Gold mining, indigenous land claims and conflict in Guyana's hinterland

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• 作者：Gavin Hilson^a ; ^{g.m.hilson@surrey.ac.uk} ; Timothy Laing^b
• 关键词：Guyana ; Mining ; Gold ; Amerindians ; Conflict
• 刊名：Journal of Rural Studies
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：50
• 期：Complete
• 页码：172-187
• 全文大小：1517 K
• 卷排序：50

文摘

Guyana’s gold-rich interior is the location of numerous, mostly low-latent, conflicts. These conflicts involve ‘Coast Lander’ Afro and Indo-Guyanese groups with mining interests and indigenous Amerindians. There is a misconception that these conflicts stem from Amerindians’ desires to secure gold-rich mining territories. These conflicts are complex, with underlying ethnic differences between the two groups being the chief cause. A case study of Mahdia-Campbelltown, one of Guyana’s main gold-mining communities, is used to illustrate these points.