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Environmental Issues
General
Biodiversity
Water and Acid Drainage
Waste Disposal and Tailings Facilities
Environmental Management
World Heritage and Protected Areas
Cleaner Production
General
Mining,
Minerals, and the Environment (PDF) - Chapter 10. Mining,
Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project Final Report,
2002.
Mining and the Natural Environment
(PDF |
Word) - L.R. Blinker, UNEP. Mining, Environment and Development
series, UNCTAD.
Mining
and the Environment in Indonesia: Long-Term Trends and Repercussions
of the Asian Economic Crisis (PDF) - Gary McMahon,
Elly Rasdiani Subdibjo, Jean Aden, Aziz Bouzaher, Giovanna Dore,
Ramanie Kunanayagam. Discussion Paper. Environment and Social
Development Unit (EASES) / East Asia and Pacific Region of the
World Bank, 2000.

Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Issues: The Enabling Environment and Mining (PDF) -
Roger Blench, Overseas Development Institute. Paper prepared for
the MMSD Project.
An
Exploratory Paper on Economic and Financial Mechanisms to Build
Synergies and Reduce Conflicts Between Mining and Biodiversity
- Frank Vorhies and Nick Bertrand, IUCN. Paper prepared for the
MMSD Project.
Managing
the Impacts of the Australian Minerals Industry on Biodiversity
(PDF) - M.V. Lloyd, G. Barnett, M.D. Doherty, R.A. Jeffree, J.
John, J.D. Majer, J.M. Osborne, O.G. Nichols, April 2002.
Mining
and Biodiversity Workshop Report (PDF)
11-12 June 2001, London, UK. Hosted by MMSD. MMSD Workshop report.
Mining
and Biodiversity Second Workshop Report (PDF)
25-26 October 2001, London, UK. Hosted by MMSD. MMSD Workshop
report.

Water and Acid Drainage
Acid
drainage paper (PDF) - K Lapakko. Paper prepared for
the MMSD Project.
Mining
and Water Resources Presentation (PowerPoint) - MMSD Southern
Africa Working Group.
An Overview of the Impact of Mining and
Mineral Processing Operations on Water Resources and Water Quality
in the Zambezi, Limpopo and Olifants Catchments in Southern Africa
- Ashton, P.J., D. Love, H. Mahachi, P.H.G.M. Dirks, 2001. MMSD
Southern Africa Working Group Final Report.
Cover
(Word)
Citation
Page (Word)
Contents
and Executive Summary (Word)
Section
1 - Introduction and Background Information (Word)
Figure
1.1: Sketch map of southern Africa, showing the Southern
African Development Community (SADC) and the the Zambezi,
Limpopo and Olifants basins. (Word)
Tables
1.1-1.3: Chemical and physical impacts of different
types of mining and mineral processing operations. (Word)
Section
2 - Impacts of Mining and Mineral Processing Operations on the
Biophysical Environment (Word)
Section
3 - The Zambezi Basin (Word)
Figure
3.1: Sketch map showing the distribution of mean annual
rainfall over the Zambezi basin, plus major rivers and lakes.
(Word)
Figures
3.2-3.6: Maps of Zimbabwe showing: hydrological zones,
major rivers and positions of Zambezi and Limpopo sub-catchments;
water quality sampling sites operated by ZINWA; distribution
of different land use types; distribution and extent of different
geological units. (Word)
Figure 3.4: Sketch map of the Zambezi basin, showing
major rivers, lakes and sub-catchments, plus the locations
and types of important mining operations. (Word)
Figures
3.7-3.14: Maps of Zimbabwe showing the locations of:
precious metal mines; ferrous metals and ferralloy metals;
non-ferrous metal mines; industrial minerals; gemstone mines;
minor metals and related non-metals; metals smelters, furnaces
and coking plants; and river reaches that are subjected to
alluvial gold mining and small-scale chrome mining. (Word)
Figure
3.15:
Landsat image taken in October 1998 of a portion of the Zambian
Copperbelt (Word)
Figure
3.15 (Wordperfect WPG file)
Table
3.41: Summary of actual and anticipated water resource
and water quality problems associated with mining operations
and mineral processing activities in the Zambezi basin
(Word)
Section
4 - The Limpopo Basin (Word)
Figure
4.1: Map of the distribution of mean annual rainfall
over the two basins, as well as the positions of the major
tributaries within each basin (Word)
Figure
4.2: Map of major tributaries with their sub-catchments,
plus the locations and types of all mining operations located
within these basins (Word)
Figure
4.3: Map of the South African sectors of the Limpopo
and Olifants basins, showing locations and types of all mining
operations in each sub-catchment (Word)
Table
4.27: Summary of actual and anticipated water resource
and water quality problems associated with mining operations
and mineral processing activities in the Limpopo basin (Word)
Section
5 - The Olifants Catchment (Word)
Table
5.12: Summary of actual and anticipated water resource
and water quality problems associated with mining operations
and mineral processing activities in the Olifants basin (Word)
Section
6 - Conclusions and Section 7 - Recommendations (Word)
Table
7.1: Summary of recommendations for stakeholder contributions
to sustainable development: Biophysical (Word)
Section
8 - References (Word)

