Clean up the mess - Bougainville's destructive #gold mining
“In 2020, the Human Rights Law Centre, acting on behalf of 156 Bougainville community residents, lodged a complaint with the Australian government, alleging serious adverse environmental and human rights impacts linked to the ongoing #pollution from the mine.
#wetlands and forests have been destroyed and replaced with large swathes of mud and tailings sludge.”
#Bougainville #Mining #remediation #legacy #water tailings #waste

#RioTinto facing lawsuit from #Panguna landowners in #Bougainville #Mining https://headtopics.com/au/rio-tinto-facing-suit-from-panguna-landowners-38328238

Say hello to this #Bougainville .
#photography #mastoart #camera #google #photooftheday #planet #nature

Independent assessment of former #Bougainville #mine due to open https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/480185/independent-assessment-of-former-bougainville-mine-due-to-open #RioTinto #mining

A U.S. Marine takes aim during the Bougainville Campaign - Solomon Islands 1st Nov 1943 to 21st Aug 1945
#worldwartwo #worldwar2 #ww2 #worldatwar #secondworldwar #conflict #history #worldwartwopictures #war #worldwar2pictures #historyofwar #historyofwarfare #usmc #usmarines #warinthepacific #bougainville #solomonislands

Heard of #Bougainville ?

The people of this small island managed to fight off mine owners and the Papua New Guinean army for years, initially with stick weapons before capturing modern weaponry... Watch the Coconut Revolution! ✊ 🥥 ✊

They had an independence referendum in 2019—which was almost unanimous for independence http://bougainville-referendum.org/

As this nascant nation forms, already the vultures are circling for the islands $84Bn of Copper and Gold reserves... 😰

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-14/bougainville-is-sitting-on-an-actual-gold-mine/11790498

And check out the classic documentary Coconut Revolution https://youtu.be/1Sl8KJDOqK4

RT @londonmining@twitter.com

If you're homeschooling/activitying,take a look at our new education resource about the pacific island of #Bougainville! Questions will be asked at tomorrow's @RioTinto@twitter.com big meeting about why it hasn't cleaned up its toxic mining mess on this island yet. Read about those resisting https://twitter.com/susietsegay/status/1247633004396253184

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/londonmining/status/1247640157534248961

The people of #Bougainville voted 98% in favor of full independence from Indonesia in Nov/Dec last year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Bougainvillean_independence_referendum

Never heard of the place? Watch #TheCoconutRevolution for a 50 minute dive into the super inspiring native-led, deeply-green struggles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sl8KJDOqK4&bpctr=1580823726

(p.s. the coconut really has a star role #coconutPower)