 Natural Resources and Human Rights
For extractive host communities, expectations of a better life are too often replaced by an overwhelming sense of injustice.They lose their lands and livelihoods, grapple with pollution affecting their environment and health, see women disproportionately affected, and have little or no say in the processes that determine if and how their resource rich lands will be exploited.Their compounding frustrations are often expressed through violence, contributing to increased insecurity.