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Extractive industries
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Mining cobalt better
While the post-COVID-19 world looks at ‘building back better’, little has changed for artisanal cobalt miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Over the last 12 months, IIED’s research in partnership with Afrewatch DRC has found nascent efforts to improve the sector to be at risk of creating “islands of responsibility” while failing to drive the broad based societal and environmental change envisaged by the ‘building back better’ agenda
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COVID-19 and global economic ordering: radical shift or more of the same?
The fallout from COVID-19 has triggered narratives about profound changes to economic ordering. A closer look provides a more complex picture, particularly for countries in the global South.
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La nouvelle loi minière du Mali : une amélioration, mais pas pour les artisans miniers
Mali’s long-awaited mining reforms are here. A mix of progressive and outdated measures, the code must pass parliamentary review before entering into law. We assess the significance of three aspects of the legislation
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In pictures: Dialogues and pilot projects for better ASM governance in Madagascar
A pictorial tour of efforts to improve the governance of Madagascar's artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector
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Dialogues et projets pilotes pour une meilleure gouvernance du secteur EMAPE à Madagascar
GIZ à Madagascar a engagé un processus de dialogue afin d'améliorer la gouvernance du secteur de l'exploitation minière artisanale et à petite échelle (EMAPE). Blogueur invité Andry Rabemanantsoa nous donne un aperçu de leur travail à ce jour au travers de ces images
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Dialogue and action in equal measure
Svenja Brachmann explains how a GIZ programme in Madagascar is promoting more responsible artisanal and small-scale mining
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Improving governance in Madagascar's artisanal and small-scale mining sector from the ground up
IIED has been supporting the agency for German development cooperation GIZ and its environmental programme in Madagascar in its work to promote better governance in the Malagasy artisanal and small-scale mining sector
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What makes community engagement meaningful in the extractive industries?
Getting community engagement right – making sure it is ‘meaningful’ – is critical to the social licence to operate for oil, gas and mining projects
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A day of sharing ASM knowledge
Throughout Thursday, June 25, IIED created an online space for dialogue and sharing knowledge and information about the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector
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Laying the foundations for a dialogue series on artisanal and small-scale mining
With support from the Ford Foundation, IIED is undertaking a robust research and engagement programme, including the convening of a 'visioning workshop' on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), to lay the foundations for a multi-stakeholder dialogue series on ASM
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IIED to host international ASM day
IIED will host a day dedicated to artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) on Thursday, 25 June, using online networks to connect mining communites across the globe
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Illustrating the ASM challenges
A new image explores the world of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), drawing on interviews with different stakeholders, IIED's own experience of the sector, and our research
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Gold mining: the search for common ground
To better understand the wide range of people who depend on gold mining, IIED travelled to Tanzania to talk to some of them. Here are some of their stories
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Picturing the ASM space
Involving a wide range of stakeholders is helping create a common understanding of the issues in addressing artisanal and small-scale mining. Matthew McKernan looks at how IIED’s 'visioning workshop' has helped shape priorities going forward
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Waking the lazy, sleepy giant
A two-day 'visioning workshop' on artisanal and small-scale mining generated a shared sense of optimism – and a vision to wake up the 'big lazy, sleeping giant" that is government
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A shared long-term vision for ASM
Diverse stakeholders from across the world of gold mining share a long-term vision of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) as a functional business sector
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Gold for life
Images from Geita District in northwest Tanzania show the diverse range of people that depend on gold mining for their livelihood
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A mine of information
As IIED prepares to launch its Multi-stakeholder Dialogue Series on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining with a two-day "visioning workshop" bringing together influential stakeholders, we have pulled together a list of useful resources on ASM.
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Do you have the power to influence your own life?
IIED is keen to open up dialogue across the mining sector, including the voices of the marginalised. Here, Liz Carlile explores the importance of having a voice
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Stuck between a deposit and a hard place
Exploration firms and junior mining companies are often the first point of contact with artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), and as such, they have an important voice and role to play
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Informality and formalisation in the artisanal and small-scale mining sector
Artisanal and small-scale miners informally produce 15-20 per cent of the world's gold and 80 per cent of its sapphires. Yet the sector faces complex problems. IIED and its partners have published two papers on the risks
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Transparency: Giving local communities a window on the extractive industries
Why transparency initiatives need to be more inclusive and relevant to local needs for communities most affected by oil, gas or mining projects
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How extractive industries can address conflict and build trust with communities
Giant mining, timber, and oil and gas projects provide lessons in how companies can act to address conflict and build trust in communities their activities affect, according to a new book from the International Institute for Environment and Development.
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Caspian Energy Initiative
To help promote transparency and good governance in the energy sector in the Caspian region, IIED carried out a series of dialogues in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. The aim was to bring industry, government and civil society stakeholders together to discuss key issues and develop plans for future action
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The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: "No more hanky panky"
A global initiative requiring public reporting of revenues from extractive industries could go further
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Was 'Avatar' good for indigenous people?
The Dongria Kondh, Xikrin Kayapo, and Penan peoples have a lot in common. Not only are they all indigenous groups facing potentially damaging extractive and energy projects on their tribal land, they also share the dubious distinction of being compared to some quirky blue hominids from a certain Hollywood blockbuster. Just a casual Google search for ‘real life avatar’ will reveal a slew of articles arguing that indigenous groups across the world are nothing less than the real life versions of the Na´vi, with harmonious relationships with nature and exotic tribal costumes to boot.
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Managing risks and opportunities in oil and gas industry contracting chains
This project investigated the relationships between multinational oil and gas companies and their local contractors. IIED focused on the environmental and social performance of local contractors and the ways in which multinational oil and gas companies can ensure that sustainable development principles are adhered to along the supply chain.
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Governance of oil and gas contracts in Kazakhstan
This project aimed to enhance the stability of the oil and gas investment climate in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The project identified critical issues and developed policy recommendations for increasing long-term investment stability in the oil and gas sector in Kazakhstan
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New left = new extractivism in Latin America
It was clear at the recent Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of the Mother Earth in Cochabamba that Latin America´s leftist leaders are taking strong positions on issues of environmental sustainability and respect for indigenous people. But is that rhetoric actually borne out by their domestic policies?
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A tale of two deltas
So the ‘junk shot’ of golf balls and shredded tyres failed to plug the Deepwater Horizon gusher in the Gulf of Mexico. There was a strange circularity about BP’s idea of fixing this petroleum-fuelled nightmare by clogging it with petroleum-derived products.
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A meeting of mines
Bringing together small-scale miners and globalised mining operations could help to find solutions for many of the ills affecting artisanal miners worldwide
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Direct investment in the extractive industries: citizen empowerment for better governance and accountability
Through our network of partners in oil-producing and mining regions of the world, IIED promoted exchange of knowledge and skills to stimulate dialogue between stakeholders in extractive industries
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Extractive industries and Indigenous and local communities
This area of work explored the local sustainable development implications of relations between extractive industries, communities and the state, focusing on Arctic communities, particularly in Russia
