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Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM)  new

This Association based in Ghana, West Africa, was officially launched on 5th September 1998. Their aim is to mobilize the communities around the Critical Communities' Concerns. They have worked as volunteers in the past to address the many concerns of the communities.

http://www.wacam.org/

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"Managing Sustainable Development in Competitive Legal Frameworks for Mining: Argentina, Chile and Peru Experiences" (PDF)

by Elizabeth Bastida for the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law & Policy, The integration of the concept and tools for environmental and social management of mineral development into legal frameworks for mining is posing new challenges and proving to be a complex task for law and policy making in the mining sector. In the context of developing economies, which are in dire need of alternatives to foster development, a major challenge lies in reconciling short-term demands for competitiveness in order to attract investment, with the longer-term objectives of environmental protection and social development. The purpose of this paper is to offer an insight into existing practices followed by selected Latin American countries that have been highly successful in attracting investment in recent years, with a view to meet such a challenge. (PDF-275KB)

http://www.dundee.ac.uk/cepmlp/journal/html/vol12/article12-3.pdf

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'Energy Security' Plan Panned over Climate, Nuclear Concerns

Leaders of the Group of Eight have drawn fire from international civil society groups after they embraced an energy plan that favors continued reliance on oil and other fossil fuels with no hint of any solid steps to deal with the impending threat of climate change. (Haider Rizvi, OneWorld US, 18 July 2006)

http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/136639/1/4536

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A Guide to World Resources 2002-2004 (PDF)

From the United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Environment Programme, World Bank, World Resources Institute (2003). Summarizes the preliminary findings and key messages of the report and was distributed at the World Summit on Sustainable Development meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 26-September 4, 2002.

http://pubs.wri.org/pubs_pdf.cfm?PubID=3764

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Below a Mountain of Wealth, a River of Waste

An exasperating New York Times key feature investigation on West Papua's Freeport Mine. Published in December 2005, the article is already found on dozens of locations on the internet, and perhaps it's a study that will break the stranglehold on a situation that's both environmentally unsustainable, politically corrupt and an abhorrence in terms of human rights and ecological responsibility. By Jane Perlez and Raymond Bonner, The New York Times, Tuesday December 27, 2005. (From Project SafeCom Inc.)

http://www.safecom.org.au/freeport.htm

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Breaking New Ground: Mining, Minerals, and Sustainable Development (pdf)

Final report to the International Institute for Environment and Development's two-year independent process of research and consultation - the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development Project (MMSD).

http://www.iied.org/mmsd/finalreport/index.html

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British politicians 'taken in by Kalahari PR campaign'

Since 1997 more than 1,500 Gana and Gwi Bushmen have been evicted from their homes in the Kalahari, where diamond deposits have been found. After the Botswanean government organised a tour for a British parliamentary group, its misister has promised to "set the record straight" by disputing allegations that the evictions of Bushmen from are unwelcome. This has angered over human rights groups like Survival International, who say the suffering of the people of the Kalahari is being hidden by a massive PR campaign. (Ben Flanagan, Guardian Weekly, April 2006)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianweekly/outlook/story/0,,1761749,00.html

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Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law and Policy

A Dundee University Department. The centre's external training activities continue to expand and training has been offered in Dundee, London, Qatar, Indonesia, China, Brazil and Malaysia. The centre develops and maintains strong links with industry and this year the professional training programme received substantial funding from Rio Tinto, Ruhrgas, WINGAS and Total; together with co-sponsorship from Price Waterhouse, Van Meurs Associates Ltd., The World Bank, Lyonnaise des Eaux, NM Rothschild and Sons, Kluwer Law International, Knight Piesold, Morton-Fraser International, Northumbrian Water Group, East of Scotland Water, Financial Times Global Water Report, Fyne Gold Exploration Ltd., Cameron McKenna, Denton Hall, International Petroleum Exchange, the Oil Daily Co., PIW Publications, Ashurst Morris Crisp, Richards Butler and Freshfields.

