Openness, transparency and public participation in the governance of uranium mining in Greenland: a legal and political track record
ABSTRACT This article examines the implementation of the principles of openness, transparency and public participation in the decision-making regarding the conditions for uranium mining in Greenland from a legal and political perspective. The time frame covers the period from the exploration for min...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247417000596 2024-03-03T08:44:49+00:00 Openness, transparency and public participation in the governance of uranium mining in Greenland: a legal and political track record Pelaudeix, Cécile Basse, Ellen Margrethe Loukacheva, Natalia 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247417000596 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247417000596 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 53, issue 6, page 603-616 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2017 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247417000596 2024-02-08T08:49:03Z ABSTRACT This article examines the implementation of the principles of openness, transparency and public participation in the decision-making regarding the conditions for uranium mining in Greenland from a legal and political perspective. The time frame covers the period from the exploration for minerals before World War II to 2016–2017 when the current Greenlandic authorities prepared a licence for a project of extraction of rare earth elements and uranium in Kvanefjeld. It is shown that the issue of openness, transparency and public participation in Greenland is a longstanding issue and that the current governance does not permit public access to a draft environmental impact assessment report, impairing public participation in decision-making, and preventing the environmental consequences of these activities from being considered as a public concern. It is argued that sovereignty–its consolidation and the accession to it–has impacted the design of governance in Greenland and that the constraints put on the full implementation of the legal principles of openness, transparency and public participation in the governance of uranium mining in Greenland, amongst other factors, point to a current hybrid political and legal order in the context of a political agenda of independence. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland greenlandic Polar Record Cambridge University Press Greenland Polar Record 53 6 603 616 |
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ABSTRACT This article examines the implementation of the principles of openness, transparency and public participation in the decision-making regarding the conditions for uranium mining in Greenland from a legal and political perspective. The time frame covers the period from the exploration for minerals before World War II to 2016–2017 when the current Greenlandic authorities prepared a licence for a project of extraction of rare earth elements and uranium in Kvanefjeld. It is shown that the issue of openness, transparency and public participation in Greenland is a longstanding issue and that the current governance does not permit public access to a draft environmental impact assessment report, impairing public participation in decision-making, and preventing the environmental consequences of these activities from being considered as a public concern. It is argued that sovereignty–its consolidation and the accession to it–has impacted the design of governance in Greenland and that the constraints put on the full implementation of the legal principles of openness, transparency and public participation in the governance of uranium mining in Greenland, amongst other factors, point to a current hybrid political and legal order in the context of a political agenda of independence. |
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Openness, transparency and public participation in the governance of uranium mining in Greenland: a legal and political track record |
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