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Shell: use your profits to clean up your mess - report on how Shell should fund local solutions for environmental and social destruction caused by its projects
Friends of the Earth International, 2007This report presents nine cases of socially and environmentally problematic projects in which Shell is involved. Each case contains concrete proposals and demands detailing how these problems can be addressed.DocumentThe current state of diamond mining in the Mano River basin and the use of diamonds as a tool for peacebuilding and development
International Alert, 2006This report describes the current state of the diamond industry in West Africa, providing both an overview of the sub-region and detailed analysis of countries including Cote D’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.DocumentMining in the Philippines: concerns and conflicts
World Conservation Union, 2007This report explores the effects of mining in the Philippines.DocumentA rich seam: who benefits from rising commodity prices?
Christian Aid, 2007Despite spectacular rises in the prices of commodity prices in oil, copper and gold, developing countries are scarcely benefiting from the rise in prices. This report reveals that mining company profits have risen eight times from 2002- 2005, while many of the developing countries from which the commodities are exported receive very little in either tax or royalties.DocumentThe lost world: diamond mining and smuggling in Venezuela
Partnership Africa Canada, 2006This report looks at illicit diamond mining in Venezuela. The report find that though Venezuela annually produces an estimated 150,000 carats of diamonds, it has officially exported none since January 2005.DocumentMonitoring artisanal diamond mines: a workshop report
Global Witness, 2006This report summarises learning from a workshop held in Sierra Leone on experiences gained from monitoring artisanal diamond mining in Sierra Leone.DocumentDoes oil corrupt?: evidence from a natural experiment in West Africa
ESRC Global Poverty Research Group, 2006This paper is an attempt to deepen knowledge on the relationships between natural resources and corruption. Specifically, the paper attempts to understand whether there is a causal relationship from natural resource abundance to corruption. The paper analyses the case of São Tomé and Príncipe.DocumentOperation Kissonde: the diamonds of humiliation and misery
Cuango.net, 2006This report describes abuses by security companies employed by diamond firms in Cuango, Angola, including killings, beatings, sexual abuse and torture.The report documents how, Cuango, in Lunda-Norte province, northeast Angola, is a magnet for migrant workers seeking opportunities in prohibited artisan diamond mining and is home to three joint-venture diamond-mining enterprises.DocumentKilling kimberley?: conflict diamonds and paper tigers
Partnership Africa Canada, 2006This report describes the current problems facing the Kimberley Process (KP), and the remedial action that is required if governments and industry are serious about ending conflict diamonds.DocumentBenefit streams from mining in Tanzania: case studies from Geita and Mererani
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2006This report looks at the management of social and economic benefit streams in two mining communities in northern Tanzania; Geita and Mererani. Case studies within the report show that at the local level, poor local governance has opened up for corruption in benefit streams management.Pages
