Antinuclear

Join Aboriginal organisations in supporting Tanzanians against uranium mining

for a few years now some Australian ENGO’s and Aboriginal organisations have been supporting Tanzanian efforts against uranium mining.

Much of this has focussed on the planned Mkuju River project – started by the Australian junior Mantra Resources and since sold to the Russian ARMZ – a subsidiary of Rosatom.

Mkuju River is inside the Selous (Sea-Lou) Game Reserve – Tanzania’s largest protected area.

Selous was listed as World Heritage in Danger in 2014 because of the impacts of poaching, uranium mining, dams and other industrial activities.

At the upcoming session of the World Heritage Committee 10 – 20 July 2016 in Istanbul – there is a growing civil society push for the protection of World Heritage sites.

WWF has a petition happening to keep a focus on Selous – its focus is largely poaching and wildlife conservation – its outcome would also be a roadblock for uranium mining plans.
https://makeyourmark.panda.org/uk/selous

If you do such things then please sign and promote – we all know all the world is special, but this is a special place – and a brave bunch of resisters….

June 30, 2016 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | ACTION