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Reshaping Natural Resources Management In A Globalized World : A Balancing Act, Lila Barrera-Hernández
Reshaping Natural Resources Management In A Globalized World : A Balancing Act, Lila Barrera-Hernández
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Natural resources' development scenarios involving indigenous peoples and other minority stakeholders, foreign investors (private and public), and considerable environmental and social impacts are increasingly frequent, particularly in South America and other developing regions. Balancing development's impacts and benefits and looking after a country's balance of payments while taking into account, among other things, minority rights, respect for cultural identities, the need for widespread poverty alleviation and environmental stewardship is proving an extremely delicate task and one that increasingly requires thoughtful consideration of extraneous limitations, both factual and legal. Whilst a few decades ago the international law principle of permanent sovereignty …