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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 … Assurance Group or Sponsors Group, or those of IIED or WBCSD. Sustainable Development is a project of the International Institute for Environment … Mining, Minerals and Sustainabl evelopment January 2002 No. 24 The Life …
Publication, 01 January 2002
Fairtrade – the gold standard?
… diamonds and gold) and thus promote both social and economic development within the sector. The Alliance of Responsible Mining (ARM) was established in 2004 to promote social justice and … in 2008 on certification in ASM as “ an emerging opportunity for sustainable development ”. This paper clearly outlines who can …
Insight, 11 August 2010
Forestry tractor carrying fruits from a field
ALIGN: Advancing Land-based Investment Governance
Project, 22 September 2020
An African man makes a speech in front of a banner in Chinese
Our previous work on China
… discussions in China Fostering collaboration and joint action for sustainable Chinese investment and trade in Africa through building … others) in Africa's informal economy – specifically in agriculture, mining and timber trade in Eastern and Southeast Africa. Read a … examining how China and Brazil are shaping African agricultural development . Read ' Chinese migrants in Africa: facts and fictions from …
Article, 01 August 2019
Extractive industry workers are pictured on a beach; a new report recommends that transparency initiatives need to be more inclusive and relevant to local needs for communities most affected by oil, gas or mining projects (Photo: iStockphoto.com/Getty Images)
Transparency: Giving local communities a window on the extractive industries
… 2014, according to a new World Bank report , due to the continent's development of natural resources and infrastructure. This is a huge … to introduce new transparency laws that would require oil, gas, and mining companies to disclose the payments they make to governments at … of 2013, the question remains about how to make transparency work for sustainable development, particularly for the local communities living …
Insight, 28 May 2014
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Bringing community perspectives to investor-state arbitration: the Pac Rim case
… rights and faith-based non-profit organisations advocating on metals mining in El Salvador. Through its submissions in the Pac Rim … democratic debate in El Salvador in relation to metals mining and sustainable development. This paper has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for …
Publication, 01 June 2015
A small mining operation near Garies in the Western Cape, South Africa (Photo: jbdodane, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Stuck between a deposit and a hard place
… The junior mining sector – those who search for deposits and develop and operate … Given the potential for ASM to contribute significantly to national development in some countries, engaging, supporting and empowering … Buxton ( [email protected] ) is a senior researcher with IIED's Sustainable Markets Group . …
Insight, 26 February 2015
Some of the publications published by IIED during 2017 (Image: Annette McGill/IIED)
IIED's best of 2017: publications
… finance reaching the local level delivers effective, efficient and sustainable results.  This 48-page working paper explores the flows of … more: IIED is researching the benefits and challenges of devolving development and climate finance to the local level , and is helping to … through which they are formulated. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Ghana. Evidence to inform an action dialogue Ghana's artisanal …
Article, 28 December 2017
Workers at the Dakete Gold Mine explain health and safety procedures in a powdering station. The IIED dialogue aimed to engage key stakeholders, including mineworkers, in a conversation about the future of ASM mining in Ghana (Photo: Friends of the Nation)
ASM dialogue creates ambition for change in Ghana
… IIED's first local artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) dialogue brought together more than 50 representatives from … workshop. It was a chance to experience the realities of small-scale mining, share perspectives, and work together to address some of the … and food sellers all depend on the mines. Formalising ASM is a development opportunity  Following the field visits the research team, …
Insight, 15 September 2016
A street vendor sells produce in Surabaya, Indonesia (Photo: Schristia, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Showcasing innovations in policy approaches to informality
… increasingly clear that if attempts to achieve green growth and sustainable development are to succeed, they must be rooted in a sound understanding … spaces; national policies to recognise artisanal and small-scale mining as a legitimate livelihood, and not indiscriminately criminalise …
Article, 21 July 2015