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Centro
de Investigación y Planificación del Medio Ambiente
(CIPMA) / Center
for Environmental Investigation and Planning
Chile. The CIPMA is an academic non-profit organisation, that
conducts interdisciplinary research on the inter-relations produced
between development and environment, and focused on the improvement
of environmental policy, and environmental management in diverse
social sectors, with emphasis on citizen participation.
CIPMA with the MPRI are the South American regional
partners for the global project MMSD. Further information can be
found on the MMSD South America
website. (Spanish, with some English)
Recent projects related to the minerals sector include:"Mining
and Natural Resource Exploitation Companies' Community Development
Activities in Latin America and the Caribbean", funded
by the IDRC.
Centro de
Tecnología Mineral (CETEM)
/ Center for
Mineral Technology
Brazil research centre linked to the Ministry of Science and Technology.
CETEM addresses the development, adaptation and dissemination
of mineral, metallurgical, materials and environmental technologies.
The centre's mission is to promote technological
development creating solutions compatible to the sustainable
use of non-renewable resources and to the preservation of the
environment, contributing to the social welfare and to the economical
progress of Brazil. (Portuguese, Spanish and English)
The
Internet Forum on Export Markets and the Environment
Focus: Mining in Latin America
A research project focusing on the measurement of the environmental
impacts of copper mining in Chile, Bolivia and Peru. The information
is to be used to set priorities for data gathering, environmental
monitoring, and reforms in legal, regulatory, enforcement and public
policy.
This is a collaborative study funded by a grant from
the IDRC in Canada and led by
CIPMA. In Bolivia and
Peru, the MEDMIN (currently Integrated Program for Environmental
Impacts of the small and medium sized mining sector), and the PALMA
(Proyecto Peruano-Alemán Minería y Medio Ambiente)
respectively carry out the research at their country level and receive
training on the methodological approach.
MMSD
South America
The South American regional group of the international Mining,
Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) project. (Spanish)
Mining
Policy Research Initiative (MPRI)
/ Iniciativa de Investigación sobre Políticas Mineras
(IIPM)
The Mining Policy Research Initiative (MPRI/IIPM) was created in
1998 by the Canadian International
Development Research Centre (IDRC) and is located in the Latin
American Regional Office (LACRO) of IDRC, in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Its general objective is to support applied and participatory research
on issues related to mining and sustainable development in mining
regions and communities in Latin America and the Caribbean, fostering
collaboration among different stakeholders related with the subject
and improving the access and use of relevant information on the
subject in the Region.
MPRI, with the CIPMA, are the South American regional
partners for the global project MMSD. For further information see
the MMSD South America website. (English, French and Spanish)
Red
Latinoamericana sobre Industrias Extractivas y Desarrollo Sostenible
Developed by the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in
Peru with the assistance of UNCTAD.
BAMBURRA
Planejamento & Economia Mineral Ltda.
Provide applied mineral economic decision support for companies
in the Brazilian mineral sector. (English, Portugese, and Spanish)
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