The Talvivaara Mine : Water consequences

• A film about the Talvivaara mine in Sotkamo, Finland. Produced within the research project Dálkke: Indigenous Climate Change Studies."Don't be afraid, we come in peace and offer jobs!"  The mine was not going to have any harmful effects on the surrounding areas according to the CEO. However, this soon turned out to be false. The impacts of the mine in terms of pollution of water courses and lakes is enormous. Both due to a failure of the tailing dam, and also of the constantly ongoing pollution.This is a filmpresentation of a research project, within the Dálkke: Indigenous Climate Change Studies, FORMAS Dnr 2017-01923, led by Dr May-Britt Öhman, Uppsala University, within the Swedish National research programme on climate.Please reference as: Helsdotter, Eva Charlotta; Öhman, May-Britt, and Storlöpare, Petri, 2019. The Talvivaara Mine - Water consequences. Film 12.41'. Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies on Racism (CEMFOR), Uppsala University, Uppsala.Project leader and Research: Dr May-Britt Öhman and Associate Professor, Dr. Eva Charlotta HelsdotterProject leader movie: Associate Professor, Dr. Eva Charlotta HelsdotterPhoto, editing, subtitles and translation from Finnish: Petri Storlöpare, Slowlife FilmTranslation to English: Associate Professor, Dr. Eva Charlotta HelsdotterDrone photo: Sotkamo Naturskyddsförening

Keyword

Dam safety

Risk

Water security

Human security

Tailing dams

Mining

Finland

Climate

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