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  1. Library Resource
    Manuals & Guidelines
    February, 2019
    Global

    This document is intended to promote a disciplined approach to integrated closure planning and increase the uniformity of good practice across the sector. The concepts apply equally to both large and small mining companies.

  2. Library Resource
    eeitistudyonartisanalandsmallscalemining2016
    Reports & Research
    December, 2015
    Ethiopia

    A situational analysis on artisan mining was conducted in five Regional States
    of Ethiopia, namely Oromia, Tigray, SNNP, Benishangul-Gumuz (BGR) and
    Amhara as part of the EEITI process. The general objective of the study
    is to analyze various aspects of artisan mining operations in Ethiopia, its economic
    value, social contribution and social impacts. In addition, the assessment includes as
    to what process could be undertaken to integrate artisan mining information into
    EITI reports and EITI processes.

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2020
    Global

    Resources, including minerals and metals, underpin the world’s economies for almost all sectors, providing crucial raw materials for their industrial processes. Despite efforts to decouple economies from resource use towards a circular economy, demand for extractive resources will continue to grow on the back of emerging economies. The report maps existing international governance frameworks and initiatives which have overlapping subsets that focus on delivering the 2030 Global Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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    How PNG lost US$120 million and the future of deep-sea mining
    Journal Articles & Books
    April, 2020
    Papua New Guinea

    In January this year, the managing director of Papua New Guinea’s Mineral Resources Authority declared that the proposal to develop what had once been touted as the world’s first deep-sea mine would ‘not get off the ground’.

  5. Library Resource
    don't throw caution to the wind
    Manuals & Guidelines
    May, 2020
    Global

    This note proves recommendations for governments, international actors, and mining advocates who seek to optimize the value of green energy mineral reserves, to ensure that expectations for green energy materials do not replace careful planning, impact assessment, and allocation of risks, as well as prevent over-production.

  6. Library Resource
    Environmental Degradation in Oil Producing Areas of Niger Delta Region, Nigeria: the Need for Sustainable Development
    Journal Articles & Books
    May, 2015
    Nigeria

    Due to oil exploration and other human activities in the Niger Delta region, there is evidence of environmental degradation all over the area (Oronto, 1998). Environmental degradation is occasioned by consistent flow of industrial waste, oil spills, gas flares, fire disaster, acid rain, flooding erosion, etc., which has led to the pollution of farmlands and fishponds. It has also led to the destruction of properties and human lives, including aquatic and bio-diversity.

  7. Library Resource
    Natural Resource Management and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
    Reports & Research
    May, 2013
    Afghanistan

    This report looks at the ways in which natural resource management—the institutions, policies and practices that govern land, water, forests, minerals, hydrocarbons—interact with violent conflict in Afghanistan.

  8. Library Resource
    Industrial Oil Palm Development Liberia’s Path to Sustained Economic Development and Shared Prosperity? Lessons from the East

    Liberia’s Path to Sustained Economic Development and Shared Prosperity? Lessons from the East

    Reports & Research
    February, 2015
    Liberia

    The purpose of this paper is to contribute to Liberia’s debate on economic policy, specifically, recent efforts around industrial-scale palm oil development against the context of the wider role of the rural sector in economic development. 

  9. Library Resource
    Country Report Brunei

    Natural Disaster Risk Assessment and Area Business Continuity Plan Formulation for Industrial Agglomerated Areas in the ASEAN Region

    Reports & Research
    March, 2015
    Brunei Darussalam

    This report is the first version of the Country Report for Brunei, which gives information on natural disaster risks of the country, industrial parks, major traffic infrastructure and lifeline utilities, and legislative systems relating to disaster management and business continuity.

  10. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    July, 2020
    Cambodia

    More than one million people across Phnom Penh are facing the risk of increased flooding and over one thousand more families are at risk of evictions, loss of income and food insecurity as the ING City project and other unsustainable developments destroy the Tompoun/Cheung Ek wetlands in the capital’s south.

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