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Environmental Conservation and Mining: Strange Bedfellows in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea

Environmental Conservation and Mining: Strange Bedfellows in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New... <p>Since the 1970s the residents of Maimafu village, a rural settlement in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, have been affected by both an environmental conservation project and a series of gold mining explorations on their lands. The paper examines this history of conservation and mining and shows how residents of Maimafu have struggled to interpret the promises made by ecologists and miners. Using stories about a mining study tour some residents took to the Porgera mine, the paper also discusses how people come to imagine what their future might look like if mining begins taking place on their lands.</p> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Contemporary Pacific University of Hawai'I Press

Environmental Conservation and Mining: Strange Bedfellows in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea

The Contemporary Pacific , Volume 18 (2) – Jul 27, 2006

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University of Hawai'I Press
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Copyright © 2006 University of Hawai'i Press.
ISSN
1527-9464

Abstract

<p>Since the 1970s the residents of Maimafu village, a rural settlement in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, have been affected by both an environmental conservation project and a series of gold mining explorations on their lands. The paper examines this history of conservation and mining and shows how residents of Maimafu have struggled to interpret the promises made by ecologists and miners. Using stories about a mining study tour some residents took to the Porgera mine, the paper also discusses how people come to imagine what their future might look like if mining begins taking place on their lands.</p>

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The Contemporary PacificUniversity of Hawai'I Press

Published: Jul 27, 2006

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