Mining
and Protected Areas (PDF) - Adrian Phillips. Prepared
for the MMSD Project.
Item 4 of the Provisional Agenda: State
of conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage
List - World Heritage and Mining / Point 4 de l’ordre 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 l’ordre 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 l’atelier 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 l’extension d’uranium envisagée à
Jabiluka concernant l’état 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.
The
Long-Run Availability of Minerals: Geology, Environment, Economics
(PDF) - 22-23 April 2001, Washington DC, USA. Summary of an Interdisciplinary
Workshop. Joel Darmstadter, Resources for the Future. MMSD Workshop
report.
Mining
and sustainable development: Considerations for minerals supply
(PDF) - Dr. Ian B. Lambert, Natural Resources Forum, Vol. 25,
Iss. 4, November 2001.
On
Borrowed Time? Civilization and the Threat of Mineral Depletion
(PDF) - John E. Tilton, Colorado School of Mines. Prepared for
the MMSD Project.
Abandoned
Mines Working Paper (PDF) - Dirk van Zyl, Meredith
Sassoon, Anne-Marie Fleury, Silvia Kyeyune, MMSD. Prepared for
the MMSD Project.
Large
Volume Waste Working Paper (PDF) - Dirk van Zyl, Meredith
Sassoon, Anne-Marie Fleury, Silvia Kyeyune, MMSD. Prepared for
the MMSD Project.
Large
Volume Waste: Summary and Recommendations (PDF)
15-17 July 2001, Vancouver, Canada. MMSD Workshop report.
Mine
Closure Working Paper (PDF) - Dirk van Zyl, Meredith
Sassoon, Anne-Marie Fleury, Silvia Kyeyune, MMSD. Prepared for
the MMSD Project.
Mining
for the Future: Large Volume Waste (PDF)
15-17 July 2001, Vancouver, Canada. MMSD Workshop report.
UN Convention to Combat Desertification
(UNCCD) - Convention text (PDF): Arabic
| Chinese | English
| French | Russian
| Spanish. Convention
Annex 5 text (PDF): Arabic
| Chinese | English
| French | Russian
| Spanish. Website:
[http://www.unccd.int].
