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Saturday, November 06, 2010

Botswana Diamonds

A different viewpoint. According to Survival International the Bushmen were illegally evicted from their ancestral lands to make way for diamond mining. At the time, the government denied a significant diamond deposit on their land existed. Eight years later, Gem Diamonds, which bought the concession from De Beers, is in negotiations to construct a $3.3 billion mine at one of the Bushman communities. Good/bad news, really.

Useful links:
http://www.survivalinternational.org
http://www.wilderness-safaris.com
http://www.gemdiamonds.com

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