[Bhpbilliton] A Quick brainstorm request RE: BHP

[Jason MacLeod]

Hi all,

 

Apologies for not making it on the call. I have been sick for the last week.
I hope it went well though. 

 

I am working thru my emails now but just wanted to say I am still ok for
writing the raja ampat, west papua (nickel) case study. 

 

Warmly

 

Jason 

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From: Sakura Saunders [mailto:sakura.saunders at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 9 September 2009 12:08 PM
To: Natalie Lowrey
Cc: Andy Whitmore; Tanya Roberts-Davis; Mia Pepper; rod galicha;
geoff at piplinks.org; richardsolly at gn.apc.org; damai at bigpond.com;
bhpbilliton at lists.resist.ca
Subject: A Quick brainstorm request RE: BHP

 

Hey all!

Regarding the themes that we wish to highlight in the report that fall
outside of the individual case studies, I was thinking that it would be
great to have an idea of which campaigns to mention under the following
themes:

    .    Community Resistance
    .    Human Rights abuses
    .    Labor issues
    .    Protected Areas/No Go Zones
    .    Mining and Food
    .    Cultural / Sacred Sites
    .    Environment Destruction- water, waste etc.
    .    Displacement of Peoples
    .    Critique on BHP and Sustainable Development
    .    BHP influencing policy - subsidizing water and diesel / PNG laws
created by BHP
    .    BHP and climate change
    .    Off-Take Agreements

If your case study has a pressing story regarding one of these theme areas.
Please send me material, or even just a paragraph about it. These will
probably become either text boxes or full-page articles in report! (which we
still haven't decided on the length of.) Don't be shy to send examples in
more than one (or even a few) areas!

So far... these are what we are thinking of for a couple of the themes:



4. Labor: Case Studies

Ekati diamonds, Canada (Diamonds) (MiningWatch Canada)

Esconidida, Chile (Copper) (OLCA?)

Ravensthorpe, Western Australia (Nickel)

5.             Human Rights: Case Studies

Botswana (Diamonds) (Survival International)
www.survival-international.org/news/221

Hallmark Mine, Phillipines (CAFOD)

Cerrejon Coal, Colombia (OECD Watch)

6.             Environment and product safety: Case Studies

Ok Tedi, Papua New Guinea (MPI / Techa/Helen)

Tintaya, Peru (London Mining Network / OLCA)



Also, if you can think important dates in your campaign... we were thinking
of putting together a timeline of important dates.

Thanks so much!

-sakura

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