Featured Film ~ The Emerald City
Focusing on the mining town of Campos Verde,
Brazil, this short film highlights the costs and benefits
of emerald mining and marketing. While there are negative
environmental impacts from the mines, modernization and
research have revealed positive practices and a cascade
of sustainable development effects from the emerald business
in Campos Verde and other market towns. Filmed by Saleem
Ali in conjunction with his attendance at the 5th Annual
General Meeting of Communities and Small-Scale Mining (CASM),
a multi-donor technical assistance facility that aims to
reduce poverty and improve quality of life in mining communities,
the film depicts the complexity of environmental and social
issues involved in gemstone mining and proffers ideas on
how to establish sustainable livelihoods for rural communities
in Brazil.
Watch The
Emerald City on Google Video.
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