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Namibia approves environmental certificate for contested phosphate mining project
Original: Namibia grants environmental certificate to phosphate mining project long opposed by nation’s fishing industry
Namibian authorities have issued an environmental clearance certificate for a phosphate mining project, despite years of opposition from the country's fishing industry. Fishing groups have long argued that seabed phosphate mining could damage marine ecosystems and threaten fish stocks that are central to Namibia's fishing sector and economy.
Why now: The decision directly affects the fishing industry, which has campaigned against the project, making the outcome controversial.
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