Worry before, not after Worrying about environmental damage caused by mining activities now is very sad and foolish. Diligent consideration should be done in the first place. We expect our Members of Parliament to exercise their prior best judgement in line with what the people want or oppose as well as consideration for the long term effects measured against benefits. Consultation with landowners, including parts of rivers and the sea, is very important. Sadly consultation now is lacking and opposition to undesired development is hardly taken into consideration. It is brushed aside in the name of money and development as could be glimpsed from this summary of post (posted July 18 2011) under the caption " Mining The Deep: All About $ For the Government": The PNG Mine Watch blog posts some unfortunate news today about mining the hydrothermal vents of the PNG coast at the Solwara 1 site. Papua New Guinea’s Mining Minister, John Pundari told Nautilus chief executive ...