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Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas

… these and other threats to upland watersheds such as mining, global warming, tourism and urbanization, have put … Others work as day labourers for commercial forestry and mining companies. However, a growing number of mountain men … the benefits from mountain rangeland, water, forests and mining are important steps towards alleviating poverty in …
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Water as a human right?

… In a landmark decision concerning the Eppawela Phosphate Mining Project, the Sri Lankan Supreme Court said that the … citing Shala Zia, found in the Salt Miners Case150 that mining companies have violated the right of citizens by … v. Godawi Marble Industries, it was held that a marble mining operation contaminating the water supplies and the …
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Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… destroyed for building ships and railways. Geologists and mining engineers, who have done geological surveys, tell us … Supreme Court investigated the ecological hazards of the mining in the Doon Valley through commissions and closed some … proof of causation between the fluoride levels and coal mining activity. But the case collapsed when the head of the …
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Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power

… hunting but more from other wild products and artisanal mining, although the latter differences are not statistically … land uses such as large-scale forest plantations, mining projects and commercial agriculture, which not only … argument applies to natural resource industries (such as mining and forestry), which do not have a good record of …
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Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies

… such as land clearing, exploitation of flora and fauna, mining, etc. (Poffenberger et al., 1996). From an …
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