Mariel de Jesus Water issues will be the focus of much of the world’s attention with the forthcoming World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden from
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Conflict minerals in DRC: An interview with Ferdinand Muhigirwa, SJ
Professor Ferdinand Muhigirwa , SJ was interviewed by Ecojesuit on conflict minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Professor Muhigirwa is currently the Managing Director of the Arupe Research and Training Center in Lumbashi, DRC.
“Conflict minerals” is an expression that comes out of the Dodd-Frank (Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection) Act, a US law passed on July 1, 2010. In Section 1502, you get this expression “conflict mineral” — meaning that there are minerals like gold, tin, tantalum and tungsten that are being taken out mainly by rebel groups out of conflict, violence, human rights abuses, and sex-based violence.
EITI in the Philippines, a step forward globally but problems remain locally
Pedro Walpole, SJ The Philippines was recently accepted as a candidate country to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a globally developed set of standards
Why there is local opposition to coal mining in Karanpura Valley in Jharkhand, India
Deepak Das The Hazaribagh Jesuits’ Dalit Vikas Centre at village Patra is in the middle of the Karanpura Valley, in India’s Jharkhand state. Its activities
The phenomenon of artisanal mining in Katanga, DRC
Alicia Alemán Arrastio The phenomenon of artisanal mining in Katanga, in the southern area of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), shows the impact of