmental protection , natural resource economics , environmental planning , law , economics , ecology , politics , computer network , computer science , biology
A Contrast is made between indigenous resource rights in North America and Australia. The extent to which the indigenous people of these two continents may prevent mining and exploration on their land is examined. It is demonstrated that whereas some Australian Aboriginals have recently acquired limited veto rights to prevent development, the veto rights of the indigenous people in North America are long‐standing and unqualified. In addition, the terms and conditions of mining and petroleum agreements which have been entered into by indigenous people in North America are discussed. These agreements are shown to be better than agreements signed with Australian Aboriginals.