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Australian miners test Mongolian frontier

Source: , Australian Associated Press

Mongolia is not being short-changed as foreign miners rush to take a slice of its enormous mineral wealth, Australian explorers operating in the vast Asian nation say.

EU cohesion funds spent on 'harmful' projects

Source: Martin Banks, The Parliament Magazine

A new report claims that "substantial" environmental and social harm is being caused by EU-funded projects.

Friends of the Earth Europe and CEE Bankwatch Network mapped 33 "harmful" projects in central and eastern Europe with total costs of €16bn.

EU states resist plan for greener cohesion funds

Source: Charlotte Owen, ENDS Europe

Member states are opposing proposals to earmark some cohesion funds for low-carbon projects under the next EU budget and to make funding conditional on compliance with environmental laws, according to green groups.

Comments to draft EBRD country strategy for Romania

Kaart brengt foute EU-projecten in beeld

Source: Bari Bates, Inter Press Service

Tientallen door de Europese Unie (EU) gefinancierde projecten zijn slecht voor het milieu of sociaal onwenselijk. CEE Bankwatch Network en Friends of the Earth Europe hebben vandaag (donderdag) in Brussel een kaart met 33 "foute" projecten gepubliceerd.

Het gaat om projecten die al van start zijn gegaan of waarvan nog beoordeeld wordt of ze voor financiering in aanmerking komen. In totaal is er 16 miljard euro gemoeid met de initiatieven.

Ecologistas denuncian obras con fondos europeos que danan el medioambiente

Source: , EFE

Bruselas, 2 feb (EFE).- La organización ecologista Amigos de la Tierra Europa denunció hoy que parte de los fondos de cohesión de la Unión Europea (UE) va a parar a proyectos que resultan dañinos para el medio ambiente y pidió que se endurezca la normativa europea para impedirlo.

Billions of EU funds wasted on dead-end investments

Brussels - Substantial environmental and social harm is being caused by controversial projects costing billions of euros of EU money, according to research published today by Friends of the Earth Europe and CEE Bankwatch Network.

Mongolia: Mining Project Leaving Herders Without Livelihoods

Source: , Global Voices Online

Mining projects in Mongolia promise development of social and economic infrastructure and a way to alleviate poverty, but on the wayside, local communities near the mines are feeling the negative impact as their environment and traditional livelihoods are affected.

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/02/02/mongolia-mining-project-leaving...

Bergbau-Bonanza in Mongolei bedroht lokale Bevölkerung und Klima

Source: , Saarländische Online-Zeitung

Berlin – Die Umweltschutz und Menschenrechtsorganisation Urgewald, CEE Bankwatch und OT Watch veröffentlichen diese Woche den Bericht über eine Recherchereise in die Mongolei (1). Darin stehen die Auswirkungen des Bergbaubooms auf die lokale Bevölkerung im Mittelpunkt. Sie werden in der Berichterstattung über den geplanten Börsengang von Tavan Tolgoi, dem weltgrößten unerschlossenem Kohlegebiet, weitgehend ignoriert (2).

Bankwatch Network: Кумтөрдө табият талкаланууда

Source: , BBC Kyrgyzstan

Эл аралык финансы уюмдарынын ишмердүүлүгүнө байкоо салган, Кошмо штаттарындагы Bankwatch Network аттуу уюм, Борбор Азиядагы алтындын эң ири кени болуп эсептелген Ысык-Көлдүн Барскон деген жеринде алтын казган Канадалык “Центерра Гоулд” компаниясын айлана-чөйрөгө олуттуу зыян келтирип жатканын жаап-жашырууда, деп айыптап чыкты.

Уюмдун билдирүүсүндө, “Центерра Гоулд” жергиликтүү дарыя-булактардын суусун химикаттар менен ууландырып, бүтүндөй Борбор Азия аймагынын суу булагы болгон мөнгүлөргө коркунуч келтиргени айтылат.

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