This book intends to inform the key participants in extractive projects – namely, the communities, the host governments and the investors – about good practice for effective community engagement, based on analysis of international standards and expectations, lessons from selected case-studies and innovations in public participation.

Contributor BiographiesTable of Abbreviations and acronymsChapter One- Introduction Rachael Lorna Johnstone and Anne Merrild HansenChapter Two- Indigenous rights and resource development in the Arctic: an overview of international standards and principles for consultation, participation and consentEmma WilsonChapter Three- What is required for Free, Prior and Informed Consent and where does it apply? Rachael Lorna JohnstoneChapter Four- Meaningful stakeholder engagement as an aspect of risk-based due diligence between the economy, politics and law: the constitutive role of the Business & Human Rights regimeKarin BuhmannChapter Five- Youth as a Resources in Extractive Industry Decision-Making Processes: a Case Study using Social Media and Visual Methods to Engage Young GreenlandersAnna-Sofie SkjervedalChapter Six- Comparative expectations of resource development in selected Greenland communitiesRachael Lorna Johnstone and Anne Merrild HansenChapter Seven- „Our consent was taken for granted." A relational justice perspective on participation of Komi people in oil development in northern RussiaJulia Loginova and Emma WilsonChapter Eight- Local views on oil development in a village on the North Slope of AlaskaAnne Merrild Hansen and Panigruaq IpalookChapter Nine- Land Claims Agreements in Canada and the promise of enhanced participationNigel BankesChapter Ten- Participation in a Small Archipelago: the Shetland negotiationsJames MitchellChapter Eleven- The relationship between host government contracts for oil and gas activities and public participationEduardo Guedes Pereira and Marianthi PappaChapter Twelve- Achieving Excellence in Public Participation and ConsultationPenny NortonChapter Thirteen- Arctic Voices: Strategies for Community EngagementAnne Merrild Hansen and Rachael Lorna Johnstone