Mining companies and communities: Collaborative approaches to reduce social risk and advance sustainable development

Fraser, Jocelyn

doi:10.1016/j.resourpol.2018.02.003

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“…Environmental accidents, human rights issues, and questions related to the share of benefits generated by mining have contributed to growing public concern about the environmental and social sustainability of the mining industry [9,85], and opposition to mining at the community level has increased during the 21st century [86][87][88]. In the case of the new Hannukainen mining project, opinions on reopening the closed mining sites were notably polarized between respondents (see also Reference [11]).…”

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People and Post-Mining Environments: PPGIS Mapping of Landscape Values, Knowledge Needs, and Future Perspectives in Northern Finland

Kivinen

Vartiainen

Kumpula

2018

Land

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Mining can have a notable environmental and social footprint both during the production phase and after the mine closure. We examined local stakeholders’ viewpoints on two post-mining areas in northern Finland, Hannukainen and Rautuvaara, using a public participation geographic information system (PPGIS) approach. Spatially explicit data on local residents’ and visitors’ values, knowledge needs, and future perspectives on mining landscapes were collected with an online map-based survey tool (Harava). The results show that post-mining sites were generally considered unpleasant places. A majority of respondents were of the opinion that areas would need better reclamation and landscaping measures. The landscape surrounding the post-mining sites contained a wide diversity of pleasant places with high nature and recreational value. Respondents addressed various environmental concerns related to the impacts of former mining activities on the quality of ground water and surface water, potential soil contamination, and the safety of natural products. Opinions on the planned mine reopening were strongly divided among the respondents. One of the key questions was whether a large open-pit mine and nature-based tourism can coexist in the same region. Our results highlight that “the shadow of the mine”—observed environmental impacts, uncertainties related to the spatial extent, duration, and magnitude of impacts, and knowledge gaps—can affect local stakeholders’ land use far outside the mining sites and long after the mine closure. Identifying and mapping stakeholder values, opinions, and knowledge needs could significantly improve post-mining land use planning and mitigate the loss of multifunctional landscapes.

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People and Post-Mining Environments: PPGIS Mapping of Landscape Values, Knowledge Needs, and Future Perspectives in Northern Finland

Kivinen

Vartiainen

Kumpula

2018

Land

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“…The problem related to the implementation of SEA in mediating the conflict between corporates and community has been raised. [1,2] In October Ministry for Forestry and Environment initiated to invite two provincial governments and seven regencies to discuss the result of SEA studies. After the discussion, the Regency of Pati and Rembang responded.…”

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The Powerless of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA): A Case Studies of North Kendeng Mountain Area, Central Java, Indonesia

2019

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Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is a new instrument of environmental management stipulated by Act 32 of 2009 regarding Environmental Protection and Management. This study observes the response of relevant government regarding the result of SEA studies. In August 2016, President Jokowi governed to conduct SEA for North Kendeng Mountain area due to the conflict between the government and investor preferring the utilization of this area for mining and local people demanding for conservation. North Kendeng mountain area is rich in limestone potentially utilized for cement, cosmetics, paint, and other commercial uses. However, this area is also storage for water that has been widely utilized for potable water and irrigation for local people. SEA is expected to mediate the conflict by recommending the area for exploitation and conservation. All relevant provincial governments: Central and East Java, and regencies: Grobogan, Pati, Rembang, Blora, Tuban, Bojonegoro and Lamongan agreed to follow up President’s instruction. However, after the EIA studies finished, the provincial government of Central Java on their revision on spatial planning did not incorporate the EIA studies. The Regency government of Pati also refused to incorporate the EIA studies. Institutional and substantial arrangement are required to make SEA studies workable and implementable.

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“…Examples include Mexico (Tetreault, 2015), Peru (Arellano-Yanguas, 2011;Fraser, 2018), Sierra Leone (Akiwumi, 2014), India (Sarkar, 2015(Sarkar, , 2017, Vietnam (Nguyen et al, 2018) and Indonesia (Welker, 2009). Another examples appear in Sosa (2011) and Walter and Urkidi (2015).…”

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Reassignment-proof rules for land rental problems

Valencia-Toledo

Vidal-Puga

2019

Int J Game Theory

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We consider land rental problems where there are several communities that can act as lessors and a single tenant who does not necessary need all the available land. A rule should determine which communities become lessors, how much land they rent and at which price. We present a complete characterization of the family of rules that satisfy reassignment-proofness by merging and spliting, apart from land monotonicity. We also define two parametric subfamilies. The first one is characterized by adding a property of weighted standard for two-person. The second one is characterized by adding consistency and continuity.

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Mining companies and communities: Collaborative approaches to reduce social risk and advance sustainable development

Cited by 58 publications

References 23 publications

People and Post-Mining Environments: PPGIS Mapping of Landscape Values, Knowledge Needs, and Future Perspectives in Northern Finland

People and Post-Mining Environments: PPGIS Mapping of Landscape Values, Knowledge Needs, and Future Perspectives in Northern Finland

The Powerless of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA): A Case Studies of North Kendeng Mountain Area, Central Java, Indonesia

Reassignment-proof rules for land rental problems

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