Brief overview of_wester_sahara_natural_resources-
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Western Saharaand
Exploitation of Natural Resources
www.vastsaharaaktionen.se
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Western Sahara Action Members
ABFAfrikagruppernaBroderskapsrörelsenBrödet & fiskarnaCUFDiakoniaEmmaus BjörkåEmmaus StockholmFärnebo FolkhögskolaFöreningen VästsaharaGrön UngdomGävle BiståndsgruppSolidaritetskommittén vid Jakobsbergs folkhögskolaKDU
Kommittén för Västsaharas kvinnorKRISSKvinnor för fred och frihetLiberala UngdomsförbundetLiberala kvinnorNätverket för ett fritt VästsaharaPraktisk Solidaritet S-kvinnornaSSUStiftelsen Global KunskapSvenska Kvinnors VänsterförbundUng VänsterÖrnsköldsviks FN-förening
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Morocco all out for colonial exploitation!
Increased and more efficient phosphate extraction
Intensified oil exploration, preparing production (?)
Mineral strategy: iron, copper etc, gold/silver,
”mobile metalls” - detailed exploration
EU supported 10 year development plan for fishery
Giant greenhouses for vegetables
Energy supply for El Aaiùn - Dakhla (diesel ==>solar)
Three export oriented economic free zones coming
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Large scale fishing takes over!
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The daily food on our tables
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Ongoing exploitation …
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Oil exploration blocks 1999
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Oil exploration blocks 2008
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Mineral strategy - map from 2008
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Exploitation of energy for Europe …
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Morocco markets uranium from
phosphate deposits
ARGUMENTS USED
• Buy now - it will be more expensive later …
• Demand will increase.
• One solution is long-term extraction of uranium from phosphates.
• Morocco holds 75 % of phospate world reserves.
Picture from presentation by Office Nationale de L’Electricité
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Even the Sahara sand …!
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All this going on, while …
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The dividing line
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Students with ”minor” injuries after beatings and torture
The price of resistance
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Some global rules of the road …
Produce vital, scarce commodities in a secure political environment
Exploit and trade these resources while respecting international law
Do not buy stolen goods
Put the real owners of resources in the driver’s seat
In short: end occupation, realise the referendum!