2017 AMI DECLARATION DECLARATION OF THE 8TH ALTERNATIVE MINING INDABA
By Malcolm Damon, AMI Secretariat 1 2017 AMI DECLARATION DECLARATION OF THE 8TH ALTERNATIVE MINING INDABA “MAKING NATURAL RESOURCES WORK FOR THE PEOPLE: DOMESTICATION OF THE AFRICA MINING VISION: FROM VISION TO REALITY’’ We, representatives of over 450 members of faith-based organisations, civil society organisations, community-based organisations, Pan-African networks and organisations, labour movements, women movements, human rights activists, media, students from African countries and our international partners met on February 6 – 8, 2017 in Cape Town to share experience, lessons and deliberate on the role and the impacts of extractives on communities, national economies, the environment and society at large....