Archive for February, 2008
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008Once again, US diamond exports exceed imports–despite the fact that no diamonds are produced in the US.
2007 estimates show 1.366 million carats of rough diamonds imported into the U.S., while 1.788 million carats were exported from it.
Protecting Bristol Bay
Friday, February 15th, 2008Brilliant Earth just signed the Bristol Bay Protection Pledge, an important step in protecting Alaska’s land, water, wildlife, and salmon fisheries from the ravages of open pit gold mining. You can help too!
Made in — Where?
Friday, February 15th, 2008JCK, the jewelry industry’s leading trade publication has a new report out highlighting how Country-of-Origin notification requirements in the US are generally ignored by the jewelry industry. US law requires that every piece of jewelry sold in the US display Country-of-Origin marks. But most jewelry retailers disregard the requirement, even as consumers are becoming more […]
Great Q&A on conflict diamonds for kids
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008Since we keep tabs on media coverage of conflict diamonds and hang on to the articles we find interesting, we’ve posted the standouts from 2007 and late 2006 to share with you. We hope you’ll get a chance to read some of the articles…there’s roundups on business, government, community and advocacy, regulation, and mining and […]
Environment & Mining Roundup 2007
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008To keep our website up to date with the important issues and concerns in our work, we read a lot about conflict diamonds. And the global nature of the conflict diamond trade means that it gets covered from many different angles — in terms of human rights, civil conflict, environmental concerns, governmental and regulatory agencies, […]
Violence & Smuggling Roundup 2007
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008To keep our website up to date with the important issues and concerns in our work, we read a lot about conflict diamonds. And the global nature of the conflict diamond trade means that it gets covered from many different angles — in terms of human rights, civil conflict, environmental concerns, governmental and regulatory agencies, […]
Community & Advocacy Roundup 2007
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008To keep our website up to date with the important issues and concerns in our work, we read a lot about conflict diamonds. And the global nature of the conflict diamond trade means that it gets covered from many different angles — in terms of human rights, civil conflict, environmental concerns, governmental regulations, and industry […]
Regulatory Roundup 2007
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008To keep our website up to date with the important issues and concerns in our work, we read a lot about conflict diamonds. And the global nature of the conflict diamond trade means that it gets covered from many different angles — in terms of human rights, civil conflict, environmental concerns, governmental and regulatory agencies, […]
Government Roundup 2007
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008To keep our website up to date with the important issues and concerns in our work, we read a lot about conflict diamonds. And the global nature of the conflict diamond trade means that it gets covered from many different angles — in terms of human rights, civil conflict, environmental concerns, governmental regulations, and industry […]
Business Roundup 2007
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008To keep our website up to date with the important issues and concerns in our work, we read a lot about conflict diamonds. And the global nature of the conflict diamond trade means that it gets covered from many different angles — in terms of human rights, civil conflict, environmental concerns, governmental regulations, and industry […]
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