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Forestry, Gold Mining and Amerindians: The Troubling Example of Samling in Guyana

In: International Businesses and the Challenges of Poverty in the Developing World

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  • Gail Whiteman

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While forestry, mining and other forms of natural resource development can provide developing countries with economic benefits, such projects can also carry significant social, environmental and economic costs to local indigenous peoples. This case study examines the direct and indirect impacts of the Barama Company Limited (a subsidiary of the Malaysian-based Samling Group) on local Amerindians in Guyana, South America, and explores what the company could have done differently in order to reduce negative out-comes for local Indigenous peoples. The case study followed an iterative research design (Hammersley and Atkinson, 1995) and includes qualitative field data from 2000 as well as extensive document analysis.1

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  • Gail Whiteman, 2004. "Forestry, Gold Mining and Amerindians: The Troubling Example of Samling in Guyana," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Frederick Bird & Stewart W. Herman (ed.), International Businesses and the Challenges of Poverty in the Developing World, chapter 11, pages 181-205, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-52250-3_12
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230522503_12
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    Cited by:

    1. Frederick Bird & Joseph Smucker, 2007. "The Social Responsibilities of International Business Firms in Developing Areas," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 73(1), pages 1-9, June.
    2. Frederick Bird, 2016. "The Practice of Mining and Inclusive Wealth Development in Developing Countries," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 135(4), pages 631-643, June.
    3. Frederick Bird, 2009. "Why the Responsible Practice of Business Ethics Calls for a Due Regard for History," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 89(2), pages 203-220, November.

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