This story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led collaboration between Grist, Indian Country Today, and High Country News. In 2020, construction of Fosen Vind, ...

In the face of growing demand for critical minerals, Indigenous organizations developed a guide to help Indigenous communities implement their free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) when investors ...

The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) has formally convened the first community assembly for the Free, Prior, ...

Part 1 of two articles that summarize presentations from the IIPWG investor roundtable Indigenous-Defined FPIC: Best Practices for Investment and Corporate Governance. Watch the full video or jump to ...

From left— Sunday Ajele, National Coordinator, Community Forest Watch; Amnata Massaquoi, Sierra Leonean journalist; and Hannah Deen, a Sierra Leonean farmer affected by a multinational’s expansionist ...

Part 2 of two articles summarizing presentations from the IIPWG investor roundtable Indigenous-Defined FPIC: Best Practices for Investment and Corporate Governance. Watch the full video or jump to ...

Assistant Professor Joao Paulo Reginaldo shares about his research during the Dad-an Tako Conference in Baguio City on Oct. 15, 2025. BAGUIO CITY (PIA) — The Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) is ...

The Supreme Court (SC) said the First Philippine Industrial Corporation (FPIC) can resume operations of its Black Oil Pipeline (BOPL) which was closed down in November last year. The SC issued last ...

Rita Uwaka, Coordinator of Friends of the Earth Africa, FoEA’s forest and biodiversity programme, has declared that Free, Prior and Informed Consent, FPIC, is a right and not a privilege, as ...

(Update 4:37 p.m.) The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has initially charged First Philippine Industrial Corp. (FPIC) with P24.2 million in pollution fines after the Pollution ...

GENERAL SANTOS CITY — FPIC stands for free, prior, and informed consent. The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) requires this before any entity, be it academic or development-oriented, ...

MANILA, Philippines - After four months of trying to downplay the issue, the First Philippines Industrial Corp. (FPIC) finally admitted yesterday that the oil leak in Barangay Bangkal is coming from ...