GENERAL FORUM

The MMSD Global website is hosted on the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) website.

The MMSD Final Report "Breaking New Ground: Mining, Minerals, and Sustainable Development" released in May 2002 is available for download from the MMSD website.

The report describes some of the major problems confronting the minerals sector including its impacts on poverty, human well-being, the environment, indigenous communities, efficiency and resource consumption, armed
conflict, protected areas and biodiversity, corruption, human rights,
and the management of mining waste. The findings of the project are used to present an Agenda for Change with the intent of improving the sector's environmental and social performance.

A hardcopy of the report has been published by Earthscan that includes a CD-ROM containing an ebook of the report that is automatically indexed and cross-referenced with full search facilities, along with copies of the MMSD Regional Reports, commissioned research, and consultation process documents. This may be ordered from Earthprint.

Four regional groups have been established by the MMSD - Australia, Southern Africa, Latin America, and North America. These groups have commissioned and conducted research into issues of a more regional nature that contribute to the overall global process. For example, HIV/AIDS has been a major focus of the work of the Southern Africa regional group.

The major documents produced are listed below by Regional Group.

• Australia
• Latin America
• North America
• Southern Africa

The MMSD Australia website is hosted by the Australian Minerals and Energy Environment Foundation (AMEEF).

The following documents have been produced as part of the work of the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Australia regional group.

• MMSD Australia Draft Final Report - January 2002 (Adobe PDF 1,060KB)

Papers and research reports presented at the Ameef/MMSD Australia regional group conference "Engaging Stakeholders ­ Improving Industry Performance" held in Brisbane, 17 - 18 September (Adobe PDF format):

• A Brief Review of MMSD Australia Research (Adobe PDF 231KB)
• Baseline Assessment Australia Final Report (Draft) (Adobe PDF 638KB)
• Managing the Impacts of the Australian Minerals Industry on Biodiversity (Adobe PDF 193KB)
• Managing Australian Mineral Wealth for Sustainable Economic Development: Depletion, Resource Curse and Greenhouse Effects (Adobe PDF 542KB)
• Industry Based Voluntary Initiatives: Draft Report - 31 August 2001 (Adobe PDF 595KB)
• Developing New Approaches for Stakeholder Engagement in the Minerals Sector (Adobe PDF 205KB)
  

Newsletters (Adobe PDF):

• MMSD Australia Update 1- April 2001
• MMSD Australia Update 2- May 2001
• MMSD Australia Update 3 - July 2001
• MMSD Australia Update 4 - November 2001

• Industry in Transition: A Profile of the North American Mining Sector
  (Adobe PDF 1.74MB)

• Seven Questions to Sustainability: How to Assess the Contribution of Mining and Minerals Activities (Adobe PDF 1.17MB)

• North American Mining Dialogue Report (Adobe PDF 141KB)

• Learning from the Future: Alternative Scenarios for the North American Mining and Minerals Industry (Adobe PDF 1.09MB)

The MMSD Southern Africa website is hosted by the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa.

Research reports are available for download on the topics of: Small Scale Mining, HIV/AIDS, Mining and Society, Biophysical, Managing Mineral Wealth, Biophysical, and a Baseline Survey.

Proceedings of a Multi-Stakeholder Workshop to discuss the findings of the research reports are available.