Development

The Struggle Continues: Garifuna Land Defender Shot In Honduras

December 8, 2015 Sandra Cuffe, www.intercontinentalcry.org Educate! Development, Honduras, Land

By Sandra Cuffe for IC Magazine - "This is where the first bullet grazed me," says Vidal Leiva, pointing to the side of his face. Shot three times outside his home on Nov. 27, the Garifuna community leader survived and is now recovering from the gunshot wounds to his torso. However, since the attack, members of Leiva's family and of the Land Defense Committee he heads report receiving threats. Sitting up carefully, Leiva lifts his shirt. On his right shoulder, front, and back, stitches mark bullet entry and exit points. A bandage covers the middle of Leiva's abdomen, where a bullet pierced internal organs before exiting through his back.

Water Concerns Loom Over Proposed Tusayan Project

May 24, 2015 Emery Cowan, www.azdailysun.com Educate! Development, Environment, Water

Flagstaff, AZ - The water-related impacts of a massive development proposed near the town of Tusayan were a top concern for Flagstaff residents who attended a public comment session connected to the project on Wednesday night. “Anything to do with water is key in this state,” Flagstaff resident Walt Taylor said. “With the amount of water this scale of project would be using, it couldn’t help but have an effect on the groundwater in the area.” The Forest Service hosted the comment session as part of its environmental review of a road easement application submitted by the town of Tusayan last year. Gaining road access is crucial for the development to move forward on the two parcels, totalling about 350 acres. Without that approval, the town would not be able to pave roads or install utilities to serve the hundreds of homes as well as thousands of square feet of commercial space, lodging and visitor amenities that landowner Stilo Development Group has plans to build.

Development Agreements: Alternatives Or Containment?

September 6, 2014 David Peerla, Shiri Pasternak, www.cbc.ca Educate! Canada, Development, Finance and the Economy, First Nations

The new religion of economic development — mines, pipelines, power projects and private property — is being promoted by Bob Rae, Jim Prentice, and even former prime minister Brian Mulroney as the only realistic alternative for First Nations. Last month Rae, acting as a negotiator for nine Ontario First Nations, joined Premier Kathleen Wynne to celebrate the signing of a framework agreementthat would open up the province's far north to a mineral development bonanza. The Ring of Fire, now re-branded as Wawangajing, is located in one of the largest intact wetlands on the planet, 500 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay in the James Bay Lowlands. The Ring of Fire apparently holds a treasure chest of chromite, nickel and other minerals. If we are to believe the Chamber of Commerce, it has the potential to drive the Ontario economy for decades. The chamber estimates that within the first 32 years of operation, the Ring of Fire could generate more than $25 billion in economic activity across a number of sectors.

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