TANZANIA: Mkuju River Uranium Project

Bildschirmfoto 2018-12-18 um 15.09.51

Tanzanian government welcomed uranium mining as a solution to poverty and economic development, but the capacities to handle side effects like pollution or health risks in terms of laws and regulations are low.

The Selous Game Reserve, covering 50,000 square kilometres, is amongst the largest protected areas in Africa and is relatively undisturbed by human impact.

In 2012, the World Heritage Committee accepted a boundary change of the Selous Game Reserve to allow for uranium exploitation exactly south of the World Heritage Site, in the area of the Selous-Niassa-Wildlife Corridor.

On its June 2014 session, the World Heritage Committee ("WHC") put the Selous Game Reserve on the list of endangered World Heritage sites. We had reported repeatedly about the conflict uranium exploration and plans for uranium mining as well as other exploration activities in the area have caused.

The Malawi 8

Malawi set up 8 Tanzanian Environmentalists and detains them arbitarily since more than 2 months (28. March 2017) - read more

REPORT on the continuation of court case against 8 Tanzanians detained in Malawi, on 13. and 14. February 2017 - read more

OUR ACTIVITIES

World Heritage Watch Report 2019:
Tanzania: Selous Game Reserve on Endangered List for four years by 2018 ... and counting

After repeated postponements of the Mkuju River uranium mining project in the Southwest of Selous Game Reserve, the future of the project seems more than questionable: The uranium exploration boom following the 2007 / 2008 rise of the price of uranium has dwindled away within the past years. ROSATOM, Russia’s state nuclear company, had officially announced to postpone the project until 2020, and was officially granted the postponement by the Government of Tanzania. (Günter Wippel, uranium network)

read article (pdf)   full report (pdf)

World Heritage Watch Report 2018:
Tanzania: Selous Game Reserve – Still Under Threat

In a February 2017 statement, UNESCO explicitly expressed its concern about Tanzania’s plan to build Stiegler’s Gorge Dam in the central part of Selous Game Reserve. In fact, at the UNESCO WHC Session 2017 in Krakow/Poland, the Tanzanian delegation had requested a postponement of the discussion of WHS Selous Game Reserve due to “new facts”; the request had been granted by the Chair... (Günter Wippel, uranium network)

read article (pdf)   full report (pdf)

World Heritage Watch Report 2017:
Tanzania: Selous Game Reserve at Risk Through Unsustainable Developments

For several years, the Government of Tanzania and various companies have pursued plans for major industrial develop- ments inside the World Heritage property, such as the Mkuju River Uranium Project and the Stieglers Gorge and Kidunda dams.

read more (pdf)

Uranium Mining - Impact on Health & Environment

Documentation published by Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, April 2014

read more (pdf)

2013: Conference on Uranium Mining - Impacts on Health and Environment

From October 1 - October 6 2013, experts from around the world gathered in Dar Es Salaam and Bahi to inform the public on the dangers of Uranium Mining. The conference was organized by IPPNW, Uranium Network, LHRC, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, NaCUM and CESOPE.

the programm

Ist Uranbergbau ein Gewinn für Tansania?

Uranbergbau, Tailings, Folgekosten und Wirtschaftlichkeit: Fakten und Überlegungen zur Wirtschaftlichkeit und wirtschaftlichen Aspekten des Uranbergbaus (powerpoint, April 2012).

NEWS FROM TANZANIA

Sorry, we couldn't find any posts. Please try a different search.