"They destroyed everything" : mining and human rights in Malawi / [written by Katharina Rall]
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Rall, Katharina, (author.)
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Human Rights Watch (Organization), (publisher, , issuing body.)
- ISBN 9781623134068
- Publicerad: [New York, N.Y.] : Human Rights Watch, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2016
- Engelska 1 online resource
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- Map -- Summary -- Key recommendations -- Methodology -- I. Background -- II. Gaps and weaknesses in Malawi's legal framework -- III. Karonga District: Malawi's mining experiment -- IV. Reform efforts -- V. Government and company response -- VI. Regional and international legal oblligations -- VII. Recommendations -- Acknowledgments.
- "The report, "'They Destroyed Everything': Mining and Human Rights in Malawi," examines the impact of extractive industries on communities in some of Malawi's first mining areas, in Karonga district located on the northwestern shores of Lake Malawi. Malawi's government has promoted private investment in mining and resource extraction to diversify its economy. But environmental risks are common in resource extraction and mining significantly contributes to climate change, which in turn affects governments#x0; ability to realize the rights to health, water, and food."--Publisher's description.
Ämnesord
- Mineral industries -- Social aspects -- Malawi. (LCSH)
- Mineral industries -- Government policy -- Malawi -- 21st century. (LCSH)
- Land use -- Social aspects -- Malawi. (LCSH)
- Human rights -- Malawi -- 21st century. (LCSH)
- Economic history. (fast)
- Human rights. (fast)
- Land use -- Social aspects. (fast)
- Mineral industries -- Government policy. (fast)
- Mineral industries -- Social aspects. (fast)
- Social conditions. (fast)
- Malawi -- Social conditions -- 21st century. (LCSH)
- Malawi -- Economic conditions -- 21st century. (LCSH)
- Malawi. (fast)
- 2000-2099 (fast)
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- HD9506.M32 (LCC)
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