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		<title>The Onerous Activities Of Canadian Company, Fortuna Silver Mines</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The San Jose Project By Ed Williams In 2006, the Mexican government ceded over 143,000 acres of indigenous land to a Canadian mining company. When Vancouver-based Fortuna Silver Mines celebrated the grand opening of its first Mexican mine in September, communities on the ground felt some familiar impacts. &#8220;We felt a &#8216;boom&#8217; come from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Input on the Kimberley Process required</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Valerio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Everyone, reflecting on the Kimberly Process. in the light of the below: I have been invited to attend a meeting at the Foreign Office (UK) on Monday to discuss the status of the Kimberly Process. Issues for discussion: 1) Should the KPs definition of conflict diamond be expanded to include Human Rights? 2)If the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fortuna Silver And The Oaxaca Uprising</title>
		<link>http://www.fairjewelry.org/archives/5153</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Choyt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indigenous Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A FJA Interview with Ed Williams conducted by Marc Choyt, Director, FJA USA FJA: First, let’s start with your background as a journalist. Who have you worked for and where are you working now? Ed: I work mainly in public radio—I wrote my first story for NPR in 2006, on U.S. coca eradication policy in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian National News Reports On DeBeers Dumping Sewerage At Cree Reserve Outside Of Victor Diamond Mine In Northern Ontario</title>
		<link>http://www.fairjewelry.org/archives/5144</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Choyt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Marc Choyt, Director FJA USA Canadian diamonds mining companies have done everything they can to position Canada as the truly &#8220;conflict free&#8221; alternative to African diamonds. In the market, they demand a premium. The issues related to Canadian diamond mining are not as pristine as their marketing suggests. Different mines have different issues. Back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heavyweights Brilliant Earth And World Diamond Council Duke It Out Over The One Percent Lie</title>
		<link>http://www.fairjewelry.org/archives/5119</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Beth Gerstein Brilliant Earth, a leading provider of ethical jewelry, is involved in a skirmish with the World Diamond Council, the organization representing the global diamond industry, over the accuracy of industry statistical claims on conflict diamonds. The WDC states on its web site, www.diamondfacts.org, that “more than 99% of diamonds are now from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fair Jewelry Action And Reflective Images Featured On MSNBC’S Brian William’s Rock Center</title>
		<link>http://www.fairjewelry.org/archives/5127</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Choyt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Press On The Sourcing Of Jewelry Strengthening Our Cause &#8211; Editorial Comment By Marc Choyt Brian William December 5th feature on &#8220;The Price of Gold&#8221; showed footage of children from Mali digging for gold and breathing in mercury vapors. Greg Valerio, visiting Santa Fe as part of the Ethical Jewelry Summit, was interviewed in my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early steps in Fairtrade Gold &#8211; Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.fairjewelry.org/archives/5122</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Valerio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Julius contacted me via this blog back in January of this year. A Kenyan born activist, Julius had grown tired of the endless fundraising form filling you need to undertake when you work with an NGO. As a local Migori County man he had grown up surrounded by artisanal small-scale miners and was familiar with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Thoughts On Global Witness, The Kimberley Process And All That</title>
		<link>http://www.fairjewelry.org/archives/5115</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Ian Smillie Early this week, Global Witness announced its withdrawal from the Kimberley Process, saying &#8220;The Kimberley Process&#8217;s refusal to evolve and address the clear links between diamonds, violence and tyranny has rendered it increasingly outdated&#8230; Despite intensive efforts over many years by a coalition of NGOs, the scheme&#8217;s main flaws and loopholes have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK Jewellery Trade Organisations Advocate “Diligence” in Diamond Purchases</title>
		<link>http://www.fairjewelry.org/archives/5112</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Valerio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For release 7th Dec  2011 With yesterdays announcement that Global Witness has removed itself form the Kimberley Process, UK jewellers are seeking answers to why contentious diamonds remain at the forefront of news as they enter the critical festive retail period. The decision in November by the KP to allow exports of diamonds from certain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Montana’s Next Resourse Curse?  The Proposed Montanore Mine</title>
		<link>http://www.fairjewelry.org/archives/5089</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Choyt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The jewelry community, with the encouragement from Earthworks, has focused heavily on the Pebble Bay mine in Alaska. However, Mine’s Management proposal for a silver and copper mine in NW Montana, 18 miles from Libby, would destroy another ecologically sensitive, pristine mountain and recreational area for forever. An article in the Missoulan details the environmental [...]]]></description>
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