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•Public Participation, Stakeholder Engagement and Partnerships
•Resettlement and Post-Closure
•Corruption and Armed Conflict
•Gender


 

General

Community Information Needs: Access to Information Through the Mining Life Cycle (PDF) - Ginger Gibson. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Conclusions and Recommendations from Research Topics - Mining and Society (Word) - MMSD Southern Africa Regional Group Final Report.

Integrating Social Concerns into Private Sector Decisionmaking: A Review of Corporate Practices in the Mining, Oil, and Gas Sectors - Aida Davy and Kathryn McPhail - World Bank Discussion Paper No. 384, 1998. - The paper deals with aspects of corporate social responsibility. The document is available for purchase only from the World Bank website at: [http://publications.worldbank.org/ecommerce/]

Large Mines and Local Communities: Forging Partnerships, Building Sustainability (PDF) - Felix Remy and Gary MacMahon. The World Bank and International Finance Corporation, April 2002.

Local Development (Word) - Sam Choshi, African Institute of Corporate Citizenship, July 2001. MMSD Southern Africa Regional Group Final Report.

Recommendations – Local Development Summary Table (Word)

Mining and Economic Sustainability: Community and National Challenges (PDF) - Rod Eggert. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Mining and Society: Overview (Word) - Paul Kapelus, African Institute of Corporate Citizenship, August 2001. MMSD Southern Africa Regional Group Final Report.

Privatisation and Social Management (Word) - John Kangwa, African Institute of Corporate Citizenship, July 2001. MMSD Southern Africa Regional Group Final Report.

Recommendations – Privatisation Summary Table (Word)

The Rise of the Community (PDF) - Gary McMahon and John Strongman, The World Bank Group, January 1999.

Social Impact Assessment in the Mining Industry: Current Situation and Future Directions (PDF) - Susan Joyce and Magnus MacFarlane. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Socio-Economic consequences of the restructuring and privatization of the Alexkor diamond mine. Namaqualand, South Africa (PDF) - UNCTAD. Report on project SAF/97/A14 to the Department of Economic Affairs and Tourism of the Government of the Northern Cape province, South Africa.

World Bank's Mining Activities: Presentation to the Friends of the Earth - Raw Materials versus Poverty Conference (PowerPoint) - John Strongman, Mining Department, The World Bank Group. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 2001.

 

Mineral Wealth

Communities, Civil Society Organisations and the Management of Mineral Wealth (PDF) - Kwabena Mate. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Management of Commodity Resources in the Context of Sustainable Development: Social Impacts of Mining (PDF) - UNESCAP. Papers presented at the Asian/Pacific Workshop on Managing the Social Impacts of Mining, Bandung, Indonesia, 14-15 October 1996.

Management of Mineral Wealth and the Role of Mineral Wealth in Socio-economic Development - UNCTAD Workshop proceedings, Lusaka, Zambia, August 2002.

Managing Australian Mineral Wealth for Sustainable Economic Development (PDF) - Ken Willett, Janaury 2002.

Managing Mineral Wealth Workshop Report: How can the Minerals Sector Support the Development of Minerals Economies and Contribute to Building Sustainable Communities, Especially in the Poorest Countries? (PDF) - 15-17 August 2001, London, UK. Hosted by MMSD. MMSD Workshop.

Mineral Wealth and Human Capital: An International Workshop on Sustainable Resource-Based Development - UNCTAD Workshop proceedings, Monterrey, Mexico, March 2001.

Treasure or Trouble?: Mining in Developing Countries (PDF) - Monika Weber-Fahr. The World Bank and International Finance Corporation, 2002.

 

Health

The Community Health Dimension of Sustainable Development in Developing Countries (PDF) - Henry Brehaut, Global Sustainability Services Inc. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Worker and Community Health and Safety Informal Experts Meeting Report (PDF) - 10 September 2001, London, UK. Hosted by MMSD and LSHTM. MMSD Workshop.

Worker and Community Health Impacts Related to Mining Operations Internationally: A Rapid Review of the Literature (PDF) - Carolyn Stephens and Mike Ahern.

 

Indigenous People

Agreements between Mining Companies and Indigenous Communities: A Report to the Australian Minerals and Energy Environment Foundation (PDF) - Indigenous Support Services and ACIL Consulting, December 2001. MMSD Australia regional group report.

Indigenous Communities and Mineral Development (PDF) - Janeth Warden-Fernandez. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Indigenous Peoples and Mining: Strategies and Tactics for Encounters (PDF) - Theodore E. Downing, Jerry Moles, Ian McIntosh and Carmen Garcia-Downing. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Indigenous People and Mining Workshop Report (PDF) - 4-6 February 2002. Perth, Australia. MMSD Workshop.

