Plans for bauxite mine in Suriname reignite Indigenous land rights debate

Mongabay
Jan 16, 2025, 1:10 pm465 ptsHotTop
Plans for a major mining project in western Suriname have sounded alarms in nearby Indigenous communities, who say that the project will destroy local ecosystems, violate their land rights and encroach on their traditional ways of life. A bauxite mine run by Chinese corporation Chinalco could begin operating in…

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