A nonprofit group plans a series of scientific panels to examine the potential impacts of developing a copper and gold prospect north of Lake Iliamna in the...
... Subject: New Publications - Guyana - Indigenous peoples' rights and Forest Peoples Programme is pleased to inform you of two new publications: *1. */*Our...
Moderator's note: It is hard to verify the causality of this reporting and we would welcome comments or further information. ... Please see the link below. ...
Dear Ecominerals, We launched a new report in Paris this week on the role of Total, Chevron, and PTTEP in Burma (Myanmar), documenting killings and forced...
Colleagues The Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide has just released a Guidebook for Evaluating Mining Project EIAs. Details below. Apologies for any...
Dear All, I am Yuji Nishikawa of Metal Economic Research Institute, Japan. I am attaching as a pdf file my article for the introduction of the mining industry...
Dear Ecominerals, I'm posting this on behalf of Romain Taravella of WWF France, with whom I'm collaborating on an ASM / protected areas programme. Please feel ...
Colleagues Material extracted below in usual format. For the second piece - I would welcome anyone posting more detailed information about what was said by the...
Moderator's note: North Stradbroke Island is an amazing sand island off the coast of Brisbane, Australia and a fascinating case study of mining-community...
RESEARCH ASSOCIATES Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment The Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment, a joint...
I'd be really interested to hear what people on this listserv think about the Gulf disaster, as well as the discovery of minerals in Afghanistan (please see...
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/06/15/from_land_mines_to_copper_mines comments welcome! -- Prof. Michael L. Ross UCLA Department of Political...
[Haven't had a chance to read this but it looks promising.] http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1623870 Is Business the Only Business of...
Dear Ecominerals, Here's a link to an article we posted on the Huffington Post recently, on Burma's nuclear ambitions, oil companies, and revenue transparency:...
Colleagues Details below on a new report and a book both looking at the relationship between foreign investment and development (one is specifically in...
Colleagues In case of interest, details below of a recent (Australian) report entitled Water issues in jurisdictional planning for mining: an overview of...
Internship Position at Estelle Levin Limited Call for Applications: Summer 2010 I am an international development consultant specialising in research, ...
The Organizing Committee of the 3rd International Conference "ENERGETIKA XXI: Economy, Policy, Ecology" is pleased to invite you to take part in this year...
Hello, I'm a freelance journalist investigating conflicts-of-interest in the World Health Organization's partnerships with private corporations. This...
Dear All   When unadapted regulations lead to more illegal mining and environment destruction.  This is a good example..  New gem deposit found Ceylon...
From Businessweek http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-31/indonesia-s-new-green-policies-may-reduce-production-of-coal.html Indonesia’s New Green...
Should the US secretary of interior (cabinet official with most control over mineral matters in America) resign over the mismanagement of the minerals...
Dear Colleagues, Some of you may have been following the Australian Government's recent announcement about a proposed resources rent tax that would complement ...
I just signed one of those MoveOn online petitions, and a screen popped up with the following info, which floored me: "The damages from the BP oil spill in the...
Greetings There have been some environmental complaints filed by Mongolian NGOs to the Business and Human Rights Resource Center and some responses from Rio...
