Links & Resources - August 2008

Vedanta Ruling

In an update to Gouri Sharma's article. The mining company Vedanta's efforts to mine for the mineral Bauxite on and around the Niyamgiri Mountain in Orissa, India has finally been given the go-ahead by the Indian Supreme Court.

Survival International - One of the more prominent NGO's raising awareness of Vedanta's plans at open cast mining on the Mountain gives the news here and its reaction to it.

Meanwhile Actionaid which have been persistently vocal in their opposition to the mining of that part of Orissa give their verdict here.


17th International Aids Conference Ends

The massed ranks of NGO workers, Academics, Civil Servants and concerned citizens left Mexico City under a cloud it seems of disappointment as Oxfam complains of an "air of complacency".

Kate Jongbloed over at Unpacking Development attended and her excellent reports back from the conference help form more of a complete picture of what occurred than many of the official or other Non Governmental accounts achieve.

Kate's first conference it seems and her impressions are written here, with some pictures here. There is also an interesting entry on the site about using Mircofinance in combating HIV/Aids.