Indigenous People and Relationships with the Mining Sector - Preparatory Meeting and Workshop Report (PDF) - 27-28 September 2001, Quito, Ecuador. Hosted by MMSD, MPRI / IDRC & Ambiente y Sociedad. MMSD Workshop.

Indigenous Peoples, Mining, and International Law (Español PDF | English PDF) - Marcos A. Orellana Cruz. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Reporte sobre el Taller Preliminar de MMSD sobre Pueblos Indígenas y su Relación con El Sector de la Minería (PDF) - 27-28 Septiembre 2001, Quito, Ecuador. MMSD. Realizado con la colaboración de Iniciativa de Investigación en Políticas Mineras (IIPM/IDRC) y Ambiente y Sociedad (Quito). MMSD Workshop.

 

Human Rights

Child labour in small-scale mining: Examples from Niger, Peru & Philippines - Ed. Norman S. Jennings, Sectoral Activities Programme Working Paper, SAP 2.78/WP.137, Geneva 1999. The document is only available online: [http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/papers/childmin/]

Human Rights and the Mining Sector in Indonesia: A Baseline Study (PDF) - Chris Ballard. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Report on Human Rights and the Minerals Industry (PDF) - Simon D Handelsman. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Report of the Human Rights Workshop (PDF) - 6 September 2001, Berlin, Germany. MMSD Workshop.

 

Resettlement and Post-Closure

Avoiding New Poverty: Mining-Induced Displacement and Resettlement - Theodore E. Downing. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Capacity Building in Papua New Guinea for Community Maintenance During and After Mine Closure (PDF) - Richard Jackson. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Involuntary Resettlement (Word) - Dan Sonnenberg (lims) & Frauke Münster, African Institute of Corporate Citizenship, August 2001. MMSD Southern Africa Regional Group Final Report.

Recommendations – Resettlement Summary Table (Word)

 

Public Participation, Stakeholder Engagement and Partnerships

Agreements between Mining Companies and Indigenous Communities: A Report to the Australian Minerals and Energy Environment Foundation (PDF) - Indigenous Support Services and ACIL Consulting, December 2001.

Building partnerships: Key elements of capacity building (PDF) - Ginger Gibson, CoDev Canada. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Community Consultation and Involvement - Environment Protection Agency, Best Practice Environmental Management in Mining series, 1995.

Section 1 - What is community consultation?; Why consult?; What do communities expect and need? (PDF)
Section 2 - How to consult; Conclusion; Further reading (PDF)

Developing New Approaches for Stakeholder Engagement in the Minerals Sector (PDF) - Lynda Harding and Catherine Macdonald, May 2002.

The Law of Public Participation in Mining and Resources Development (PDF) - Rock Pring. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Mining and Stakeholder Involvement: Rhetoric or Reality? Recent Experience in Chile - Herna Blanco and Nicola Borregaard. Paper presented at the "Hemispheric Trade and Sustainability Symposium" (Quebec City, Canada, 17-19 April 2001). MMSD South America Regional Group.

People, Power, Participation: A Study of Mining—Community Relationships (PDF) - Helen Cheney, Roy Lovel and Fiona Solomon, May 2002.

Report of the Conference on the Role of Public Participation (PDF) - 25-27 May 2001, Woodstock, USA. MMSD Workshop.

 

Corruption and Armed Conflict

Armed Conflict and Natural Resources: The Case of the Minerals Sector (PDF) - Jason Switzer. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Corruption Issues in the Mining and Minerals Sector Workshop Report (PDF) - 7 September 2001, Berlin, Germany. Hosted by MMSD and Transparency International. MMSD Workshop.

Final report of the Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (PDF) - United Nations, UN Doc: S/2002/1146, 16 October 2002.

Report of the Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (PDF) - United Nations, UN Doc: S/2001/357 - 12 April 2001.

Report of the Armed Conflict Workshop (PDF) - 11 July 2001, London, UK. Hosted by MMSD and IISS. MMSD Workshop.

 

Gender

Gender and Mining: Community (Word) - Aleta Netsai Musvoto, Scientific and Industrial Research Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe for: African Institute of Corporate Citizenship, August 2001. MMSD Southern Africa Regional Group Final Report.

Recommendations – Gender and Community Summary Table (Word)

Gender and Mining: Workplace (Word) - Sarita Ranchod, African Institute of Corporate Citizenship, August 2001. MMSD Southern Africa Regional Group Final Report.

Recommendations – Gender and the Workplace Summary Table (Word)

 

 

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