Du court au long terme : un scénario « norvégien » pour pérenniser la rente nickel en Nouvelle-Calédonie ?

• Main Authors: Gaël Lagadec, Olivier Sudrie
• Format: Article
• Language: fra
• Published: Réseau Développement Durable et Territoires Fragiles 2013-10-01
• Series: Développement Durable et Territoires
• Subjects: New Caledonia; sustainable development; nickel; finance; fund for future generations; political cycles
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/developpementdurable/9884

New Caledonia owns from 20 to 25 % of the world’s reserves of nickel. However, although the mining exploitation has been running for more than 130 years, the mining rent is of little benefit to the people and even less to future generations (despite the fact that the resource is of a non-renewable nature). This paper analyzes the reasons of the impediments to the implementation of an intergenerational saving scheme in New Caledonia and emphasizes the need for setting up such a mining resource-based mechanism, while presenting solutions along the lines of the Norwegian "petroleum fund".