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Aug 22, 2011 · The people of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea have been fighting in what has become known as the first eco-revolution in the world. When the Great Britain mining company, Rio Tinto Zinc (RTZ) started mining the area near Bougainville the people mobilized.
The movie tells the story of the successful uprising of the indigenous peoples of Bougainville Island against the Papua New Guinea army and the mining plans of the mining corporation Rio Tinto Zinc (RTZ) to exploit their natural resources.
May 22, 2023 · A Background of Injustice: Bougainville, a resource-rich region within Papua New Guinea, faced a myriad of socio-political and economic challenges stemming from the exploitation of its copper reserves by foreign corporations.
Dec 22, 2012 · Papua New Guinea, out of defense for their main source of exports, sent in riot police who overzealously burned natives’ homes to the ground. This created an intensified backlash and under Ona’s command, the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) was formed.
The peace agreement signed in 2001 in Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea (PNG), ended the most violent conflict in the South Pacific since World War Two. This Accord examines the creative initiatives that helped to end the violence, and describes an indigenous peace process that drew on the strengths of Melanesian traditions.
The movement is described as the world's first successful eco-revolution, in that the successful uprising of the indigenous peoples of Bougainville Island against the Papua New Guinea army stopped the mining plans of the RTZ company to exploit their land for resources...
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With no shipments getting in or out of the island, how did new electricity networks spring up in BRA held territory? How were BRA troops able to drive around the island without any source of petrol or diesel? What was happening within the blockade was an environmental and spiritual revolution.
