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Mining news in brief

New regulation means cheap forests for mining Down to Earth No. 76-77 May 2008   New regulation means cheap forests for mining A new government regulation on n ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:10 - 0 attachments

The logging of West Papua

Human rights abuses connected to the logging industry will increase in West Papua as more forests are destroyed and the Indonesian security forces continue their business activities in a climate of impunity. ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:17 - 0 attachments

Call for new mining law to be delayed

... destruction. The 2005 Berlin Declaration, dated 18 September, comes fives years after the Berlin Declaration on cyanide-based ... to reject a project. ( Berlin Declaration  2005, 18/Sep/05)   ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:12 - 0 attachments

Business, human rights and climate in the UK-Indonesia relationship

... Rio Tinto, Churchill and the ill-fated Bumi Resources) [18] , the FCO report explains how the CCU’s 4-year project is aimed at ... .  [18] DTE website for more background.  [19] The President’s ...

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A nuclear future?

... S ydney Morning Herald  8/Nov/06; IAEA Staff Report 18/Dec/06 at http://www.iaea.org ; WALHI 15/Nov/06&10/Jan/07; Greenpeace, ...

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IFIs line up with companies to push GM crops

... NGO report on "golden" rice;  Suara Pembaruan  18/Aug/00; Guardian 10/Feb/01.)   Biotechnology and ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:20 - 0 attachments

Controversy over fatal shootings in Komodo National Park

... Two fishermen, Jaenul Arifin (25) and Mohamad Yamin (18) were shot dead on the spot. The report names one soldier and one navy ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:17 - 0 attachments

The global land-grab phenomenon

... and food crops (69,000 ha) in second and third place. [18] This data suggests that MIFEE is not primarily motivated by food and ... [18]   ...

Story - carolyn - 12/20/2011 - 15:48 - 0 attachments

Direct action against coal in Scotland

... fit into the UK picture as a whole? In the past 18 months 14 companies have applied to dig nearly 60 million tonnes of coal ...

Story - carolyn - 11/30/2010 - 15:37 - 0 attachments

Democracy, control and natural resources

... genuine decentralisation is implemented" ( Jakarta Post 18/July/00). At the same time, at local government level, the opportunities ...

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