E/2007/43 E/C.19/2007/12 indigenous peoples in situations where restitution and compensation programmes are implemented or where assistance is sought in undertaking such programmes, and also notes: (a) The initiative of IOM in offering capacity-building services to States, including restitution and compensation strategies and policies, baseline studies to identify and assess needs, and in proposing appropriate solutions and the collection and registration of claims; (b) The Permanent Forum notes the IOM initiative to provide public outreach and public information to indigenous communities on property restitution and compensation in countries where Governments have agreed to implement such plans. 25. The Permanent Forum instructs its secretariat to transmit recommendations on lands, territories and natural resources as a contribution to: (a) The report of the Secretary-General to the sixteenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development; (b) An informational document to the sixteenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development on the thematic issue of land and sustainable agricultural rural development; (c) Transmit specific recommendations on water to the study of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the right to water. 26. The Permanent Forum recommends that Governments, bilateral and multilateral donor and development agencies and other development partners responsible for or assisting in the implementation of sectoral strategies or other programmes affecting lands owned, occupied or otherwise used by indigenous peoples review the consistency of such strategies and programmes with internationally recognized standards for the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples and the impact of such strategies and programmes on indigenous communities and report to the Permanent Forum at its seventh session in 2008 on the results of these reviews and on any strategies adopted to address the challenges they might identify. 27. The Permanent Forum recommends that non-governmental organizations, indigenous peoples’ organizations and academics undertake independent studies and investigations into the violations of indigenous peoples’ land rights through illegal land expropriation and exploitation and into the issue of land, forestry, tourism and mining concessions, including: (a) Recommendations on how the rights of indigenous peoples can be legally protected; (b) The degree to which Governments ensure free, prior and informed consent of indigenous peoples in the approval of land concessions and mining exploration licences over their traditional lands and forests; (c) The role of other States in the promotion of agri-business and extractive industries without the free, prior and informed consent of indigenous peoples; (d) The role of multinational agri-business and extractive industries; specifically, whether corporate social responsibilities have been fulfilled and social 6 07-37675