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14 Aug Developers, miners attack heritage laws (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Posted at 20:09h in News, Posts

MINING and development groups have condemned proposed fines of up to $1.1 million for destroying indigenous heritage in NSW, saying the new laws are unfair, will hold up development and could mean innocent company directors would be prosecuted...

13 Aug Big influence, tiny reserves: Calls grow louder for change in way the Assembly of First Nations elects its chief (The Globe and Mail)

Posted at 20:16h in News, Posts

Native leaders across the country are calling for a new way to select the head of the Assembly of First Nations as they dissect this summer's dramatic all-night leadership convention in Calgary...

13 Aug Government opens up mining concessions near Ecuador border: Indigenous lands threatened by new mining activities (Latin American Press)

Posted at 19:47h in News, Posts

The global economic crisis has done little to deter new mining development in mineral-rich Peru. According to the fourth annual report on mining conflicts prepared by Peruvian nongovernmental organizations CooperAcción, Fedepaz and Grufides, which was presented July 15, 2 million hectares of land were concessioned...

Author: Michael Murphy

14 Aug Developers, miners attack heritage laws (The Sydney Morning Herald)

13 Aug Big influence, tiny reserves: Calls grow louder for change in way the Assembly of First Nations elects its chief (The Globe and Mail)

13 Aug Government opens up mining concessions near Ecuador border: Indigenous lands threatened by new mining activities (Latin American Press)