Antinuclear

World Heritage Parks not necessarily immune from uranium mining

Don’t let’s get too complacent about UNESCO naming Koongarra as a World Heritage National Park. The French nuclear company AREVA is still ruthlessly pursuing its goal of mining uranium there.  And look what an Australian uranium company is doing in a UNESCO Heritage Park in the magnificent Tanzanian ecology.

Aust firm mines uranium in game reserve, Sydney Morning Herald, July 5, 2011, Australia’s Mantra Resources will start mining in late 2012 in the southern part of the 54,600-square kilometre park estimated to have 24.4 million kilogrammes) of uranium oxide deposits……

Tanzania will begin uranium mining in its southern Selous Game Reserve, Africa’s second-largest wildlife sanctuary and a UNESCO heritage site, the energy minister said……

he voiced optimism about getting clearance from the national environmental authorities and added that a UNESCO team would visit Tanzania for verification…..Environmentalists argue that the road project will endanger wildlife and disrupt the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebras from the Serengeti to the Maasai Mara in neighbouring Kenya….http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/aust-firm-mines-uranium-in-game-reserve-20110705-1h0w9.html

July 6, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, politics international