Bougainville: Long Han Blong Yumi (It's in our hands)
BOUGAINVILLE: LONG HAN BLONG YUMI (IT'S IN OUR HANDS):
Bougainville fought a brutal Civil War from 1989-1997 which claimed the lives of up to 20 000 people, and tens of thousands more were displaced. At the core of the conflict was the Panguna mine, a massive copper and gold mine that had serious socio-economic, environmental and cultural impacts.
20 years later, Bougainville is planning for a referendum for independence from Papua New Guinea. Simultaneously, there is a heated debate about re-opening the Panguna mine, based on the argument that independence requires economic self-sufficiency, and mining is the only way to achieve that.
As shown by our report Voices of Bougainville, many local communities do not want to re-open the Panguna mine, and our research shows that this is not the only development option for Bougainville. Bougainville can pursue a development path that is more sustainable and broad-based, and this film explores that option.
Bougainville: Long Han Blong Yumi (It's in our hands) is being published along with a report, Growing Bougainville's Future. The report explores many of the same issues as the movie, and together we hope they contribute to facilitating an informed debate on Bougainville's development options.
You can read the report here: www.jubileeaustralia.org/late...
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Excellent film. May the people of Bougainville in their long struggle for freedom gain their INDEPENDENCE in their referendum vote on June 15, 2019. In solidarity.
Keep your country Green.. Grow more tree.. Keep your country clean.. Happy country.. Happy people.pls help free West Papua.
Very good alternative ideas. Agriculture is the first back bone of any developed or emerging economy so first invest heavily in it by training more local farmers not by NGOs but by your own educated people agriculturists. Mining can only work for Bougainville if a good number of Bougainvillians have the skills to take key positions in the mine. The lady said well. But becoming independent is unsustainable because you will be too small to deal with the multinational campanies. You need a well trained and unified government with one common purpose to make sure the mine has adopted the new environmental code, discussing the dumping site prior to operating the mine-the company should release funds and create the dumping site first, strike a deal with a PNG government based on terms and conditions that will primarily benefit Bougainville. For example 60% of revenue to Bougainville and the rest to PNG. Ask the PNG government to take the smartest Bougainvillian graduates youth in science, chemistry, geology, and engineering to sponsor them in big overseas universities in Australia, UK and the state. Then upon coming home in a course of free to 5 years you may consider opening the mine. Have them in a committee council instruct them not to be corrupt by any means be it white favors or PNG favors teach them patriotism. God bless Bougainville God bless PNG. Beautiful people.
@richardmason902
4 жыл бұрын
Bougainville is Bougainville . Not PNG. Forget the poisonous corrupt mining it has already done too much damage. 20,000 deaths are 20'000 too many.
We vanuatu support ur struggles brothers and sisters from bougainville and every toktok Kam lo every speakers m nice tumas...m stap lo hand blo umi yet
Wise words at the end there. "The gold mine is in you"
@richardmason902
4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@herenow2895
4 жыл бұрын
@@richardmason902 - Thank you for your comment, as it reminded me of this wisdom. It's so easy to forget these things. We need to be reminded.
Just leave them alone
Excellent
We will one day become economically and politically independent.
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Good, forget about the mining.
** Referendum in Bougainville will be firing West Papua Indigenous peoples to Fight against Colonialism of Indonesia. Viva .... Bougainville Viva.... West Papua Viva ... Melanesia
Sori Susa u tok strait.
they were firing arow intoour camp in aeowa we use tablesto go and eat at the comisary
Have they explored the potential of the waste acceptance industry from developed countries like Canada, USA, UK, Australia. They have a garbage disposal problem since the China ban. Now Southeast Asia is also banning and I see an opportunity for an industry to thrive. Plenty of pristine forests, rivers and beaches to dump First World waste to go to.
As long as you own a land you are a rich man enough is enough dont try it the second time coz it will be worse than the first time..say no to mining..