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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 4. Juli 2008 / Time Line July 4, 2008
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Southern Greenland: uranium mining vs. World Heritage
Greenland's Home Rule government is facing a difficult decision these days. It must decide whether it wants
to place southern Greenland on UNESCO's World Heritage list or allow uranium mining. MPs are pushing
for Southern Greenland to be designated by UNESCO for its 1000 years of agriculture dating back to the
time of Eric the Red. But mining for the wealth of minerals - including Uranium - in the area would preclude
that designation. Large areas around Narsaq and Qaqortoq were included in the World Heritage bid, which
unleashed protests from interested parties because the Raw Materials Directorate had already issued
numerous drilling licences within those areas. Now the Home Rule government is proposing that only five
small 'islands' be included as World Heritage site possibilities to avoid the mining conflict. (Sermitsiaq avis
July 4, 2008)
https://www.wise-uranium.org/upgl.html#KVANEFJELD
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