EIA and Human Rights Fact-Finding in the Porgera Watershed
- Lead PI: Joshua D. Fisher
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Unit Affiliation: Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity (AC4)
- January 2015 - June 2019
- Inactive
- Oceania ; Papua New Guinea
- Project Type: Research
DESCRIPTION: This project has assessed the impacts of mining and environmental contamination for communities and ecosystems in the Porgera Valley.
OUTCOMES: Knowledge generated for stakeholders of Porgera gold mine.
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SPONSOR:
Earth Institute, AC4, Columbia University Human Rights Law Clinic RESEARCH TEAM:
Tess Russo, Sarah KnuckeyCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY COLLABORATORS:
Columbia University Human Rights ClinicEXTERNAL COLLABORATORS:
Penn State UniversityWEBSITE:
https://www.climate-diplomacy.org/news/water-insecurity-climate-change-exacerbates-tensions-between-companies-and-communitiesPUBLICATIONS:
Journal Article on Arsenic Mobilization (under review)
KEYWORDS
resource management water mining fisheriesTHEMES
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