Understanding the social acceptance of mining

Moffat, Kieren; Lacey, Justine; Boughen, Naomi; Carr-Cornish, Simone; Rodriguez, Michelle

doi:10.4324/9781315121390-3

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“…Animal welfare concerns are prevalent within the consumer community with apprehensions regarding the housing and management of livestock and desires for improvements that result in greater well-being for production animals ( 1 – 4 ). Specifically, in the poultry sector, free-range egg production is increasing as consumers perceive these hens produce tastier, healthier ( 5 , 6 ), and more welfare-friendly ( 2 , 7 ) eggs.…”

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Relationships Between Rearing Enrichments, Range Use, and an Environmental Stressor for Free-Range Laying Hen Welfare

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Enrichments during pullet rearing may improve adaptation and welfare of hens as they move from indoor rearing to a free-range system. Individual variation in outdoor ranging may also affect welfare. This study assessed the effects of rearing enrichments and an imposed environmental stressor on hen welfare and egg quality along with the association of welfare with ranging. Hy-Line Brown ® chicks (n = 1,386) were reared indoors until 16 weeks with 3 enrichment treatments including a "control" group with standard floor litter, a "novelty" group that received novel objects that were changed weekly, and a "structural" group with H-shaped perching structures. Pullets were then moved to a free-range system with three replicates of each rearing treatment. Daily ranging was individually tracked from 25 to 64 weeks via radiofrequency identification technology. Individual hen welfare assessments were performed at 25, 33, 43, 56, and 64 weeks and correlated with ranging time prior to these dates. At 44 weeks, the range area was reduced by 80% for 11 days to induce stress. Changes in ranging behavior, albumen corticosterone concentrations and egg quality were evaluated. GLMMs showed significant interactions between hen age and rearing treatment for live weight, number of comb wounds, plumage coverage, and toenail length (all P ≤ 0.003), with the enriched hens showing more consistent live weight at the later ages, fewer comb wounds at 33 weeks, and better plumage coverage at the later ages, whereas the structural hens had shorter toenails as age increased. Plumage coverage showed a positive relationship with range use across most age points (P < 0.0001). Hens reduced ranging time following the imposed stressor but increased their number of visits with the lowest increase by the structural hens (P = 0.03). Significant interactions between rearing treatment and stressor for albumen corticosterone concentrations showed the structural hens decreased concentrations immediately post-stress, but the control and novelty groups increased (P < 0.006). The stressor increased or decreased values of most egg quality parameters across all rearing groups (all P ≤ 0.02). Overall, provision of rearing enrichments and greater range use may have positive impacts on hen welfare.

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“…Recently, quantitative analyses of the SLO have been modelled and are gaining popularity, since other models were not successful in their empirical validation [56]. This study is based on such a quantitative model, which has previously been developed [21] to measure the SLO based on social and psychological intergroup relations [21], and was subsequently further developed and extended [22,23]. The aim of this model is to find a consistent and well-defined measurement tool to assist industries, communities, and governments in understanding the requirements for a SLO and what is needed to establish functioning Land 2022, 11, 1555 5 of 19 relationships between stakeholders [21].…”

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“…Overall, it aspires to create a better outcome for all stakeholders involved [25]. The main drivers for social acceptance within this model are: (1) balance of benefits over impacts, (2) procedural fairness, (3) distributional fairness, (4) governance capacity, and (5) trust in industry [22]. Following the study of [23], an experimental survey design was developed.…”

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“…In the model by [22], the overall balance of perceived benefits over impacts was measured by assessing the individual perception of the respondents in six different categories. Figure 1 shows the adapted categories for the present study, where dashed categories were newly added to the evaluation.…”

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“…However, an inadequate level of the SLO can affect market access for products and result in additional legislation and governing activities of industries, not least protests and legal or industrial action, which also impact business operations in general [19]. The present study aims to fill this research gap by adapting a quantitative SLO model based on integrative socio-psychological relationship modelling-first created by [21] and further developed in other studies [22,23]-and to apply it to SRC-based value chains.…”

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Wood plays a key role in the endeavours of the EU to establish a circular bioeconomy based on renewable biological resources. Today, forestry on its own cannot sustainably satisfy the demand for woody biomass. Short-Rotation Coppice (SRC) represents a possible alternative production system where fast-growing tree species are cultivated on agricultural land. Thus far, lacking engagement from farmers and public opposition against other bioenergy projects have hindered the expansion of SRC. At the same time, society does not consider wood unconditionally sustainable anymore. The Social License to Operate (SLO) describes the dynamic relationship between industries, their communities, and other stakeholders. The present study adapted a quantitative SLO model based on integrative socio-psychological relationship modelling and applied it to a case study in Slovakia. The roles of trust, fairness, impact assessment, and governance hold for the establishment of social acceptance were analysed with Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). The model revealed the perception of individual benefits as the strongest predictor for social acceptance. The average level of social acceptance was found to be between “Acceptance” and “Approval”. The results thus show that SRC currently must not face societal pressure in Slovakia. However, the SLO is not static and must be constantly re-evaluated.

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Balancing economic development, social responsibility, and environmental conservation through financial assurance programs in sub-Saharan Africa’s mining industry

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Understanding the social acceptance of mining

Cited by 4 publications

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Relationships Between Rearing Enrichments, Range Use, and an Environmental Stressor for Free-Range Laying Hen Welfare

Relationships Between Rearing Enrichments, Range Use, and an Environmental Stressor for Free-Range Laying Hen Welfare

The Role of the Social Licence to Operate in the Emerging Bioeconomy—A Case Study of Short-Rotation Coppice Poplar in Slovakia

Balancing economic development, social responsibility, and environmental conservation through financial assurance programs in sub-Saharan Africa’s mining industry

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