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Filer C. (ed.), Le Meur Pierre-Yves (ed.). (2017). Large-scale mines and local-level politics: between New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea. Canberra : Australian National University Press, 434 p. (Asia-Pacific Environment Monograph ; 12). Mining and mining policy in the Pacific: history, challeges and perspectives, Nouméa (NCL), 21-25/11/2011. ISBN 978-1-76046-149-2. ISSN 000-0000.

Titre du document
Large-scale mines and local-level politics: between New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea
Année de publication
2017
Type de document
Ouvrage
Auteurs
Filer C., Le Meur Pierre-Yves (ed.)
Source
Canberra : Australian National University Press, 2017, 434 p. (Asia-Pacific Environment Monograph ; 12). ISBN 978-1-76046-149-2 ISSN 000-0000
Colloque
Mining and mining policy in the Pacific: history, challeges and perspectives, Nouméa (NCL), 21-25/11/2011
Despite the difference in their populations and political status, New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea have comparable levels of economic dependence on the extraction and export of mineral resources. For this reason, the costs and benefits of large-scale mining projects for indigenous communities has been a major political issue in both jurisdictions, and one that has come to be negotiated through multiple channels at different levels of political organisation. The ‘resource boom’ that took place in the early years of the current century has only served to intensify the political contests and conflicts that surround the distribution of social, economic and environmental costs and benefits between community members and other ‘stakeholders’ in the large-scale mining industry. However, the mutual isolation of Anglophone and Francophone scholars has formed a barrier to systematic comparison of the relationship between large-scale mines and local-level politics in Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia, despite their geographical proximity. This collection of essays represents an effort to overcome this barrier, but is also intended as a major contribution to the growth of academic and political debate about the social impact of the large-scale mining industry in Melanesia and beyond.
Plan de classement
Secteur minier et énergie [096ENERG]
Descripteurs
EXPLOITATION DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ; DEVELOPPEMENT ECONOMIQUE ; CONFLIT SOCIAL ; GESTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT ; ANTHROPOLOGIE ECONOMIQUE ; DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE ; DROITS DES PEUPLES AUTOCHTONES ; INDUSTRIE MINIERE ; POLITIQUE LOCALE
Description Géographique
NOUVELLE CALEDONIE ; PAPOUASIE NOUVELLE GUINEE
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F A010073831] ; Nouméa
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010073831
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