The right to mine? Discourse analysis of social impact assessments of mining projects in Finnish Lapland in the 2000s

Lapland, the northernmost county of Finland, has promising mineral deposits and over half of all Finnish mining operations. In the 2000s two new metallic mineral mines were opened in Lapland, while three projects are undergoing the environmental impact assessment procedure (EIA). This process also i...

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Main Author: Suopajärvi Leena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Lapland 2015-09-01
Series:Barents Studies: Peoples, Economies and Politics
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Online Access:http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:ula-201508031265