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Book Legal Framework of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment in the Mining Sector

Download or read book Legal Framework of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment in the Mining Sector written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The closure plan and final rehabilitation must include: (i) a summary of the main points and conclusions, including closure targets, timetables and financial guarantees; (ii) a description of the context of the closure which includes the history of the mining company and its operations; (iii) a detailed description of the mining facilities; (iv) a description of the social and environmental charac [...] In addition to taking into account the concerns of the communities in the establishment and implementation of policies and development projects, it at the same time allows for citizen participation and the sharing of local and traditional knowledge related to the physical environment and the social fabric (Lanmafankpotin et al., 2013). [...] The first is the extent of the discretion of the public authority that rejects a mining project on the basis of the findings of an ESIA. [...] The granting of such a guarantee may seem obvious from a purely financial point of view as well as from the point of view of the promotion of mining exploration projects: the company that takes the risk of investing in exploration must reap the benefits in the event of success (discovery of a deposit). [...] When these documents are required at the appropriate time, i.e., before the granting of the exploitation permit, the main issue is then the inclusion of these standards into the mining regulations of the countries, as well as into the practices of the industry.

Book Strengthening the Legal Framework for Environmental and Social Impact Assessment in the Mining Sector in Madagascar  Selected Issues

Download or read book Strengthening the Legal Framework for Environmental and Social Impact Assessment in the Mining Sector in Madagascar Selected Issues written by Suzy Nikièma and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Legal and Regulatory Framework for Environmental Impact Assessments

Download or read book The Legal and Regulatory Framework for Environmental Impact Assessments written by Mohamed Abdelwahab Bekhechi and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) is a procedure for evaluating the impact of proposed activities on the environment. In modern Africa, EIAs are a growing reality and a matter of law in 22 sub-Saharan African countries. This volume examines various aspects of EIA legislation in these countries, including: definitions and prescribed activities; public participation and consultation; the review process and the quality of EIA reports; monitoring and enforcement; compatibility; and transboundary issues. It highlights the role and degree of public participation for the further development of EIA law and policy.

Book Environmental and Social Impact Assessments in Mining Legal Frameworks  Case Studies from California  United States  Kazakhstan  and Queensland  Australia

Download or read book Environmental and Social Impact Assessments in Mining Legal Frameworks Case Studies from California United States Kazakhstan and Queensland Australia written by International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This note is part of Quality testing.

Book Social Impact Assessment

Download or read book Social Impact Assessment written by Reidar Kvam and published by Inter-American Development Bank. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This note provides an overview of good practice standards in Social Impact Assessment (SIA). It has been prepared by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), to provide guidance to practitioners and decision-makers. By applying the approach presented in this note, it is expected that the quality, consistency, and operational relevance of SIAs will improve. SIA facilitates the systematic integration of social issues in the planning and implementation of projects. It improves the quality and sustainability of projects, supports and strengthens national requirements, and enhances project acceptance and local ownership. The SIA helps to identify and manage potential adverse social impacts a project may cause or contribute to, and to maximize benefits to local communities and other groups.

Book The Law and Governance of Mining and Minerals

Download or read book The Law and Governance of Mining and Minerals written by Ana Elizabeth Bastida and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores a disciplinary matrix for the study of the law and governance concerning mining and minerals from a global perspective. The book considers the key challenges of achieving the goals of Agenda 2030 and the transition to low-carbon circular economies. The perspective encompasses the multi-faceted and highly complex interaction of multiple fields of international law and policy, soft law and standards, domestic laws and regulations as well as local levels of ordering of social relations. What emerges is a largely neglected, unsystematised and under-theorised field of study which lies at the intersection of the global economy, environmental sustainability, human rights and social equity. But it also underlies the many loopholes to address at all levels, most notably at the local level – land and land holders, artisanal miners, ecosystems, local economies, local linkages and development. The book calls for a truly cosmopolitan academic discipline to be built and identifies challenges to do so. It also sets a research agenda for further studies in this fast-changing field.

Book Assessment of the Environmental Regulatory Framework of the Mining Sector

Download or read book Assessment of the Environmental Regulatory Framework of the Mining Sector written by Weltbank and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Nigeria, up to now mining activities have systematically escaped environmental control. In 1989, the Government of Nigeria issue the document "national policy on the environment", which was revised in 1999 in response to the advances in knowledge and the need of integrating development issues concerning all sectors of the economy. The new environmental policy goals followed the sustained development principles of conserving and using natural resources for the benefit of present and future generations, and ensure an adequate environmental quality for good health and well being of the population. Recognizing the sectoral potential to cause serious environmental degradation, strategies regarding the implementation of policy directives in mining development included mandatory preventive environmental impact assessment (EIA), minimization of environmental damages and risks, prescription of regulation and standards specific for mining wastes, and promotion of legal small-scale mining activities. None of them has yet been fully put into practice. Although the EIA decree has been in force since 1992, only a year ago a mining project has prepared an EIA study and applied for an environmental certificate. Development of environmental regulations, mining effluent and waste management standards have just been included as an activity of the SMMR Project, following the provisions of the Nigerian Minerals and Mining Law recently approved (February 2007).

