Major
new sections of information that have been added to the Mineral Resources
Forum (MRF) website are listed below.
| 10 June 2002 |
New material featured on the MRF is now
displayed on the home page for a short period
of time. This page will no longer be used. |
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| 28 Mar 2002 |
The report 'Desarrollo
Basado En Los Recursos Naturales No Renovables: Estructura Legal,
Administrativa y Financiera para el Desarrollo Descentralizado en
el Perú' prepared for UNCTAD by ANida Yupari is available
for download. |
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| 28 Feb 2002 |
Photographs
of small-scale mining activities have been added to the MRF Small-Scale
Mining. |
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| 19 Feb 2002 |
A Site
Index and Site Map
have been created for the Natural Resources and Sustainable Development
website (including the MRF) to assist navigation and the location
of relevant information on the website. |
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| 8 Feb 2002 |
A
page of documents on Foreign
Direct Investment in the minerals sector is available from the
MRF Development. |
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| 3 Feb 2002 |
A
list of Journals relating
to mineral resources is available in the MRF General Forum. |
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| 15 Jan 2002 |
Descriptions
of the activities of the various
UN Agencies in the mineral resources field are available from
the MRF General Forum. |
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| 21 Dec 2001 |
A
section on Corporate Social Responsibility
has been developed. This section includes information on voluntary
initiatives, international conventions and legislation. |
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| 15 Nov 2001 |
The
Mineral Resources Forum is currently undergoing a major upgrade of
the sites information content and functionality. Work has focused
initially on enhancing the information content of the regional sections
- Africa, Asia Pacific, etc - before moving to the sections General
Forum, Development and Law and Policy.
Please
visit the regional sections using the menu on the left hand side
of the page to view new information.
UNCTAD
apolgise for any inconveniences during this process.
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| Mar 2001 |
The
Proceedings of the - "Mineral
Wealth and Human Capital: An International Workshop on
Sustainable Resources-Based Development"
- held at Monterrey, Mexico on the 27-30 March 2001 are available
in the MRF Latin America section. |
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| Nov 2000 |
A
regional workshop for mineral economies in Africawas conducted in
Cape
Town, South Africa from 7 to 9 November 2000. The conference
proceedings are available:
Growth and Diversification in Mineral
Economies
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