Edited by: Robert Goodland
[email protected] September 2009 Published by: VIDS Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden in Suriname Verlengde Gemenelandsweg 18d, Paramaribo, Suriname
[email protected] Copyright © VIDS, 2009. Paramaribo, Suriname. Suriname’s Bakhuis Bauxite Mine: An Independent Review of SRK’s Impact Assessment / edited by Robert Goodland, 165 p. September 2009. Key terms: Bauxite mining, environmental and social assessment, Indigenous Peoples, Suralco, Alcoa, BHPBilliton, SRK Corp, tropical rainforest. Suriname’s Bakhuis Bauxite Mine: An Independent Review of SRK’s Impact Assessment Contents PREFACE: Ricardo MacIntosh, Nado Aroepa, David Carlo Lewis …………………........…..…..4 SURINAME’S BAKHUIS BAUXITE PROJECT: KEY EVENTS...............................................................5 CHAPTER 1: SRK’S IMPACT ASSESSMENT: AN OVERVIEW Robert Goodland ………………………………..…………………………..……………............9 1.0 Objectives of this Review…………………………………………………….......……..10 2.0 Checks and Balances to Promote Frank ESIAs ……………………………….......……12 3.0 Was the “Scoping” Stage Omitted? ………………………………………….......……..14 4.0 Has Best Practice Been Followed? ………………………………………….......……...16 5.0 Conclusion………………………………………………………………….......…….....21 6.0 References ………………………………………………………………….......……….23 CHAPTER 2: COMMENTS ON THE BAKHUIS DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT REPORT Stuart Kirsch ………………………………………………….……………………….......…….26 1.0 Preface …………………………………………………………………………........…. 27 2.0 Land Rights and Free Prior Informed Consent ................................................................29