Une nouvelle stratégie kanake

Abstract

Résumé La Nouvelle-Calédonie, au-delà de l’indépendantisme ?

Kanak coastal communities and fisheries meeting new governance challenges and marine issues in New Caledonia

“…One is located in the northwest of the main island, the Koniambo Nickel SAS (KNS) project, and the other in the south, the Goro-Nickel project (see fig. 9), and both are linked in complex ways to selfdetermination issues and the socioeconomic balance process related to the MatignonOudinot Accords (Leblic 1993) and then the Noumea Accord (Horowitz 2004;Demmer 2007). This contemporary development of the mining industry relies on strong partnerships between New Caledonia and various countries (France, Canada, Japan, Australia, Korea) looking for rare ores while China has also entered the game and became the territory's first client in (IEOM 2014.…”

Brave New Words: The Complexities and Possibilities of an “Indigenous” Identity in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

“…The International Year of the World's Indigenous People, 1993, was the first year that two Kanak representatives, who were also members of flnks, participated in a wgip meeting (Morin 2008). Locally, 1993 was also the founding year of the Association pour la Célébration de l'Année du Peuple Indigène en Kanaky (acapik, Association for the Celebration of the Year of the Indigenous People in Kanaky), which in 1995 became the Conseil National des Droits du Peuple Autochtone (cndpa, National Council for the Rights of Indigenous People) (Demmer 2007;Graff 2012;Monnerie 2005). Stéphanie Graff linked this early exploration of the "indigenous strategy" to divisions among Kanak independentists following the signing of the Matignon Accords (2012,75).…”

“…The agreement was aimed at an economic rebalancing of the three provinces, since the Northern and Island Provinces, peopled predominantly by Kanak, are underdeveloped in comparison to the Southern Province-the administrative and financial center under European control (Demmer 2007). Since 1990, the Northern Province, where Kanak representatives occupy the main elected positions, has become active in the industry and now controls a vast sector (Horowitz 2004).…”

“…At the beginning of the 2000s, a particular situation led to a vigorous affirmation of the "new Kanak strategy" (Demmer 2007), which used the framework of the international indigenous rights movement to articulate its demands. A new nickel refinery (first known as Goro Nickel and now called Vale Nouvelle-Calédonie), located near the capital city of Nouméa, planned to employ a new technology never used before in New Caledonia.…”

“…They asked for legal long-term guarantees concerning Kanak asset management and ownership in the mining industry as well as financial compensation or royalties for the indigenous people (Demmer 2007).…”