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Article

20 Feb 2003

Author:
Survival International

World Bank funds controversial diamond project on Bushmen's land [Botswana]

Kalahari Diamonds Limited...partly owned by BHP Billiton, has secured US$2 million funding from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to explore for diamonds in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve...Despite IFC requirements that indigenous communities are informed participants in the development of such a project, no Bushmen communities from the CKGR were consulted over the plans.