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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Mines Operating Without Requisite Water Use Licences: Acting with Impunity Exacerbating Environmental Degradation
"For the past two years, there has been ongoing engagement between civil society, community organisations, academic institutions and law clinics increasingly concerned about the impacts of mining on the environment and on the communities that rely on those natural resources. This coalition has now evolved into a Mining, Environment and Community Alliance that works together to implement a civil society legal strategy to promote environmental compliance, transparency and accountability in mining." Source and read more here on Lawyers for Human Rights's website.
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