After a long public campaign, the superb virgin beech forests of the west bank of the Maruia Valley were saved Psi a 140-hectare opencast gold mine through a Ministerial veto. The proposed mine site is marked with a dotted line. This scene reminds us that citizen protest can be successful against the mining industry. And it emphasises the importance of retaining the existing powers of the Government to intervene and stop proposed mining developments in cases like this, where the losses would outweigh the likely benefits.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 19, Issue 1, 1 February 1988, Page 15
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86After a long public campaign, the superb virgin beech forests of the west bank of the Maruia Valley were saved Psi a 140-hectare opencast gold mine through a Ministerial veto. The proposed mine site is marked with a dotted line. This scene reminds us that citizen protest can be successful against the mining industry. And it emphasises the importance of retaining the existing powers of the Government to intervene and stop proposed mining developments in cases like this, where the losses would outweigh the likely benefits. Forest and Bird, Volume 19, Issue 1, 1 February 1988, Page 15
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