DIMENSIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN ANTI-GOLD MINING ENVIRONEMNTAL MOVEMENT IN ROMANIA. THE CASE OF SAVE ROȘIA MONTANĂ ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT
DIMENSIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN ANTI-GOLD MINING ENVIRONEMNTAL MOVEMENT IN ROMANIA. THE CASE OF SAVE ROȘIA MONTANĂ ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT

Summary/Abstract: The most substantial environmental mobilization in post-communist Romania is represented by Save Roşia Montană, a movement that opposes the European biggest open pit, cyanide-based gold and silver extraction project proposed by Gabriel Resources Ltd., a multi-national mining company based in Toronto. Over the last 12 years, it has become the most significant Romanian environmental conflict, with a significant national and international impact. Environmental and ecological justice can become an important frame for explaining the conflicts over environmental conditions, cultural and historical heritage preservation, cultural landscape, indigenous lands, identity, and ways of life in Roşia Montană, thus understanding the most significant environmental movement in Romania. The main hypothesis of my research is that the environmental movement that opposes the cyanide based gold mining project in Roşia Montană is primarily an environmental justice movement, being the first of its kind in Romania.

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