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MMSD – workshops, meetings and presentations
… workshop participants Agenda workshop on artisanal and small-scale mining: how can the sector better contribute to sustainable development? Project list of participants  Consultation with … from Geneva meeting: preparing for implementation Agenda for Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (sponsoring group meeting) Meeting …
Article, 04 March 2009
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Responding to the challenge of artisanal and small-scale mining. How can knowledge networks help?
… is needed to improve policies and policy implementation to further sustainable development opportunities for the sector. The paper explores the current … to meet the particular needs of the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector. The paper provides the foundation for a new … Responding to the challenge of artisanal and small-scale mining. How can knowledge networks help? …
Publication, 01 February 2013
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Finance, Mining and Sustainability: Exploring Sound Investment Decision Processes Governmental Views on Achieving Sustainability
… Document begins: Finance, Mining and Sustainability: Exploring Sound Investment Decision Processes … United Nations Environment Programme The World Bank Group The Mining, Minerals, and Sustainable Development Project Paris, France January 14-15, 2002 … Finance, Mining and Sustainability: Exploring Sound Investment Decision Processes …
Publication, 01 January 2002
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Mining, Minerals and Sustainabl evelopment January 2002 No. 24 The Life Cycle of Copper, its Co-Products and By-Products
… Document begins: Mining, Minerals and Sustainabl evelopment January 2002 No. 24 The Life Cycle of … Assurance Group or Sponsors Group, or those of IIED or WBCSD. Sustainable Development is a project of the International Institute for … Mining, Minerals and Sustainabl evelopment January 2002 No. 24 The Life …
Publication, 01 January 2002
A collection of resources and images relating to the artisanal and small-scale mining sector compiled by IIED (Photos/images: Brian Sokol/Panos Pictures and IIED)
A day of sharing ASM knowledge
… The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) used its online networks to host the day dedicated to ASM and connect mining communities across the globe. As part of IIED's ASM policy … identify solutions and develop a shared vision for a more inclusive, sustainable and productive mining sector. During the day, we …
Article, 25 June 2015
Women including mining engineer Judith Akorfa Buaba (centre) employed at the Dakete mine, in Ghana (Photo: Gabriela Flores Zavala)
Can mining dig rural women out of poverty in Ghana?
… Walking within the artisanal and small-scale mining population in Tarkwa, one of Ghana's principal mining regions, it … or diamonds, with a small number involved in mining for industrial minerals. Quite a number of women are part of the workforce. The women … and catalyst for moving onto something better, for 'socio economic development'. The sector needs to fulfill this potential for the lives …
Insight, 08 March 2016
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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Ghana. Evidence to inform an Action Dialogue
… Ghana’s artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector continues to grow in size and significance. Its … a multi-stakeholder ‘action dialogue’ on artisanal and small-scale mining. This was the first of a global dialogue series on ASM, planned by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) to facilitate the rights-based formalisation of ASM …
Publication, 01 September 2016
What would sustainability in the North mean for development in the South?
… be said for countries that have substantial reserves of rare earth minerals required for clean energy technology, or uranium, if nuclear … thoughtful video by the Bolivia-based Democracy Centre shows, though, mining for ‘clean technology’ minerals is likely to be every bit as … climate change responsibilities, nor do we know precisely what a sustainable economy would look like. Nevertheless, despite seeming a …
Insight, 08 July 2010
MMSD – further reports
… page MMSD history project Architecture for change: an account of the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development project history,  Luke Danielson and Caroline … Sustainable markets …
Article, 03 March 2009
A woman miner holds a rough red garnet found at a mine in Tanzania. Tanzania's artisanal and small-scale miners are fuelled by determination and the hope to strike it big (Photo: Magali Rochat)
Four lessons on communicating ASM stories of change
… his words carried a special weight. In a country where small-scale mining is synonymous with environmental degradation, … The goal is to help transform ASM into the engine of local sustainable development that it has the potential to be.  Based on … blog was originally posted by the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development. Cuatro lecciones para …
Insight, 17 October 2017