jan 1, 2008 - Chile signed Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, which enabled communities to negotiate their terms with lithium industry

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Since Chile implemented its Indigenous Law N◦
19.253 in 1993 and ratified ILO Convention 169 in 2008, Indigenous
communities have been negotiating with the lithium industry. Besides
outright opposition, such negotiations have also encompassed diverse
forms of participation, such as environmental monitoring, or benefit
sharing in the form of jobs or compensatory payments. Atacameno ˜
communities have managed to negotiate agreements granting them a
significant share of companies’ sales as direct payments. These developments have reshaped the social fabric in the area

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