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how one mine destroyed an island

  • Written by Matthew G. Allen, Professor of Development Studies, The University of the South Pacific
how one mine destroyed an islandLocals living downstream of the abandoned mine pan for gold in mine waste. Matthew Allen, Author provided

This week, 156 people from the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, an island in Papua New Guinea, petitioned the Australian government to investigate Rio Tinto over a copper mine that devastated their homeland.

In 1988, disputes around the...

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