Knowledge, sustainability, and the environmental legacies of resource development in Northern Canada

Keeling, Arn; Sandlos, John; Boutet, Jean-Sébastien; Longley, Hereward; Dance, Anne

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“…ey also argue that mine remediation suff ers from the inability of proponents and regulators to adequately account for the cumulative, historic challenges experienced by northern communities. While Indigenous organizations have tried to strategically utilize the opportunities created by devolution to control and protect their lands, project reviews and environmental assessments take up signi cant time, energy, and nancial capacity (Dokis, 2015;Keeling et al, 2019).…”

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Social Considerations in Mine Closure: Exploring Policy and Practice in Nunavik, Quebec

Monosky

Keeling

2021

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Northern Canada has a long history of poorly remediated and outright abandoned mines. These sites have caused long-term environmental hazards, socio-economic disruptions, and threats to Indigenous communities across the North. Given the potential legacy effects of improper mine closure, best practice guidelines now suggest that mine closures address not only environmental remediation, but also include robust plans for mitigating social and economic impacts, and that companies engage early and consistently with impacted communities. This research seeks to understand how social and economic planning and community engagement for closure are governed in Nunavik, Quebec. Through semi-structured interviews with government and industry actors and an analysis of regional and provincial mining policy, this research demonstrates that mine closure regulations remain vague when describing how companies should involve impacted communities in mine closure planning, and governments largely neglect to regulate the social aspects of mine closure. This article discusses why an overreliance on impact assessment and overconfi dence in closure regulations are creating risks for Nunavimmiut. Without regulatory change, future closures may continue to result in unemployment, social dislocation, costly abandoned sites, and continued distrust in the industry.

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Social Considerations in Mine Closure: Exploring Policy and Practice in Nunavik, Quebec

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Keeling

2021

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“…Várias pesquisas sobre impactos positivos e negativos e sobre mecanismos para garantir que as Comunidades participem dos benefícios dos projetos de desenvolvimento chegaram a diferentes resultados. Por exemplo, as pesquisas sobre acordos abrangentes de reivindicação de terras e respostas de políticas federais à jurisprudência em evolução criaram um sistema de avaliação de impacto ambiental e social que fornece mecanismos para controle regional de aspectos do desenvolvimento (NOBLE et al, 2014); implementação de ferramentas fiscais com potencial para garantir que parte da riqueza produzida pelo desenvolvimento permaneça na região para ajudar as Comunidades (HUSKEY; SOUTHCOTT, 2016); para a elaboração de novas técnicas de mitigação dos impactos ambientais negativos (KEELING;SANDLOS, 2011;KEELING et al, 2018); e para estudos sobre acordos de impacto e benefício (BRADSHAW; MCELROY, 2014).…”

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Efetividade de projetos de desenvolvimento local na perspectiva da avaliação de impacto social: estudos de caso no litoral do Piauí

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The significant expansion of captivity shrimp production by shrimp farming enterprises on the coast of Piauí has several contradictory results. Despite the relevant economic performance, several negative environmental and social impacts compromise the sustainability of the territory's economic activity. One of the causes of this phenomenon is connected to the fact that researches on shrimp production in captivity in national and international scenarios prioritize the understanding of environmental impacts, seeking to measure the damage caused in the environment while ignoring aspects of social communities. The cultural changes, from local traditions, of fishing communities’ lives, make clear the need for a more and amplified systematic relationship of these enterprises with local development. An instrument that can contribute to overcoming these challenges is the Social Impact Assessment (SIA), which defends the efforts to maximize the positive and minimize the negative impacts of public or private development projects can be realized and even Enhanced with the use of methods that deeply evaluate the processes of social changes to promote sustainable local development. Based on an interrelationship perspective between the theory field, local development, and the SIA, this research sought to answer the question: what are the social impacts of shrimp farming and its relationship with local development projects? The aim was to analyze the social impacts of shrimp farming and its relationship with the impacts of local development projects. The methodological procedures included the selection of two case studies on the coast of Piaui, which privileged interviews with stakeholders, documental analysis, and data analysis. The data was analyzed using the categories taken from literature, and data analysis (BARDIN, 2004), after the organization and refinement of coding of it through Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis (CAQDAS), NVivo. The results show that shrimp farming enterprises produce impacts in economic, institutional, environmental, and social categories. Communities perceive these impacts but evaluate that the counterpart of the income and job creation generated by the enterprises could be more effective. Considering the persistence of low indices such as HDI-M and schooling, the contribution of enterprises is conceived as ineffective

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Knowledge, sustainability, and the environmental legacies of resource development in Northern Canada

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Social Considerations in Mine Closure: Exploring Policy and Practice in Nunavik, Quebec

Social Considerations in Mine Closure: Exploring Policy and Practice in Nunavik, Quebec

Efetividade de projetos de desenvolvimento local na perspectiva da avaliação de impacto social: estudos de caso no litoral do Piauí

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