MINERAL WEALTH AND HUMAN CAPITAL:
AN INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON
SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE-BASED DEVELOPMENT
Monterrey (Mexico), 27-30 March 2001

 Introduction I Programme I Documents

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Day 1 [ Morning / Afternoon ]
Day 2 [ Morning ]
Day 3 [ Morning / Afternoon ]

  TUESDAY, 27 MARCH

Morning  

           General Perspectives on Information Technology and Human Capacity Building for Sustainable Mineral-Based Development

http://www.bpd-naturalresources.org/
"The Natural Resources Cluster seeks to enhance the role of oil, gas and mining corporations in development. Our aim is to produce practical examples, based on 'focus projects' around the world, of how three-way partnerships involving companies, government authorities and civil society organisations can be a more effective means of reducing social risks and promoting community development."

http://www.sustainability.co.uk/business-case/contents.asp
"Buried Treasure Online is an open access resource and discussion forum for anyone interested in the relationship between a company’s sustainable development (SD) performance and its business success."

http://www.climategateway.com/
"The goal of this web site is to provide the necessary knowledge to understand the climate change problem, as well as the necessary participation of each member of society in its solution. This tool has been designed with a pedagogical purpose in mind and it is open to the public in general."

http://www.sil.org/
"The purpose of SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics) is to work with language communities worldwide to facilitate language-based development through research, translation, and literacy."

http://www.iisd.ca
International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada

  [Readings]     [Links]

     
Afternoon


 
Workgroups session

Sample of recent papers on the WWW:

http://www.devmedia.org/documents/robinson.htm

http://www.unrisd.org/infotech/publicat/robi/toc.htm

http://eslared.hacer.ula.ve/cgi-win/be_alex.exe?AUTOR=Scott

http://www.idrc.ca/pan/telecentres.html

http://www.inegi.gob.mx/informatica/espanol/simposio99/
inicial.html

http://www.idrc.ca/pan/pr04427_e.htm

http://www.idrc.ca/pan/panlacmeet_discusion.htm

[Readings]     [Links]

     
  WEDNESDAY, 28 MARCH

Morning

  Theme - Eco-efficiency and the mineral life cycle

http://www.bcsdla.org/text/programs/preco.htm
Business Council for Sustainable Development of Latin America (BCSD-LA)
“An important objective of the BCSD-LA is the adoption of eco-efficiency as the fundamental principal for Latin American companies, since it constitutes the best way to improve competitiveness and promote sustainable development in their countries.”

http://www.oecd.org/env/efficiency/ecoeff.htm

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
“Are we using resources effectively in meeting human needs? Do we have the policies in place to improve resource efficiency? How do we monitor progress? The work programme on "eco-efficiency" explores these issues.”

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/conprod.htm
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA)
“Changing consumption patterns is the subject of  Chapter 4 of Agenda 21. …Discussions on chapter 4 have already taken place at the national and international levels. They have covered definitions and concepts (e.g. eco-space, ecological footprints), policy strategies (e.g. eco-efficiency, Factor 4 and 10), and appropriate policy instruments.

http://www.nrtee-trnee.ca/eng/programs/Current_Programs/
eco-efficiency/eco-efficiency_e.htm
Canadian National Round Table on The Environment and the Economy (NRTEE)
“The NRTEE Eco-efficiency Program is proceeding with the testing of material and energy Eco-efficiency indicators.”

New materials:

http://www.foresight.org 
      

http://www.bpd-naturalresources.org/
"The Natural Resources Cluster seeks to enhance the role of oil, gas and mining         corporations in development. Our aim is to produce practical examples, based on 'focus projects' around the world, of how three-way partnerships involving companies, government authorities and civil society organisations can be a more effective means of reducing social risks and promoting community development."  

http://www.climategateway.com/
Site of the Business Council for Sustainable Development Latin America and the INNOVA Center Climate Change Progamme.

http://www.bir.org
Site of the Bureau of International Recycling

http://www.wri.org
Site of the World Resources Institute

http://www.iucn.org
Site of the World Conservation Union   

http://www.unfccc.org
Site of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

http://www.abi.org
Site of the Association for Biodiversity Information (for Central, North and South America)

http://www.biodiversity.org
Biodiversity Conservation Information System

http://www.heritage.tnc.org
Nature Conservancy's Heritage Site

http://www.oecd.org/ehs/icgb/biodiv.htm
Site of the OECD Biodiversity   

http://www.biotrade.org

BIOTRADE Initiative   

http://www.biodiversity.org
Biodiversity Conservation Information System

http://www.heritage.tnc.org

Nature Conservancy's Heritage Site

[Readings]   [Links]

    
THURSDAY, 29 MARCH

Morning

Theme - Mineral wealth, social capital and sustainable livelihoods  

(i) Development policy in mineral economies

http://www.mineriaecuador.com
Ministerio de Energía y Minas de Ecuador.

