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Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / socio economic study | | French term or phrase: passif minier | Or il y a nécessité pour XXXXXXXX d’évoluer dans un environnement socio politique stable et de ne d’être perçu comme la nouvelle puissance impérialiste et colonisatrice qui vient imposer sa façon de faire dans une société qui a déjà subi la colonisation par le passé et qui souffre toujours **d’un passif minier** très important.
From a socio-economic study report.
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2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 dig it up, pour on mercury, extract the meaning?
Explanation:
For want of a neat expression that simply won't come to mind, I'd turn it around:
... and which still suffers the severe after-effects of past mining.
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3 hrs confidence: [always suffers from a poor history of] mining without environmental impact studies
Explanation:
or (unchecked) uncontrolled mining
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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-12-05 09:34:35 GMT)
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A bit like
"Laissez-faire" you might say... basically there is a lack of control
or thought for the environment because traditionally most governments seem to be motivated by the almighty d____r until there is enough goodwill & public sentiment to balance things. Sad but true..
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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-12-05 09:36:26 GMT)
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'unregulated mining' works as well
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