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7/2/2013
Investing in companies that flout local community rights in developing countries often leads to severe economic losses, according to a new report from the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI). A rising trend in "land grabbing" from Africa to ...
23/7/2011
Amnesty International has launched a scathing attack on
Vedanta, accusing the London-listed Indian miner of disregarding human rights and failing to protect the environment.
The criticism comes days before
Vedanta's annual meeting in ...
3/2/2011
Report:
indigenous people deserve right to refuse big companies
As large-scale
mining, logging, and plantations threaten
indigenous communities worldwide, a new report from the
indigenous rights NGO Amazon Watch states that when ...
24/12/2010
Avatar was the biggest cinematic event over the last year. Set in 2154, it tells the story of the violent displacement of
indigenous people from their jungle homes on a planet called Pandora, as a ruthless company searches for a precious mineral. ...
14/10/2010
When climate change negotiations ended on Saturday in Tianjin, China, it was on yet another bleak note. The gathering was the final meeting before the U.N. Climate Change Conference gets underway in Cancun in November, and the first time that ...
24/8/2010
India on Tuesday rejected a plan by UK-based
mining group
Vedanta Resources Plc to mine bauxite in an eastern state over environmental concerns, a blow to the firm already facing hurdles to a planned $9.6 billion (6.2 billion pound) energy deal ...
24/8/2010
India on Tuesday refused permission to a London-based company to mine bauxite for its alumina refinery in the country's east, citing violations of environmental and human rights laws.
The company,
Vedanta Resources, set up an alumina ...
17/8/2010
In the Indian state of Orissa a drama more wild than James Cameron's imaginings has been playing out. An
indigenous people, the Dongria Kondh, have spent years protesting the plans of British-based
mining giant
Vedanta Resources to build a ...
7/2/2010
The Church of England has dropped is 3.8 million pound stake (5.9 million US dollars) in controversial
mining company,
Vedanta Resources, citing concern over the company's human rights record. The Indian company has come under considerable ...
13/6/2009
It has been called the world's second "oil war", but the only similarity between Iraq and events in the jungles of northern Peru over the last few weeks has been the mismatch of force. On one side have been the police armed with automatic ...
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