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Cases Studies from Philippines and Papua

Indonesia and neighbouring southeast asian countries like the Philippines and Papua New Guinea are rich in large mineral deposits and are especially attractive for multinational mining companies to extract those because all those countries are among the world leading countries of corruption. Thus it is easy and only requires initial massive bribing on all government levels to acquire permits and bypass strict environmental regulations which in other countries would be impossible. It is also relatively easy to hide leaking cases.

There is an endless list of the violation of environmental regulations, leaking cases, contamination of environment and people, violation of human rights attached to the numerous mining enterprises that operate over South East Asia. Most of the 26 deep-ocean tailings disposal enterprises that are up and running or at the planning stage are located in South East Asia. Most still employ the land disposal though building dams. Whatever system employed though - It is an illusion to believe that there won’t be desasters. All cases described are taken from Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Issues:

• An Encyclopedia. Irian Jaya/Papua New Guinea by Bruce E. Johansen, Professor of Communication and Native American Studies University of Nebraska at Omaha

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