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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Aboriginal Communities and Mining
On September 10th to 12th, 1999, the Innu Nation and MiningWatch Canada co-sponsored a gathering of aboriginal people from communities across Canada to address four questions:
Lasting Benefits from Beneath the Earth: Mining Nickel from Voisey's Bay in a Manner Compatible with the Requirements of Sustainable Development
This report by ecological economist Tom Green for the Innu Nation and was submitted to the Voisey's Bay Nickel Mine environmental assessment review in 1998. It is a thoughtful consideration of the limitations of mining projects potential contributions to sustainable development and continues to be highly relevant.
Executive Summary
This report was prepared at the request of Innu Nation to examine the economic implications of the proposed Voisey’s Bay Mine and Mill in preparation for the environmental assessment hearings into the undertaking.