Waste Disposal and Tailings Facilities
Case
Studies on Tailings Management (PDF) - UNEP/International
Council on Metals and the Environment (ICME), 1998.
Large
Volume Waste: Summary and Recommendations (PDF)
15-17 July 2001, Vancouver, Canada. MMSD Workshop report.
Mining
for the Future: Large Volume Waste (PDF)
15-17 July 2001, Vancouver, Canada. MMSD Workshop report.
Stewardship
of Tailing Facilities for Sustainable Development (PDF)
- TE Martin, MP Davies, S Rice, T Higgs and PC Lighthall. Paper
prepared for the MMSD Project.

Environmental Management
An
Asset for Competitiveness: Sound Environmental Management in Mining
Countries (PDF) - Monika Weber-Fahr, Craig Andrews,
Leo Maraboli, and John Strongman. World Bank and International
Finance Corporation, 2002.
Audit and Reduction Manual for Industrial
Emissions and Waters UNEP, TR 7, 1991. Available
in English, French and Spanish. Hardcopy only - Order
Form (PDF).
Case Studies Illustrating Environmental
Practices in Mining and Metallurgical Processes - UNEP/International
Council on Metals and the Environment (ICME), 1996. Hardcopies
are available from UNEP - Order
Form (PDF) - while a CD-Rom may be obtained from the International
Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) [http://www.icmm.com/html/pubs_pubs.php].
Environmental Aspects of Selected Nonferrous
Metals (Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn, Au) Ore Mining - UNEP/ILO, TR 5,
1992. Hardcopy only - Order
Form (PDF).
Environmental Impact Assessment: Issues,
Trends and Practice - UNEP, 2001. Hardcopy
only - Order Form
(PDF).
Environmental Impact Assessment Training
Resource Manual - Ed. by Barry Sadler and Mary McCabe.
The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment: Centre
for Environmental Assessment and Management, and Environment Australia.
UNEP-DTIE Economic and Trade Branch, 2nd Edition, 2002. Available
as Hardcopy document - Order
Form (PDF) - or as Adobe PDF files:
Manual (PDF)
Overhead transparency
masters (PDF)
Presentations
Topic
1 - Aims and objectives of EIA (PowerPoint)
Topic
2 - The EIA process (PowerPoint)
Topic
3 - Public involvement (PowerPoint)
Topic
4 - Screening (PowerPoint)
Topic
5 - Scoping (PowerPoint)
Topic
6 - Impact analysis (PowerPoint)
Topic
7 - Mitigation (PowerPoint)
Topic
8 - Elements
Topic
9 - Review (PowerPoint)
Topic
10 - Decision-making (PowerPoint)
Topic
11 - Implementation, monitoring, auditing (PowerPoint)
Topic
12 - Project management, team selection, scheduling,
budgeting (PowerPoint)
Topic
13 - Social Impact Assessment (SIA) (PowerPoint)
Topic
14 - Strategic Environmental Appraisal (SEA) (PowerPoint)
Topic
15 - Towards sustainability (PowerPoint)
Environmental
Management & Sustainable Development in the Mining and Minerals
Sector (PowerPoint) - MMSD Southern Africa Working Group.
Environment
Management of Mine Sites (PDF) - UNEP, 1994.
Environmental Management of Nickel Production:
A Technical Guide - UNEP, TR 15, 1993. Hardcopy only -
Order Form (PDF).
Environmental Management System Training
Resource Kit - UNEP/FIDIC/ICC, 2nd Edition, 2001. Hardcopy
only - Order Form
(PDF).
Mine Closure
An Overview of the Issues - A Presentation to the Government
of Indonesia (PDF) - John Strongman, Mining Adviser, World
Bank Group. A Presentation to the Government of Indonesia, Mine
Closure Workshop, Jakarta, Indonesia, October 2000.
Mine Rehabilitation for Environment and
Health Protection - a trainers manual - UNEP and the World
Health Organisation (WHO), 1998. [Front
Cover / Part
1 / Part
2 / Part
2-2 / Part
2-3 / Part
2-4 / Part
3 / Part
4 (all PDF)]
Monitoring Industrial Emissions and Wastes
- UNEP/UNIDO, TR 27, 1996. Hardcopy only - Order
Form (PDF).

