Petersham, Australia:
Papua New Guinea’s remote Western Province the landowners are in a
complex struggle with a multinational over their rights and their
environment.
BHP has dumped billions of tonnes of tailings from their Ok Tedi copper mine into the Ok Tedi and Fly River systems since 1987.
In 2001, landowners enlisted the support of Australian lawyers, Slater
and Gordon to pressure the mine to stick to an earlier commitment to
clean up the mine waste from the river. However the legal process took a
dramatic turn when BHP decided to ‘exit’ the mine.
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