rechnet kurzfristig mit Übertragung der Minenrechte :
Aus Post- Courier:
Thursday 11th November, 2010
New mine for B’ville
By GORETHY KENNETH
BOUGAINVILLE is bracing for a new mine opening once the mining powers are drawn down. And the Autonomous Bougainville Government is aware of the preparation that has been carried out by Bougainvilleans and their international partners to open and operate the mine between Tinputz and Wakunai once all the necessary criteria and legal papers are in place.
But the issue has not gone unchallenged – a petition has already been received from the regional women representative for central Bougainville Joan Jerome on behalf of the women of Kieta, Wakunai and Panguna.
The New Bougainville Mining Exploration Company is the company now under scrutiny.
The ABG has set up a committee to investigate the nature of the petition in particular, every aspect of the company including its foreign partner, to assess the situation and verify if the rights of the Wakunai people, including access and the benefit sharing, exploitation of natural resources, ownership, recognition of traditional ways, uses, customary laws as well as benefits to the eco-system are considered, and how major impact projects will affect the eco-systems of the Wakunai area.
ABG Speaker Andrew Miriki in his members’ update said that the ABG’s Parliamentary Sectoral and Advisory committee on Economic Development, Natural Resources and Taxation, set up to immediately address the issue of this new mining company will soon publish its terms of reference before the committee resumes the inquiry.
The committee, chaired by the ABG Atolls MP Frank Pasini Marena, held its first meeting last week. |
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