[2012] DAMONTE, Gerardo. Managing Conflict Through Consultation: Latin America’s Experience. ELLA. Economic Development, Extractive Industries and Conflict Management, Policy Brief 1.

Experience from Latin America shows how community consultation can be an important strategy used to manage conflict in Extractive Industries activities. This Brief characterises and analyses the different types of local consultation seen in the region, focusing on the diverse actors that lead the processes and providing illustrative examples of each. It also describes the main factors that made consultations more widespread in the region and that have improved their effectiveness. Finally, the Brief draws out lessons that could be useful for other regions aiming to establish or enhance their own community consultation processes.