Uthenga wa 'No More Mining' wotengedwa kwa osunga ndalama a PNG

Uthenga wa 'No More Mining' wotengedwa kwa osunga ndalama a PNG
Bank of South Pacific anafunsa za ndalama mu migodi yakuya nyanja

ZOCHITA: PNG MINING & POLLUTION DIVESTMENT PROTEST
NTHAWI: Lachiwiri 2 December, 2014 nthawi ya 12:00 pm
DZIKO: Sydney Hilton Hotel, 488 George St, Sydney, Australia
SYDNEY | Msonkhano wa 13 wa PNG Mining ndi Petroleum Investment ku Sydney's Hilton Hotel kuchokera ku 1st mpaka 3rd ya December akulandira kukakamizidwa kuchokera kwa omenyera ufulu wa anthu ndi zachilengedwe ponena za kupitirizabe kugulitsa migodi ku Papua New Guinea zomwe zakhala zikuwononga midzi ndi chilengedwe kuyambira 1972. .

Dan Jones, woimira maphunziro a Melanesia adati, "Kuchokera ku Bougainville kupita ku Ok Tedi, ku Porgera ndi Ramu Nickel ku Madang, makampani opangira ndalama akupitirizabe kuchepetsa phindu kuti apeze phindu lomwe limayambitsa kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe ndi chipwirikiti chomwe chikupitiriza kuyambitsa chipwirikiti, kusagwirizana ndi kusagwirizana. mikangano yoopsa.”

Chiwopsezo chaposachedwa ku PNG ndi msika watsopano wa 'malire' a migodi yakuya m'nyanja. Chilolezo choyamba padziko lonse lapansi chogwiritsira ntchito mgodi wakuya wapanyanja ku Papua New Guinea chaperekedwa kwa kampani yaku Canada ya Nautilus Minerals. Nautilus akuyankhula pamsonkhano wamakampani a PNG ku Sydney.

Natalie Lowrey, Acting Coordinator, Deep Sea Mining Campaign adati, "Nautilus Environmental Impact Assessment (EIS) ndi yolakwika kwambiri[1], kapena Precautionary Principle[2] kapena Free Precaution and Informed Consent[3] sanatsatire ngakhale ikukula. otsutsa ku Papua New Guinea[4]. Izi zimangosokoneza anthu a ku PNG omwe sanapange chisankho chodziwitsa ngati akufuna kukhala nkhumba zamakampani atsopano ngati amenewa. "

Bank of South Pacific (BSP), wothandizira komanso wowonetsa pamsonkhanowu, alola kuti polojekiti ya Nautilus ipite patsogolo itayima. BSP, yomwe imadziona ngati banki 'yobiriwira' ku Pacific idapereka ngongole ya $120 miliyoni (2% yazinthu zonse za BSP) ku PNG pamtengo wa 15%. Ndalamazo zikuyenera kutulutsidwa ku Nautilus kuchokera ku akaunti ya escrow pa 11 Disembala.

"Kampeni ya Deep Sea Mining yatumiza kalata yolumikizana ndi bungwe la NGO Bismarck Ramu Gulu lochokera ku PNG kupita ku BSP kufunsa ngati apanga chiwopsezo chonse pa ngongole yake ku boma la PNG lomwe likulola kuti ntchitoyi ipite patsogolo - mpaka pano takhala nawo. palibe yankho kwa iwo.

"Kalatayo iperekedwa pamsonkhano wolimbikitsa BSP kuti iganizire mozama za kuopsa kwa mbiri yake yomwe imati ndi banki yobiriwira kwambiri ku Pacific ndikuchotsa ngongole nthawi isanathe."

Jones anapitiriza kunena kuti: “Anthu ambiri a ku Papua New Guinea saona ubwino wolonjezedwa ndi migodi, mafuta ndi gasi, komabe ndalama zikupitirizabe kuyenda bwino m’mapulojekiti ngakhale kuti pali mavuto aakulu amene akupitiriza kubweretsa kwa anthu azikhalidwe zosiyanasiyana zaulimi amene amadalira ukhondo. malo ndi njira zamadzi kuti tipulumuke. ”

"Anthu aku Papua New Guinea akufuna thandizo pazochita zawo, monga kuwonjezera phindu kumakampani omwe alipo kale a koko ndi kokonati. Pakuchulukirachulukira kwa misika yogulitsa zakudya zamagulu azaumoyo omwe amagwiritsa ntchito kokonati ndi koko m'zaka zaposachedwa ndi bizinesi yomwe PNG ikulephera kuchitapo kanthu. "

"Kutukuka kwa anthu a ku Papua New Guinea sikungowonjezera ndalama zomwe zimapindulitsa ndalama zakunja ndi akuluakulu a boma. Kukula kwenikweni kumaphatikizapo chitukuko cha chikhalidwe kuphatikizapo miyambo yosamalira chilengedwe, maudindo ndi kugwirizana kwauzimu kumtunda ndi nyanja. "

ZOTHANDIZA ZAMBIRI:
Daniel Jones +61 447 413 863, [imelo ndiotetezedwa]

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