Potential black sand mining operation in PNG may threaten communities, endangered leatherback turtles

Thirty-eight kilometres of black sand beaches north of the town of Madang in Papua New Guinea could be about to be mined, threatening communities and the environment, including nesting grounds for endangered leatherback turtles...A former PNG chief justice and cabinet minister...contended that mining the sands would impact on thousands of people and threaten the environment, including the breeding grounds of endangered leatherback turtles.

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