http://www.desarrollo.gov.bo/mindeco/vice_mm/mineria.html
 
Ministerio de Energía y Minas de Bolivia

http://www.sonami.cl/ 
Sociedad Nacional de Minería de Chile.

http://www.cochilco.cl
Comision Chilena del Cobre, Chile

http://es.epa.gov/oeca/sector/sectornote/pdf/metminsn.pdf
Environmental Protection Agency, USA

http://www.suim.gov.ar
Secretária de Energía y Minería de la Nación, República Argentina.

http://www.mme.gov.br
Ministério de Minas y Energia

http://www.minmineria.cl
Ministerio de Minería, Chile

http://www.ingeomin.gov.co
Energía y Minas Colombia

http://www.mem.gob.pe
Ministerio Energía y Minas del Perú.

http://www.sdnp.org.gy/ggmc/
Guyana Geology and Mines

http://www.mific.gob.ni
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio, Nicaragua

[Readings]   [Links]

(ii) Government policies for mineral revenues

http://www.globalreporting.org
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 

http://www.unglobalcompact.org
United Nations Global Compact

http://www.undp.org
United Nations Development Programme

http://www.unep.org
United Nations Environmental Programme

http://www.bsr.org
Business for Social Responsibility

http://www.ilo.org
International Labour  Organization

http://www.nuffic.nl/ciran/ik.html
Indigenous Knowledge (Nuffic-CIRAN)

http://www.globalknowledge.org/
Indigenous Knowledge and Development: List server Archive and Summary

http://www.worldbank.org/afr/ik/
Indigenous Knowledge Initiative (The World Bank Group - Sub-Saharan Africa Region)

http://www.kivu.com
Protection of Traditional Knowledge/Resources Guide Lines (Canadian Intl. Dev. Agency)

http://ayf.nativeweb.org/contents.htm;
Abya Yala Fund for Indigenous Self-Development in South and Meso America - Spanish

http://www.wri.org/wri/wr2000/
The Impact of Ecosystem Degradation on Peoples Lives

http://panda.org/resources/publications/sustainability/
indigenous2/index.html
Principles and Guidelines on Indigenous and Traditional Peoples and Protected Areas - English, Spanish and French (WCPA, IUCN, WWF)

http://www.rafi.org/misc/map.html
World map showing "Creators and Conservers of Diversity" (RAFI - Sales item)

[Readings]   [Links] 

      
Afternoon
 

                   (iii) Planning for closure

http://www.pnl.gov/china/coalclose.htm 
Site of the China government.

http://165.83.32.34/pubs/yr_rvw96/chapter8/chapter8.htm
Site of the National Park Service USA.

http://www.expressindia.com/fe/daily/19990518/fma18019p.html Site of the Financial Express.

http://www.tobybarrett.com/
Site of Toby Barrett (Ontario's Legislative Assembly)

http://www.emlf.org/Papers/Resources/Non-PDF/Eddy_93
Legal Implications of Mine Closings - Chapter 11, Lori Mason Eddy (Consol, Inc. ­ Pittsburgh, Pensylvania) and Maris E. McCambley (Jackson & Kelly ­ Charleston ­ West Virginia).

http://www.cookeng.com/mining/mining.htm
Cook Engineering's site.

http://www.deq.state.mt.us
Site of the Department of Environmental Quality, Montana USA.

http://www.admin.uq.edu.au/community/ingmines.htm
Site of the UQ Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Australia. Diversity the Key to Successful Mine site Rehabilitation.

http://www.infomine.com/rgroup/rgc/vangrum.html
Infomine site

http://www.juneau.lib.ak.us/cdd/Kensington/reclamat.htm
Site of the Alaska State, USA.

http://www.coaleducation.org/abstract/SME/99-038.htm
Site of The Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. USA.

http://www.idrc.ca/mpri/index_e.html
The Mining Policy Research Initiative of the International Development Research Centre

[Readings]   [Links]

   
(iv) Mining company perspectives on social capital
    

http://www.billiton.com
Billiton company This site includes information on HSE&Communites

http://www.placerdome.com
It provides information on Sustainability

http://www.riotinto.com
It includes detailed information on Social Issues

http://www.aboriginalrelations.riotinto.com
The goal of this web site is to provide information on Rio Tinto's activities with indigenous people in  Australia  

http://www.falconbridge.com
This site provides information about communites under the the Environmental section

http://www.cominco.com
Cominco Limited This site includes special section on Environmental & Social Responsibility

http://www.wmc.com.au
WMC Limited is an Australian-based mining company. Its site provides information on communities and environmental issues  

http://www.escondida.cl/Escondida/ingles/comunidad.html
Minera la Escondida, Chile. It includes information on communities

[Readings]   [Links]  

Introduction I Programme I Documents

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