Indigenous Local communities signal intent to prevent ocean dumping Ramu mine In a public letter to the new Chinese owners of the Ramu nickel mine, local indigenous communities along the Rai Coast and Ramu River in PNG have signalled their intent to prevent the development of the Ramu mine from destroying their resources and livelihood.    more»   Indigenous Much of the economic development which large mines create comes at the expense of indigenous people. Many indigenous groups have a sacred conection with the land which is broken when mining companies forcibly remove people from their land.    more» Papua New Guinea: Land of the Unexplained Australian mining companies operating in Papua New Guinea do not have a good history of succeeding in being transparent with their host communities about the impacts their operations will bring.    more» Latest Campaign Updates Campaigns : Indigenous 08 May 2008 Porgera operations subject to shareholder concern in Canada: Ipili representatives travel from Porgera mine to seek justice Ipili leaders are raising concerns over the conduct of Barrick Gold's Porgera operation in the PNG Highlands in Canada at the companys' annual general meeting today after concerned shareholders provided them with proxies to attend the event.    more» >> View all Indigenous Campaign Updates <<

Latest Media Releases Campaigns : Indigenous 30 Mar 2008 Wiradjuri Elder exposes mine pit collapse at Lake Cowal Wiradjuri Traditional Owner, Neville 'Chappy' Williams, has exposed a massive collapse at Barrick’s Cowal Gold Project in Lake Cowal, 45 km north-west of West Wyalong, central western NSW.    more» Campaigns : Indigenous 25 Mar 2008   PNG – FULL OF KOKODAS BUT WHERE THE BLOODY HELL ARE AUSTRALIANS All over Papua New Guinea mining companies, many of which have Australian connections, are destroying sites of cultural, economic and spiritual significance to local people. Traditional burial sites, hunting and fishing grounds, subsistence gardens, waterways and forests are often destroyed by the construction of mine sites and the disposal of wastes containing a cocktail of heavy metals and processing chemicals. Australia is silent while communities in our near Pacific neighbour lose their livelihoods, their social fabric and their environment.    more» >> View all Indigenous Media Releases << Latest Events Campaigns : Indigenous 29 Apr 2008   Meet the Resistance: a speaking tour of affected Indigenous communities The Mineral Policy Institute is supporting the 'Meet the Resistance: A Speaking Tour of Affected Indigenous Communities' which is traveling through the US and Canada from 21st April - 18th May. MPI's Communications Officer, Natalie Lowrey, is working with Ipili from Papua New Guinea and Wiradjuri from Australia, who are voicing their concerns about gold mining on their lands at the Seventh Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York and through the Indigenous Resistance Against Gold Mining tour.    more» >> View all Indigenous Events <<

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