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## [Social] which emotion does this evoke in you

Released on 2012-08-25 09:00 GMT

Email-ID | 5405018
Date | 2010-08-24 20:16:29
From | michael.wilson@stratfor.com
To | social@stratfor.com
List-Name | social@stratfor.com

India backs tribes in Vedanta mining ruling
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A protester dressed as a &#039;Na&#039;vi&#039; from James Cameron&#039;s
film &#039;Avatar&#039; takes part in a demonstration as British mining
giant Vedanta holds its annual general meeting in London in July 2010.
India&#039;s environment minister struck down a controversial mining
project Tuesday by multinational Vedanta that threatened a tribal group
whose fate had been compared to the stars of the film Avatar.
AFP - India's environment minister struck down a controversial mining
project Tuesday by multinational Vedanta that threatened a tribal group
whose fate had been compared to the stars of the film Avatar.
Jairam Ramesh rejected the proposal by British-based resource giant
Vedanta, owned by Indian businessman Anil Agarwal, to build an open-cast
bauxite mine in the Niyamgiri Hill range in the eastern state of Orissa.
The 8,000-strong Dongria Kondh tribespeople believe the remote hills are
the home of their God, Niyam Raja, and rely on the land for their crops
and livelihood.
Survival International, which fights for tribal groups, has run a highly
successful public relations campaign likening the plight of the Dongria
Kondh to the fictional Na'vi tribe in the blockbuster James Cameron film
Avatar.
Ramesh told reporters that clearance for the project had not been granted,
in line with a recommendation by a ministry advisory panel, because of the
need to protect tribal groups and because of past violations by Vedanta.
"Only after being reassured by the attorney general, I have gone ahead
with my decision -- upholding the recommendation of the panel (to block
the project) after due consideration," he said.
London-listed Vedanta, whose shares plummeted more than five percent on
Tuesday, wanted the mine in Orissa in order to secure a supply of bauxite
for a nearby aluminium refinery.
The proposed 125-billion-rupee (2.7-billion-dollar) investment has emerged
as a test case in India, pitting industrial development interests against
those of indigenous peoples and the environment.
Vedanta argues that the mine, which has been mired in controversy since
2005, would cause minimum disturbance to the remote hills and that mined
areas would be planted with trees once the bauxite was extracted.
Company officials have also stressed that the refinery and mine would help
alleviate poverty in the deeply deprived region, with the company
committed to providing jobs, health care, education and midday feeding
schemes to locals.
The rejection from Ramesh appears the final nail in the coffin for the
project and Vedanta has recently signalled that it is prepared to look for
another site.
In a statement, Ramesh referred to the "shocking" and "blatant disregard"
shown by Vedanta for protected tribal groups.
He added that there had been "very serious" violations of the Environment
Protection Act, the Forest Conservation Act and the Forest Rights Act by
the company .
Vedanta could not immediately be reached for comment on Tuesday.
In a report commissioned by Ramesh and made public earlier this month, a
panel of experts said the planned Vedanta project would threaten the "very
survival" of the Dongria Kondh.
The panel said going ahead with the open-caste mine would have a huge
environmental impact which would "drastically alter" the region's water
supply, affecting both ecological systems and human communities.
It also declared that Vedanta was in "illegal occupation" of 26 hectares
of land in the area at a time when the mine had yet to receive federal
approval.
About 120,000 trees would be felled to make way for the mine, the panel
said.
Deer, antelope, elephants and the rare Golden Gecko lizard are native to
the area.
Groups fighting for the Dongria Kondh were delighted by the news, while
the local state administration, which lobbied hard for the deal to go
through, expressed disappointment.
"The Dongria?s campaign became a litmus test of whether a small,
marginalized tribe could stand up to a massive multinational company,"
Survival International campaigner Jo Woodman said in a statement.
In Orissa, state Industries and Steel and Mines Minister Raghuanth Mohanty
said the decision was "extremely unfortunate".
--
Michael Wilson
Watch Officer, STRATFOR
Office: (512) 744 4300 ex. 4112
Email: michael.wilson@stratfor.com

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