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Government Must Cancel Mining in The Lower Zambezi National Park


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MINING STATEMENT 2019.pdf (630.2Kb)
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2019-11-04
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Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection
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Abstract
The economy of Zambia depends heavily on mining of Copper and other minerals. Despite its economic contributions, the mining industry has also brought the problem of environmental degradation. The High Court of Zambia has ruled that the controversial Kangaluwi open-cast copper mine project must go ahead in the heart of the Lower Zambezi National park. The site of the mine is between two seasonal rivers which flow directly into the Zambezi River. In the same vain, the mine’s tailings dams will be located just a few hundred meters above the valley floor, next to these rivers. The risk of pollution and collateral damage to the environment is high, as is the impact the mine will have on the wildlife in the area. In this regard The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) is appealing to the Government of Zambia to immediately cancel the Mining license in the Lower Zambezi National park, protect the country’s environmental well-being and the future inheritance of generations to come
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Pope Francis in his environmental encyclical, Laudato Si has encouraged us to care for our common home the “Environment“. This statement presents the concerns of JCTR with the type of mining developments in the lower Zambezi national park as it is not sustainable and a danger to the eco-system, biodiversity and the entire environmental wellbeing.
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JCTR (2019). Government must cancel Mining in the lower Zambezi National Park: Lusaka, Zambia. Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR).
Subject
Mining; Zambezi National Park
Publisher
Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection
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https://repository.jctr.org.zm/handle/20.500.14274/176
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