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Nauru Rehabilitation Corporation

To rehabilitate land destroyed by the phosphate industry in Nauru

The Nauru Rehabilitation Corporation is a state-owned enterprise established by the Republic of Nauru in May 1999, following the passing of the Nauru Rehabilitation Corporation Act in July 1997. Its primary mission is to rehabilitate land destroyed by the phosphate industry, both before and after its independence, making them once again economically useful to the small island-nation.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Coral pinacles on Nauru2
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The Nauru Rehabilitation Corporation is a state-owned enterprise established by the Republic of Nauru in May 1999, following the passing of the Nauru Rehabilitation Corporation Act in July 1997. Its primary mission is to rehabilitate land destroyed by the phosphate industry, both before and after its independence, making them once again economically useful to the small island-nation.2

The story

Work on the lands began in early 2008 with the help of Australian funding. Australia, during its trusteeship over the island until 1968, had mined and profited from the rich phosphate deposits of the island. Once independent, however, Nauru took Australia to the courts demanding financial reparations for the environmental and agricultural damages caused by the mining operations. The Australian government under Prime Minister Paul Keating agreed to assist Nauru in an out-of-court settlement in the 1990s, signing a treaty to that effect with the then President of Nauru, Bernard Dowiyogo. The Nauru Rehabilitation Corporation (NRC) was set up to put the necessary work into effect.

From Wikipedia’s article on Nauru Rehabilitation Corporation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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