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by Fidelis E. Satriastanti, The Jakarta Globe, July 9, 2009
An activist on Wednesday harshly criticized mining as a tool for
economic development, saying it should be the last option
explored due to the social, economic and environmental upheaval
it caused. “There is no such thing as sustainable mining. It’s a myth —
there is nothing about mining that is sustainable,” said Siti
Maimunah, the national coordinator of the Mining Advocacy
Network, an NGO.
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We, representative of peasants, workers, fisherman, women, human rights defenders, environmentalists, students, civil society movements who join the Asian People’s movement against ADB, gathered in Bali concurrently with the Annual Governors' Meeting of ADB which took place on 2-5 may 2009, assure that ADB will not be the answer to the current crises. |
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