Last month, 178 nation states voted to prohibit all exports of hazardous wastes, including electronic wastes and obsolete ships containing asbestos and other toxics, which are sent for breaking-up in countries such as India and …
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Basel amendment on hazardous waste moves dramatically closer to implementation
UN Expert on Indigenous Peoples Rights will focus on Extractive Industries
On 17 October 2011, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples told its General Assembly that he receives “on a daily basis, allegations of violations of the rights of indigenous peoples in …
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Indigenous peoples suffer abuses in race for natural resources – UN rights expert
The UN’s Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples has warned the the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva of numerous violations of Indigenous Peoples rights, triggered by extractive enterprises encroaching on their territories.…
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UN tells UK: ensure your mining companies respect human rights
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has now added the UK to the list of countries, about which concerns have been raised following reports of “adverse effects of operations by …
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International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, 9 August 2011
Statement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, for 9 August, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
… In India, social unrest and conflicts over land acquisition for development …
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UK groups call on UN to call UK Government to book over corporate racism
Submissions to the UN Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 79th Session with regard to the United Kingdom’s responsibility to ensure respect for the rights of Indigenous Peoples overseas in …
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Rio Tinto’s Ranger uranium mine still poses threat to Aboriginal Australians
The Mirrar, traditional owners of Koongarra, have won their battle for the modification of borders to their uranium-rich territory and this will now be included within the boundaries of the existing Kakadu National Park World …
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Climate news
‘Climate capitalism’ won at Cancun – everyone else loses
Positive spin about the global climate summit in Cancun is based on reaching international consensus and establishing instruments to manage the crisis using market-based strategies – …
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Nuclear news
The government isn’t telling us the true cost of nuclear waste disposal
UK plans for ten new nuclear power plants will create £80 billion worth of radioactive waste that we still have no secure way …
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US “supports” UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – or does it?
President Obama stated that the US now “supports” the United Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. US support is no trivial change in policy, since the US was the last of the original four …
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Climate change and mining
Global warming, mining, new “Cold War” go hand in hand
The USA and Canada have markedly increased joint efforts to assert sovereignty over the Arctic sea-bed and the vast natural resources lying there. If exploited, …
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“Costing Nature” reaches take-off point
The “mission” to cost environmental destruction, and include the loss of natural resources in government and business balance sheets, has reached a new stage.
The final report of “The Economics of Ecoystems and Biodiversity” (TEEB) …
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