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Conservation Society of Sierra Leone
The main focus of the CSSL is to promote conservation of natural resources in Sierra Leone. They have also branched into how to properly mine diamonds and ensure they are not being used to fund confilcts. -
Global Witness
The Global Witness organization launched a campaign to expose the role of blood diamonds. The campaign was called the Combating Conflict Diamonds Campaign. This showed people throughout the world the role blood diamonds played in financially supporting conflicts in African. -
Kimberly Process
Started when diamond producing states from Southern African met in South Africa. They discussed ways to end the trade of blood diamonds. -
World Diamond Council
The World Diamond Council is made up of representatives from diamond manufacturing and trading companies. It was set up in July of 2000 to help reduce the number of "blood diamonds" being sold. -
World Diamond Council
World diamond industry gets togerther to form the World Diamond Council. They also set up a process to regiester all rough diamonds. -
Diamonds Today
An estimated 65% of the world's diamonds come from Africa. This adds up to aproximently 8.5 billion dollars. -
Amnesty International
Organization created to stop the abuse of young children. They have targted trying to stop the illeagl mining of conflict diamonds. -
One Sky
Candadian organization dedicated to help save the environment. Focuses lots of its attention on the environment in Africa. One Sky helps by trying to plant vegitation and return the land to its natural state after diamonds have been mined from the area.
