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Related Sites
| Intergovernmental
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- APEC
Network on Minerals and Energy Data (ANMED)
ANMED is an information database on the mining and energy resource
sectors for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC
forum member countries. Information available includes: resources,
industries, finance and investment, legal and regulatory, land
and environment, and geoscientific data. The project is led by
the Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO).
Contains mining and environmental legal and regulatory information
on most of the APEC member countries.
- The
NATLEX database - International Labour Organization (ILO)
The ILO bibliographic database features references to over 55,000
national laws on labour, social security, and related human rights,
and over 300 laws in full text. (English/Francais/Espanol)
- Permanent
Court of Arbitration (PCA) - Environmental
Dispute Resolution
An independent intergovernmental organization, separate to the
UN system, that currently has 92 member states. The PCA offers
a broad range of services for resolving disputes between States,
disputes between states and private parties, and disputes in
which intergovernmental organizations are involved. These services
include arbitration, conciliation, fact finding commissions
of inquiry, good offices and mediation. (Website in English
and French)
Recently the PAC has adopted the "Rules
of Procedure for Arbitration of Disputes Relating to Natural
Resources and / or the Environment" (PDF), and the "Draft
Optional Rules for Conciliation of Disputes Relating to Natural
Resources and/or the Environment" (PDF). These rules
now allow States, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental
organizations, multinational corporations and private parties
to seek recourse with an international mechanism for the resolution
of controversies concerning environmental protection or conservation
of natural resources. This rules are viewed as relevant to
major environmental accidents involving the mineral sector,
such as the Baia
Mare tailings spill in Romania.
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| Governmental
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- Metal
Mining Agency of Japan (MMAJ)
The Metal Mining Agency of Japan (MMAJ)
a semigovernmental organization under the jurisdiction of the
Ministry of International Trade and Industry and the main organization
that executes the Japanese Government's policies related to the
mining industry has compiled mineral laws in a number of Asia
Pacific countries. (Japanese/English)
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| Non-Governmental Organizations
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- ISO
Strategic Advisory Group on Corporate Social Responsibility
- The Strategic Advisory Group has been established by the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) to discuss and to advise
the ISO Council on: whether ISO should develop standards or other
documents on the subject of CSR; what the scope of such work should
be; and the kind of deliverables ISO should develop. Such a CSR
standard would expand upon the successful ISO 14000 Environment
Management Systems and ISO 9000 Quality Management Systems standards
adopted by many companies worldwide. The site, hosted by the International
Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD), features reports
and selected working documents from the ISO Strategic Advisory
Group.
- Global
Witness
Global Witness focuses upon human right and environmental abuses
involved with the extraction of natural resources in the developing
world. They were instrumental in bringing conflict diamonds to
world attention and are also campaigning for energy and mining
corporations to disclose tax and other payments to governments
to improve transparency and reduce corruption. They received a
Nobel Peace prize nomination in March 2002 for their work on conflict
diamonds.
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| Professional Associations |
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- International
Bar Association (IBA) - Section
on Energy and Natural Resources Law (SERL)
SERL is the leading international forum for energy and resources
lawyers with a membership of over 1,700 including professionals
from private practice, energy companies, academia and governments
around the world.
SERL comprises seven specialist committees and a number of ad
hoc regional groups which focus on global issues in the areas
of oil, minerals, coal, electricity, nuclear, water and gas law.
An on-line reading
room is available that has a comprehensive range of publications
(papers, books and journals) in Adobe PDF format.
- Australasian
Legal Information Institute
The Australasian Legal Information Institute provides access to
databases of legislation for a large number of countries worldwide
including Australia, New Zealand, the South Pacific, Asia and
Africa. The databases include mining and natural resource law.
Click on "World Law" and "Legislation" to
access the legal databases.
- Mineral
Economics and Management Society (MEMS)
MEMS is a not-for-profit professional forum for academic, industrial,
private and government specialists with the purpose of furtherng
the application of economics, management, finance, and policy
analysis to the issues of the minerals and materials industries,
including resource, energy, and environmental issues. MEMS holds
at least one professional meeting per year.
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| Academic, Research and
Consulting |
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- Centre
for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy
The centre offers a wide range of courses on law and policy
in the areas of energy, petroleum, mining and natural resources,
international and comparative water law and policy, and international
business transactions.
Consulting advisory services are also offered, in the fields of
petroleum and mining law, economics, energy law reform, international
water law and national water regulation, post-privatisation electricity
and pipeline regulation and contract negotiations.
A discussion forum ENATRES
on energy and natural resources law is available.
- Centre
for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL)
The CISDL based in Montreal, Canada, promotes sustainable societies
and the protection of ecosystems through the advancement of international
sustainable development law. They have a programme focusing on
International Natural Resources Law.
- Ecole
des Mines de Paris - Centre
d'Economie Industrielle (CERNA)
CERNA is the Centre for Industrial Economics at the Paris School
of Mines. Industrial Economics deal with the dynamics of markets
and firms, and with the public intervention on those dynamics.
Cerna's research is empirical and focused on economic changes.
It is initiated by case studies, on site investigation in firms
and administrations.
Recent work has focused on voluntary industry approaches to improving
environmental performance such as codes of conduct. They have
recently been participants in an EC sponsored European
Research Network for Voluntary Approaches to Environmental Performance
(CAVA: Concerted Action on Voluntary Approaches). Literature surveys
produced by this group in addition to workshop proceedings are
available for download, as well as extensive reference lists on
the topic of voluntary approaches. (Francais/English)
- Eden Project - Global Centre for Post-Mining Regeneration
An partnership of the Eden Project, Rio Tinto, English
Nature and Anglo American is investigating the need for a
Global Centre for Post-Mining Regeneration through a year long
feasibility study to finish in March 2004.
The intention is to bring industry stakeholders together to
address the major socio-economic, environmental and technical
issues
of
mine closure planning.
- Energy
and Mineral Law Foundation (E&MLF)
A non-profit educational organization providing information on
legal issues related to the energy and mineral industry through
workshops, specialty programs, publications and electronic information.
Extensive series of legal papers in relation to mineral issues
available.
- Mining and Energy Research Network
(MERN)
MERN is an international collaborative research network, involving
140 centres of excellence world-wide. Through research, training,
teaching and consultancy, MERN generates analysis across the social,
economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable development.
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| Other Useful Sites
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- LawMine
- InfoMine
The 'LawMine: mining law community and information' section of
InfoMine includes legal case reviews, publications, legislation
and regulation from various countries, related links and a discussion
forum.
- Mine
Regulation Reporter - Financial Times Energy
Mine Regulation Reporter features mine safety health and environmental
regulations, legislation, court decisions and enforcement trends
affecting mining operations in the USA. It also features new and
impending regulations from relevant US government agencies such
as the MSHA, FMHSRC, BLM, OSM and others. Subscription only with
a sample copy available on-line.
- Natural
Resources Weblinks
An extensive information resource on natural resource law
managed by the Natural Resources and Environmental Law program
of the University of Denver. The site provides links to natural
resources laws in over 100 nations.
- Whitehorse
Mining Initiative (WMI)
The Canadian WMI Accord vision is of a socially, economically
and environmentally sustainable, and prosperous mining industry,
underpinned by political and community consensus.
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