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