~ By Marc Choyt, Publisher, Fairjewelry.org An article published in the South African Times Entitled; Why Africa Is Burning quotes an extensive report prepared by the South African government that concludes, “Global greed for the continent’s natural resources and colonialism’s legacy are among the root causes of conflict in Africa.” The article refers to what

~ By Greg Valerio, Staff Writer, Fairjewelry.org August & September 2009 I am writing to invite you to take part in a secure online survey entitled ‘fairtrade and fairmined gold market survey’. This survey has been commissioned by the Fairtrade Foundation in London aimed at gaining a greater level of understanding into the UK jewellery

In two “Civil Society” letters to Michael Rae, CEO of the RJC and Matt Runci, Chairman of the Board of the RJC and head of Jewelers of America, Oxfam, Earthworks, CAFOD, Global Witness and others decline to support RJC, sighting a lack of a third party, multi-stakeholder approach for mining. Quoting from the letter to