Book Spaces of Responsibility

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  • Author : Diana Ayeh
  • Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
  • Release : 2021-09-20
  • ISBN : 3110690233
  • Pages : 328 pages

Download or read book Spaces of Responsibility written by Diana Ayeh and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spaces of Responsibility explores the role of ethics in (re)ordering extractive relations under the global condition. Through an empirical investigation of actors, places, and ideas in and around Burkina Faso’s industrial gold mining sector, this volume carries out an anti-essentialist yet critical examination, offering new insights into global mining capitalism. Corporate concession-making practices, the implementation of (national) mining legislation, and civil society interventions in mining areas all contribute in different ways to the dialectics of the global. Accordingly, the ongoing territorialization of mining investment often has considerable impacts on the well-being of populations in the Global South. At the same time, multinational corporations today cannot completely distance or isolate themselves from the political, economic, and social contexts they are interacting in and with. Drawing on theoretical debates about the links between resource extraction and socio-economic development, multi-scalar negotiations of ethics in mining governance are ethnographically retraced. In terms of gains and benefits, these negotiations manifest themselves spatially, providing access for some actors while excluding others.

Book Sustainable Development in EU Foreign Investment Law

Download or read book Sustainable Development in EU Foreign Investment Law written by Stefanie Schacherer and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable Development in EU Foreign Investment Law offers a clear and convincing assessment of how the EU contributes to the ongoing debate on sustainable development integration in international investment agreements.

Book Mining and Critical Ecosystems

Download or read book Mining and Critical Ecosystems written by Marta Miranda and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is a culmination of a two-year research effort aimed at identifying environmentally and socially vulnerable areas at risk from mining. The report aims to provide a methodology that companies, governments, and civil society groups can use to develop a set of standards for environmentally responsible mining.

Book Handbook of Social Impact Assessment and Management

Download or read book Handbook of Social Impact Assessment and Management written by Frank Vanclay and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-14 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. This carefully conceived Handbook presents a state-of-the-art discussion of the field of social impact assessment (SIA), highlighting contemporary understandings and emerging issues in this continually evolving area of research and practice. Experienced SIA practitioners from around the world share their learnings and advice on a comprehensive range of issues faced in social performance practice.

Book Environmental Justice in India

Download or read book Environmental Justice in India written by Gitanjali Nain Gill and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern environmental regulation and its complex intersection with international law has led many jurisdictions to develop environmental courts or tribunals. Strikingly, the list of jurisdictions that have chosen to do this include numerous developing countries, including Bangladesh, Kenya and Malawi. Indeed, it seems that developing nations have taken the task of capacity-building in environmental law more seriously than many developed nations. Environmental Justice in India explores the genesis, operation and effectiveness of the Indian National Green Tribunal (NGT). The book has four key objectives. First, to examine the importance of access to justice in environmental matters promoting sustainability and good governance Second, to provide an analytical and critical account of the judicial structures that offer access to environmental justice in India. Third, to analyse the establishment, working practice and effectiveness of the NGT in advancing a distinctively Indian green jurisprudence. Finally, to present and review the success and external challenges faced and overcome by the NGT resulting in growing usage and public respect for the NGT’s commitment to environmental protection and the welfare of the most affected people. Providing an informative analysis of a growing judicial development in India, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental justice, environmental law, development studies and sustainable development.

Book Guidelines for Social Life Cycle Assessment of Products

Download or read book Guidelines for Social Life Cycle Assessment of Products written by United Nations Environment Programme and published by UNEP/Earthprint. This book was released on 2009 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Guidelines for Social Life Cycle Assessment of Products provides a map, a skeleton and a flash light for stakeholders engaging in the assessment of social and socio-economic impacts of products life cycle. The map describes the context, the key concepts, the broader field in which tools and techniques are getting developed and their scope of application. The skeleton presents key elements to consider and provide guidance for the goal and scope, inventory, impact assessment and interpretation phases of a social life cycle assessment. The flash light highlights areas where further research is needed. Social Life Cycle Assessment is a technique available to account for stories and inform systematically on impacts that otherwise would be lost in the vast and fast moving sea of our modern world. May it help stakeholders to effectively and efficiently engage to improve social and socio-economic conditions of production and consumption

Book Transnational Law and Local Struggles

Download or read book Transnational Law and Local Struggles written by David Szablowski and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2007-01-29 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global spread of transnational mining investment, which has been taking place since the 1990s, has led to often volatile conflicts with local communities. This book examines the regulation of these conflicts through national, transnational and local legal processes. In doing so, it examines how legal authority is being redistributed among public and private actors, as well as national and transnational actors, as a result of globalizing forces. The book presents a case study concerning the negotiation of land transfer and resettlement between a transnational mining enterprise and indigenous peasants in the Andes of Peru. The case study is used to explore the intensely local dynamics involved in negotiations between corporate and community representatives and the role played by legal ordering in these relations. In particular, the book examines the operation of a transnational legal regime managed by the World Bank to remedy the social and environmental impacts of projects which receive Bank assistance. The book explores the nature and character of the World Bank regime and the multiple consequences of this projection of transnational law into a local dispute.

Book Strategy for African Mining

Download or read book Strategy for African Mining written by John Strongman and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines the reasons for the demise of Africa's mining performance, and proposes a strategy for accelerating mining sector growth so that the sector can make a greater contribution to economic activity in the region. The report draws heavily on the experience of World Bank mining work in Africa as well as other regions. The report includes an analysis of mining legislation and taxation arrangements in five countries which have been relatively successful in attracting new private sector mining investment. It also makes use of the results of a survey of the decision making processes and criteria of over forty mining companies regarding exploration and investment in developing countries. At various stages, key insights and findings from the report have been reviewed and discussed on a selective basis with industry experts, potential investors, interested government officials and the academic community.