Jaba River is a river in
Bougainville,
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...
. It empties to
Empress Augusta Bay
Empress Augusta Bay is a bay on the western side of the island of Bougainville Island, within the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in northeastern Papua New Guinea.
It is a subsistence fishing area for the people of Bougainville.
History
...
at . It was polluted by waste
from the
Panguna mine
The Panguna mine is a large copper mine located in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Panguna represents one of the largest copper reserves in Papua New Guinea and in the world, having an estimated reserve of one billion tonnes of ore copper and ...
, which specialized in
copper
Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu (from Latin ) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a pinkish-orang ...
. The aquatic life of Jaba river was destroyed due to heavy metal pollution. The environmental pollution of river was one of the causes
of
armed conflict on the island and struggle of local people for independence.
External links
Photo of river delta
References
Rivers of Papua New Guinea
Geography of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
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