World Heritage and Protected Areas
Item 4 of the Provisional Agenda: State
of conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage
List - World Heritage and Mining / Point 4 de lordre du
jour provisoire : Etat de conservation des biens inscrits sur
la Liste du patrimoine mondial - Patrimoine mondial et exploitation
minière (English
PDF | Français
PDF) - 23rd extraordinary session of the Bureau, UNESCO, Doc.
code: WHC.99/CONF.208/7, 26-27 November 1999.
Item 10 of the Provisional Agenda : State
of conservation of properties inscribed on the List of World Heritage
in Danger and on the World Heritage List - World Heritage and
Mining / Point 10 de lordre du jour provisoire : Etat de
conservation des biens inscrits sur la Liste du patrimoine mondial
- Patrimoine mondial et exploitation minière (English
PDF | Français
PDF) - 23rd session of the Committee, UNESCO, Doc. code: WHC.99/CONF.209/20,
29 November - 4 December 1999.
Report of the technical workshop on "World
Heritage and Mining" / Rapport de latelier technique
"Patrimoine mondial et l'exploitation minière"
(English PDF
| Français
PDF) - 24th extraordinary session of the Bureau of the World
Heritage Committee, UNESCO, Switzerland, Doc. Code: WHC.2000/CONF.203/INF.7,
21-23 September 2000. - The report features 10 principles agreed
upon to underpin the relationship between mining and World Heritage
interests.
Report of the twenty-fourth session of the
World Heritage Committee / Rapport de la vingt-quatrième
session du Comité du patrimoine mondial (English
PDF | Français
PDF) - 24th session of the Committee, UNESCO, Cairns, Australia,
Doc code: WHC.2000/CONF.204/21, 27 November - 2 December 2000.
- Of specific interest is Annex 15: Recommendations
of the Technical Workshop on World Heritage and Mining.
Review of an Independent Scientific Panel
of the scientific issues associated with the proposed mining of
uranium at Jabiluka in relation to the state of conservation of
Kakadu National Park. Undertaken between 22 April and 13 May 1999
/ Etude réalisée par un comité scientifique
indépendant sur les questions scientifiques liées
à lextension duranium envisagée à
Jabiluka concernant létat de conservation du Parc
national de Kakadu entrepris entre le 22 avril et le 13 mai 1999
(English PDF
| Français
PDF) - 3rd extraordinary session of the Committee, UNESCO,
Doc. Code: WHC.99/CONF.205/INF.3E, 12 July 1999.
State of conservation of Kakadu National
Park, Australia: Independent Scientific Panel (ISP) of the International
Council for Science (ICSU) Report No. 3, September 2000 / Etat
de conservation du Parc national du Kakadu, Australie : Comité
scientifique indépendant (ISP) du Conseil international
pour la science (ICSU), Rapport n° 3, septembre 2000
(English PDF
| Français
PDF) - 24th session of the Committee, UNESCO, Doc. Code: WHC.2000/CONF.204/INF.20,
27 November - 2 December 2000.
World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Position Statement on Mining and associated activities in relation
to Protected Areas / Document de position de la Commission mondiale
des aires protegees (WCPA) sur l'exploitation miniere et les activites
concernant des Aires protegees (English
PDF | Français
PDF) - 23rd session of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee,
UNESCO, Doc. Code: WHC.99/CONF.204/INF.14, June 1999.

Cleaner Production
Cleaner Production: A Training Resource
Package - UNEP, 1996. Hardcopy only
- Order Form (PDF).
Industry Environmental Compliance: Training
Manual - UNEP, 1996. Hardcopy only
- Order Form (PDF).

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