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Nauru is the smallest country in the world, with an area of km and population of roughly , located in micronesia, this small island state is heavily dependent on international aid due to its colonial history and excessive mining of phosphate
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The economy of nauru has been almost wholly dependent on phosphate, which has led to environmental catastrophe on the island, with of the nations surface having been stripminedThe islands phosphate deposits were virtually exhausted by although some smallscale mining
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Today most of the phosphate is gone, although some smallscale mining still exists, but the legacy of exploitation still remains naurus former president his excellency baron waqa pictured in
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Mar , nauru is an island country located in micronesia, south pacific it has around , people in an area of approximately square kilometers the economy of the country is highly dependent on the phosphate mineral, and this had led to the stripmining of most of the island
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The economy of nauru has been almost wholly dependent on phosphate, which has led to environmental catastrophe on the island, with of the nations surface having been stripminedThe islands phosphate deposits were virtually depleted by although some smallscale mining is
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Oct , naurus wealth came from islands high quality deposits of phosphate, which are an essential component in agricultural fertilizers, and also used in explosives
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May , phosphate mining in the country has had a huge environmental impact leaving about of naurus land area destroyed and unsuitable for any other activity, even for residential development tourism the country is remote and is relatively expensive to access
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Oct , the country thrived on agriculture and phosphate mining however, now that all of the phosphate resources were stripped from the island, what remains is a wasteland because of the staggering descent into poverty in nauru, which is desperate for money, the nation has traded in the phosphate business for migrants in , nauru entered into an
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The economy of nauru has been almost wholly dependent on phosphate, which has led to environmental catastrophe on the island, with of the nations surface having been stripminedThe islands phosphate deposits were virtually exhausted by although some smallscale mining
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Feb , as naurus phosphate mining has declined with the depletion of reserves, the country has relied heavily on payments for fishing rights within its exclusive economic zone, the operation of regional processing centers for asylum seekers to australia administered by australia but with opportunities for local employment and compensation to the
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Nauru phosphate mining is a prime example of the natural resource curse thesis auty, as applied to a small island state in the paciic mining did not enhance economic development for nauruans but rather retarded nauruan development processes, betraying trusts and
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Nauru once possessed the worlds purest deposits of rock phosphate, the precursor of the agricultural fertiliser, superphosphate this resource was almost entirely depleted during the th century, mainly destined for australia and new zealand, where it played a critical role in the economic, social and demographic development of these nations and their biological transformation to outposts of
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Oct , the island of nauru, for example, was essentially destroyed by phosphate mining more modern mining operations place greater emphasis on reducing environmental impact these mines focus on improving the efficiency with which water and chemicals are used to process ore, and many have achieved very high rates of water reuse
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The economy of nauru has been almost wholly dependent on phosphate, which has led to environmental catastrophe on the island, with of the nations surface having been stripminedThe islands phosphate deposits were virtually depleted by although some smallscale mining is
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Jun , the central plateau of nauru, more usually referred to as quottopsidequot, was the area from which phosphate has been mined for fertiliser for more than years some mining is still going on the result is a rough wilderness of limestone coral pinnacles that in many areas has been covered with regrowth, but is totally unsuitable for any productive
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Jan , primary reserves of phosphates were exhausted and mining ceased in , but mining of a deeper layer of quotsecondary phosphatequot in the interior of the island began the following year the secondary phosphate deposits may last another years earnings from naurus export of phosphate remains an important source of income
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Its link with pidgin english in nauru stems from phosphate mining geographical factors the term refers to whether or not the contact language is spoken on countries or islands, and how much the superstratum language affects the contact language in a community
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The strip mining of phosphate on the island of nauru has resulted in a massive immigration and overcrowding on the island b environmental and economic problems for the country c economic success and a high standard of living for many d financial
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Environmental impact not only does mining impact the country economically, but it also is extremely damaging to the soil as the mining ravages the landscape, preventing agriculture to take place also mining on the interior of the island increases the temperature on nauru which
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Oct , nauru, which was once the richest island in the south pacific, became impoverished after years of phosphate mining the abundance of phosphate led to the island nations wealth and success with phosphate exports helping the economy prosper, nauru had the second highest gdp per capita unfortunately, naurus economic success did not last
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Jan , indeed, in , nauru took legal action against its former master in front of the international court of justice icj nauru was attacking the australian way of administrating the little island and in particular australias failure to remedy the environmental damage caused by phosphate mining you can find the judgement here
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Mar , phosphate mining in the central plateau has left a barren terrain of jagged limestone pinnacles up to m ft high mining has stripped and devastated about of naurus land area, and has also affected the surrounding exclusive economic zone of marine life is estimated to have been killed by silt and phosphate runoff
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Jan , primary reserves of phosphates were exhausted and mining ceased in , but mining of a deeper layer of quotsecondary phosphatequot in the interior of the island began the following year the secondary phosphate deposits may last another years earnings from naurus export of phosphate remains an important source of income
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Jan , indeed, in , nauru took legal action against its former master in front of the international court of justice icj nauru was attacking the australian way of administrating the little island and in particular australias failure to remedy the environmental damage caused by phosphate mining you can find the judgement here
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Heres how nauru, a secluded island roughly , miles off the northeastern coast of australia, went from being the wealthiest country in the world to losin
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Sep , nauru rehabilitation corporation nrc, which took over mining operations in the last few years, is handing it back to ronphos, the governmentowned phosphate company, from july in it is budgeting on making just m from phosphate but will spend M mining it, the budget papers say
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Its link with pidgin english in nauru stems from phosphate mining geographical factors the term refers to whether or not the contact language is spoken on countries or islands, and how much the superstratum language affects the contact language in a community
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Jul , the phosphate rush sailing to nauru in , ellis found that percent of the entire island the raised central plateau nauruans call topside was rich in phosphate of lime the pacific islands company was renamed the pacific phosphate company, and in a deal was made with germany to mine nauru
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Nauru is a small island in the pacific which was endowed by nature with some of the richest phosphates in the world phosphate mining began on the island in , when nauru was still part of the german empire following germanys defeat in , nauru was entrusted by the league of nations to the care of the united kingdom, australia and new zealand
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Jun , the mining tours last stop is on the coast, at the islands most iconic feature, the phosphate conveyors theyre naurus eiffel tower massive conveyors carry the processed phosphate
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Phosphate lands of nauru nauru environmental damage under international trusteeship christopher weeramantry oxford university press melbourne australian harvard citation ripped out by extensive mining due to the fact that phosphate mining is notably destructive mined land is transformed into coral limestone
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Nauru is a small island in the pacific which was endowed by nature with some of the richest phosphates in the world phosphate mining began on the island in , when nauru was still part of the german empire following germanys defeat in , nauru was entrusted by the league of nations to the care of the united kingdom, australia and new zealand
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Nauru is a westminsterstyle constitutional democracy the nauru legislature is a unicameral parliament with members, elected every three yearsMining revenue was shared between the government, landowners, the nauru local government council and the nauru phosphate royalties trustHowever corruption, poor investment decisions get price
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