Against the tide: the Montagne d'Or project relaunched in French Guiana
Audio 48:30
Opponents of the “Montagne d'Or” project on August 9, 2018 in Cayenne, Guyana.
(Illustrative photo) AFP - JODY AMIET
By: Anne-Cécile Bras Follow
50 min
The Cayenne Administrative Court therefore "ordered the French State to extend" the concession so that 85 tonnes of gold could be extracted by cyanidation in a closed circuit for twelve years.
15 km2 of Amazon rainforest would therefore be razed while Emmanuel Macron is organizing a One planet summit on biodiversity, the French mining code is being revised and the French government has just unveiled its ambitious national strategy for protected areas.
What happened ?
Publicity
Guests:
-
Sébastien Mabile,
lawyer specializing in environmental law, vice-president of
the IUCN
Commission on Environmental Law and Policy
-
Marine Calmet,
lawyer, spokesperson for the
Or de question
association
and founder of the
Wild legal
association
.
- Report in Guyana by Igor Strauss.
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