2018 / Publication
Letter to Environmental Commissioner re Marine Phosphate Mining
By ESJT Namibia
Formal letter to Environmental Commissioner Teofilus Nghitila urging permanent cancellation of NMP's environmental clearance certificate. Invokes the UN precautionary principle, highlights the Benguela ecosystem's fragility, criticises NMP's biased EIA process, and warns that seabed destruction would be irreversible.
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Press Statements
Year
2018
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Formal letter to Environmental Commissioner Teofilus Nghitila urging permanent cancellation of NMP's environmental clearance certificate. Invokes the UN precautionary principle, highlights the Benguela ecosystem's fragility, criticises NMP's biased EIA process, and warns that seabed destruction would be irreversible.