http://www.dundee.ac.uk/cepmlp/

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Commodity Statistics and Information

U.S. Geological Survey - U.S. Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment.

http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/

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Compilation of mining, oil and gas projects currently in operation or under planning in the South Pacific

01.04.2004. Current and future mining, oil and gas projects in the South Pacific Compilation by Pazifik Netzwerk.

http://www.pazifik-infostelle.org/news/55958.html

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Crude Awakening

The oil wealth of the Niger delta has been both a blessing and a curse. A blessing to the international oil companies and corrupt Nigerian politicians who have prospered from the petroleum reserves; a curse to the local people of the region who have suffered water and air pollution and seen little in the way of oil revenues. Unsurprisingly, this iniquitous situation has spawned conflict. In this article, from the Observer newspaper, writer Sebastian Junger heads to the region to investigate the rise of Ijaw tribal militias who are threatening to destroy oil infrastructure and, potentially, cause a global oil price shot.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,,2055426,00.html

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Cry for Acheh

In the past decade Exxon Mobil has earned $US40 billion from exploiting Acheh's resources. This Achenese pleads with shareholders at an ExxonMobil annual meeting in Texas to stop supporting the Indonesian military forces in Acheh which continue to commit atrocities on innocent villagers in the name of protecting the company's interests. (Cut Zahara Hamza, Pacific Ecologist, Autumn/Winter 2004)

http://www.pacificecologist.org/archive/cryforacheh.html

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Development, Environment and Mining: Enhancing the Contribution of the Mineral Industry to Sustainable Development (PDF)

(World Bank/UNEP/UNCTAD/ICME) This document reports on the conduct and outcome of an "International Workshop on Development, Environment and Mining: Enhancing the Contribution of the Mineral Industry to Sustainable Development", held in Washington D.C., U.S.A., 1-3 June 1994. (PDF-2.3MB)

http://www.mineralresourcesforum.org/docs/pdfs/washington1994b.pdf

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Dirty Business, Dirty Practices: How the Federal Government Supports Canadian Mining, Oil and Gas Companies Abroad

Large-scale mining, oil and gas extraction is dirty business. Extractive projects often pit investors, extractive companies and national governments against communities and indigenous groups who seek to protect land and resources that support their livelihoods. In their quest for profit, some governments and extractive companies cut corners on environmental protection and are complicit in human rights violations (Canadian Network of Corporate Accountability, May 2007).

http://www.halifaxinitiative.org/dirtypractices/DirtyPractices.pdf

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Dirty Metals: Mining Communities and the Environment

This report details the massive pollution, huge open pits, devastating community health effects, worker dangers and, in many cases, human rights abuses that have become hallmarks of gold and metals mining in countries such as Peru, Indonesia, Ghana and in parts of the United States. (Earthworks/Oxfam America, 2004)

http://www.nodirtygold.org/dirty_metals_report.cfm

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Drilling East Timor: Australia's Oil Grab in the Timor Sea

According to this article Australia, one of the largest and most powerful countries in the Asia-Pacific region, recently legalized its thievery of tens of billions of dollars in resources from one of the smallest and weakest, according to critics of a new treaty. The Treaty on Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea (CMATS), signed with East Timor (now known as Timor-Leste), provisionally resolves a bitter maritime boundary dispute between the two nations. The January deal allows Australia to exploit oil and natural gas under the Timor Sea - oil and gas that, absent CMATS, international law experts say would belong to Timor-Leste under current international legal principles and case law. (Charles Scheiner, Multinational Monitor, Jnauary/February 2006)

http://www.multinationalmonitor.com/mm2006/012006/scheiner.html

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Economic development for whom? Debate needed on how mining can make a real contribution to sustainable development.

by Noticias Aliadas, Latinamerican Press, 2006. Latin America is now the world's most important destination for investment in mining. This report aims to draw attention to the most urgent and controversial aspects of mining within Latin America, and help develop a wider understanding of the issues involved.

http://www.latinamericapress.org/Article.asp?lanCode=1&artCode=4136

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Extractive Industries Review (EIR)

The Extractive Industries Review was launched by the World Bank Group to discuss its future role in the extractive industries with concerned stakeholders. The aim of this independent review is to produce a set of recommendations that will guide involvement of the World Bank Group in the oil, gas and mining sectors. The discussion is taking place within the context of the World Bank Group's overall mission of poverty reduction and the promotion of sustainable development.

