Ambassador Gillian Milovanovic GV: Can I start by asking what the role of the Kimberley Process is in the diamond industry and specifically what your role is as the KP Chair? GM: The Kimberley Process Chair organizes the work of the KP for the year, chairs the Intersessional and Plenary meetings, and helps ensure that

This article first appeared in the Ecologist on 24 April 2012 Nobody wants to look at jewellery and feel pangs of guilt but there’s no denying that the industry has a poor record when it comes to ethics with everything from blood diamonds to dirty gold and environmental destruction on the charge sheet. What’s more,

Interview With Mr. Marange From The Marange Diamond Fields of Zimbabwe The Marange diamond district of Zimbabwe has been the site of numerous human rights violations.  The Kimberley Process Certification of these diamonds has been very controversial among jewelers around the world leading to a loss of confidence in the protection The Kimberley Certification claims