The Witness: Thu, 5 Apr 2007
By Craig Bishop

Wild Coast under threat if govt approves dune mining application DUNE mining the Wild Coast will send close to 200 endemic species into extinction.

That is according to the Sustaining the Wild Coast (SWC) campaign, which has called on government to reject a recent application for a licence to dune-mine minerals along the Pondoland Wild Coast by Australian mining company Mineral resources Commodities and its local associates, Transworld Energy and Mineral Resources and Xolco. [Read more...]

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Sustaining the Wild Coast (SWC) calls upon the government of South Africa to reject out of hand the recent application for a licence to mine dune minerals along the Pondoland Wild Coast by Australian mining company Mineral Resources Commodities and its local associates, Transworld Energy and Mineral Resources and Xolco.

This call is made out of concern that the current process of decision making with respect to mining developments does not fall within the jurisdiction of normal environmental impact assessment procedure, does not allow for an independent process of review, potentially contravenes South Africa’s commitments under the Convention of Biological Diversity, and does not insist on a holistic cost benefit analysis of the merits or demerits of various development options for the region. [Read more...]

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