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTOGMC/0,,contentMDK:20605112~menuPK:336936~pagePK:148956~piPK:216618~theSitePK:336930,00.html

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Fanning the flames : the role of British mining companies in conflict and the violation of human rights (pdf)

British mining companies are making huge profits in situations of conflict and human rights violations. This report exposes the companies that are complicit in these abuses, and calls on the UK government to take action to bring them to account. (War on want, November 2007)

http://www.waronwant.org/download.php?id=616

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Golden Rules: Making the case for responsible mining

The Golden Rules are a set of criteria for more responsible mining. These criteria are based on broadly accepted international human rights laws and basic principles of sustainable development. The report also documents the devastating impacts of metals mining at 16 other places in the world, including Ghana, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, and Nevada (No Dirty Gold, 2007).

http://www.nodirtygold.org/pubs/GoldenRules_FINAL.pdf

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Help Protect Mining Activists and Free Speech in Ecuador

Last week, heavily-armed policemen raided the home of Carlos Zorrilla, a mining activist in the Intag cloudforest region of northwestern Ecuador. For over a decade, Carlos and his organization, DECOIN, have been working to protect the biodiverse Intag region from large-scale copper mining. The US-Canadian company Ascendant Copper acquired the rights to a copper concession in Intag in 2004. TAKE ACTION! Please send a letter demanding an end to the intimidation of Ecuadorian mining activists and urge officials in Ecuador to investigate the circumstances of the police raid and the charges that have been brought against Carlos.

http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/earthworks/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=5751

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Indonesia may allow more mining in forest areas

Indonesia may relax rules to allow more mining companies to operate in forest areas, a government official said, in a move that will alarm green groups worried about rapid deforestation. (Reuters AlertNet, 14 March 2008)

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK21670.htm

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Inside India's hidden war: Mineral rights are behind clashes between leftwing guerrillas and state-backed militias

Last month Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, described the rebels as "the single biggest internal security challenge ever faced by our country". Entire villages have been emptied as tribal communities flee from the burnings, lootings and killings. The civil conflict has left more than 50,000 people camping under tarpaulin sheets without work or food along the roadsides of southern Chhattisgarh. (Randeep Ramesh, The Guardian, May 9, 2006)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/india/story/0,,1770612,00.html

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International Aluminium Institute

The IAI is the global forum of aluminium producers dedicated to the development and wider use of aluminium as a competitive and uniquely valuable material. The IAI in all its activities supports the concept that aluminium is a material that lends itself to improving world living standards and developing a better and sustainable world environment. The IAI currently has 24 Member companies representing every region of the world including Russia and China. At present the membership is responsible for more than 75% of world primary aluminium production and a significant proportion of the world's secondary production. The IAI Delegate/Director from each Member is usually its Chief Executive Officer or Managing Director. The Institute's meetings are therefore held at the highest level in the Industry

http://www.world-aluminium.org/

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International Council on Mining and Metals

ICMM's Mission: ICMM members believe that the mining, minerals and metals industry acting collectively can best ensure its continued access to land, capital and markets as well as build trust and respect by demonstrating its ability to contribute successfully to sustainable development. ICMM members offer strategic industry leadership towards achieving continuous improvements in sustainable development performance in the mining, minerals and metals industry. ICMM provides a common platform for the industry to share challenges and responsibilities as well as to engage with key constituencies on issues of common concern at the international level, based on science and principles of sustainable development.

http://www.icmm.com

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