Mountain extractive industries
The Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC) was established recognizing that international dialogue and cooperation are the best responses in addressing the various chalenges posed by environmental security. ENVSEC is a unique partnership of various international organizations and entities such as the United Nations Environment Progamme (UNEP), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP...
The Mining For Closure report aims to present a basis for action within South Eastern Europe (SEE) and the Tisza River Basin (TRB) towards the development of corporate practice, regulatory frameworks, governance guidelines and/or financial and insurance markets suitable for the support of a modern mining industry in the region. Further the report seeks to help SEE and jurisdictions in the TRB...
Priority: Management and reduction of trans boundary risks from hazardous activities
Outcomes:
- Reduced local environmental and human health risks and minimized tensions among SEE countries through reduction of risk of accidental transboundary pollution arising from hazardous...
In this interview, Dr. Bebbington covers the issue of extractive industries in mountain regions. He indicates that greener economy of the foreseeable future will inevitably involve the circulation and use of the products of extraction.
He mentions some ways to regulate extraction such that its adverse environmental impacts and risks are reduced, and its contributions to reduce...
In the late 1990s, The Mountain Institute, a small, non‐profit environmental organization began working with the Antamina Mining Company, one of the world’s largest mining companies, to help it revise its plans for a large zinc and copper mine. The collaboration produced a road design that not only protected a fragile ecosystem but was more cost effective than the fim’s original plan. This...
Practically all human societies depend on the availability and use of mined products. But the expansion of mining operations into environmentally sensitive and fragile areas has increased the level of environmental destruction and the impact on basic ecosystem services and biodiversity. The mining industry has been involved in some of the most widely publicized environmental disasters. Well-...
