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Uranium exploration in West Arnhem Land : a report for the Environment Centre Northern Territory and the Australian Conservation Foundation

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Title

Uranium exploration in West Arnhem Land : a report for the Environment Centre Northern Territory and the Australian Conservation Foundation,

Other title

Report for the Environment Centre Northern Territory and the Australian Conservation Foundation,

Creator

Scott, Gary, Wakeham, Mark,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT,

Date

2001-11,

Location

Arnhem Land,

Abstract

This report is one contribution towards assisting traditional owners to make better-informed decisions about whether to allow uranium exploration on their country. It is a modest attempt to redress the current informational and procedural imbalance in the exploration licence negotiations process in West Arnhem Land.,

Notes

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).,

Table of contents

Introduction -- Legislative context -- Exploration in the Northern Land Council region -- The five stages of exploration -- Current exploration campaigns -- Case study - Tin Camp Creek/Myra Falls 1996/97 -- Aboriginal concerns - environmental and social impacts of mining and exploration -- The uranium transnational corporations - Cogema, Cameco and Rio Tinto -- Uneconomic uranium -- The way forward,

Language

English,

Subject

Uranium mines and mining, Northern Territory, Arnhem Land,

Publisher name

Environment Centre N.T.,

Place of publication

Darwin,

Format

32 pages : some colour illustrations, some colour maps ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf,

Use

Copyright,

Copyright owner

Environment Centre N.T.,

License

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2019C00042,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/265189,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/265189

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