Our Tanzanian allies against mining injustice are working to stop a proposed uranium project on a World Heritage site. See the text of the petition below and click here to sign on.
To: UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Paris, France
The planned Mkuju River uranium mine is a project very hazardous to the World Heritage site Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania; it has the potential to endanger the Park massively, and contamination will last for a very long time, in human terms forever.
Changing the boundary of the World Heritage site Selous Game Reserve in order to have the planned Mkuju River Uranium mine located outside the Reserve and thus make it acceptable for licensing, will not prevent radioactive contamination and toxic materials from entering the Park via surface waters, aquifers, and air etc., and endangering wildlife in the end.
The longevity of the radioactive elements poses a danger far beyond the time of operation of the mine, and will endanger the World Heritage site for many generations to come who will have to deal with the problems – or leave the site to serious environmental degradation.
We therefore urge you to keep the boundaries unchanged and discourage the Government of Tanzania from licensing the Mkuju River Uranium mine.
In case the Government of Tanzania decides to go ahead with the mining project, we strongly recommend you then change the status of Selous Game Reserve to “endangered World Heritage site”.
Sincerely,
[Your name]