Golds Costly Dividend: Human Rights Impacts of Papua New Guineas Porgera Gold Mine

Many of Papua New Guineas most intractable problems are inextricably bound up with the country's most promising sources of wealth. Mining, gas, timber and other extractive industries are the most productive sectors of Papua New Guinea's otherwise ailing economy. But exploitation of these resources has also led to violence, human rights abuse, Corruption and environmental damage.