Economic Exploitation

1877: The Abolition of a Reserve and the Theft of Kanak Land

The land exploitation affecting the villages of Pierra and Mérézi constitutes a clear example of France’s colonial policy of land confiscation and dispossession in New Caledonia. This policy involved...

Colonial Gold: The Montagne d’Or Project and Lasting Exploitation in French Guiana

Group (AMG) is one of the leading French companies operating in the gold-mining sector in French Guiana. Sources such as the French Geological Survey (BRGM) and the journal Mining provide statistical...