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Mining, Environment and Development
CD-Rom
The Mining, Environment and Development CD-Rom is
a compilation of recent documents and publications by the United
Nations and other organisations on the subject of mineral resources,
mining and sustainable development.
Background information on the CD-Rom is provided below.
To view the contents of the CD-Rom please select from the menu at
left.
•Purpose of the CD-Rom
•Structure of the CD-Rom Contents
•File Types
•External Links
•Further Information
•Acknowledgments
•Disclaimer
The contents of the CD-Rom are also hosted on the
Mineral Resources Forum (MRF) and may be viewed at:
[http://www.natural-resources.org/minerals/CD/index.html]
As it becomes available, new documents and information
will be added to the online version.
Purpose of the CD-Rom
The Mining, Environment and Development CD-Rom is
a compilation of recent documents and publications by the United
Nations and other organisations on the subject of mineral resources,
mining and sustainable development.
The CD-Rom, jointly developed by the United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the
United Nations Environment Programme Division
of Technology, Industry and Economics (UNEP-DTIE), is intended
to complement the online resources provided by the Mineral
Resources Forum (MRF) by providing an alternate means of
disseminating information, ideas and good practices to interested
individuals and organisations. The CD-Rom is particularly targeted
at users in areas, who do not have access to fast and/or reliable
Internet connections that allow download of the documents, especially
those of a large size.
Organisation of the CD-Rom Contents
The documents contained on the CD-Rom are categorised
according to both, the Organisation producing them and also by the
major Topic of the document such as environmental, small-scale mining
or occupational health and safety issues.
The section "By Organisation",
introduces each organisation through a short overview of their activities
in the mining sector followed by a listing of their documents that
are available.
The section "By Topic",
organises all the documents by their principal subject such as the
three key elements of sustainable development - environment, economics
and society - as well as by more specific topic areas such as small-scale
mining, occupational health and safety and best practice guidelines
and standards. Additional material is provided through an introductory
overview of the evolution of Sustainable Development
as it relates to the mining sector and a description of the International
Law that impacts upon the activities of the sector.
The material provided was compiled during December
2002. Since that date, old documents may have been updated and new
documents made available. Users are advised to check, when possible,
with the relevant organisations website for the most recent version
as well as for any additional or new information. In any case, as
a courtesy, reference should be made to the the original website
when quoting from documents that appear in this CD-Rom.
Please select from the menu at left to view the CD-Rom
contents.
File Types
The majority of documents are provided in Adobe PDF
format with a few available, where indicated, in Microsoft Word®
or Microsoft PowerPoint® formats.
Adobe PDF files require the the free Adobe Acrobat
Reader® software. This may be installed
from the CD-Rom if required.
Some users may experience error when trying to open
the Adobe PDF files within a web browser window. There is currently
no method of resolving this problem with the browser window. If
this occurs, right click on the link to the PDF and save the file
to your hard disk, then open the PDF file in the Adobe Acrobat Reader®
software.
External Links
Links to online websites are provided in a number
of locations and are explicitly indicated by the inclusion of the
URL, for example:
Mineral Resources Forum (MRF)
[http://www.natural-resources.org/minerals/]
To successfully access these online resources a functioning
Internet connection is required.
Further Information
A variety of links to online web
resources as well as the names and contact
details for the organisations participating in this CD-Rom are
provided to allow users to obtain additional information.
Acknowledgments
The Mining, Environment and Development CD-Rom was
researched and authored by Jon Michael Higgins (Email: jon_higgins@hotmail.com)
under the guidance of Mr. Brian Chambers, Programme Manager, Special
Programme for Resource-Based Development, UNCTAD and Mr. Fritz Balkau,
Chief, Production and Consumption Branch, UNEP-DTIE.
Funding was provided under UNCTAD Project TX-INT/92/A31
"Support to developing countries on developmental aspects of
global environmental deliberations".
Thanks are expressed to the many organisations and
individuals who participated in the collation of the material included.
Disclaimer
The views expressed in the documents contained in
this CD-Rom are not necessarily those of the United Nations. The
documents are provided simply as an information resource on sustainable
development as it relates to the mining sector.
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