Zero-tolerance, uranium and Greenland’s mining future

摘要: On 24 October 2013, Greenland’s parliament voted by a narrow margin to repeal the country’s zero-tolerance policy on mining of uranium and other radioactive materials. Mining activities energy industrial development plans have provoked political social debates within Greenland about nature such development, absence appropriate public participation, consultation, decision-making regulatory processes, concerns impacts extractive industries hunting fishing shortcomings environmental impact assessments. At same time, contested perceptions understandings environment become apparent with expressed local people grassroots organisations threats community viability, wildlife biodiversity. This article draws ethnographic work explore these issues reference current debate in specifically as objective or by-product ...