2003, ISBN 1-56973-554-9 , 65 pages

Presents a methodolgy that has been used on two case studies to identify areas that are too environmentally or socially "sensitive" for mining. The framework is aimed at mining companies, governments, and NGOs to capture the key environmental challenges associated with hardrock mining: waste management, water quantity, and quality, and habitat destruction.

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• Full text : Mining and Critical Ecosystems (645Kb)
• Executive Summary (50Kb)
• Chapter 1: Introduction and background (70Kb)
• Chapter 2: The methodological framework (58Kb)
• Chapter 3: Mining in environmentally vulnerable areas (54Kb)
• Chapter 4: Mining in socially vulnerable areas (44Kb)
• Chapter 5: Natural hazards and Mining (37Kb)
• Chapter 6: Other contributing factors (58Kb)
• Appendix 1. Mining and critical ecosystems methodology (42Kb)
  
• Appendix 1a. Detailed technical appendix (56Kb)
• Appendix 2. Background literature review (50Kb)

• Map 1: Mining and critical ecosystems case study countries (582Kb)
• Map 2: Intact high conservation value areas (868Kb)
• Map 3: Ecological values in Papau New Guinea (881Kb)
• Map 4: Ecological values in the Philippines (671Kb)
• Map 5: Mining in water scarce basins (695Kb)
• Map 6: Protected watersheds in the Philippines (661Kb)
• Map 7: Stressed watersheds in the Philippines (684Kb)
• Map 8: Mining in socially vulnerable areas (786Kb)
• Map 9: Socially vulnerable communities in the Philippines (786Kb)
• Map 10: Socially vulnerable communities in Papau New Guinea (844Kb)
• Map 11: Seismic hazard (775Kb)
• Map 12: Seismic risk in the Philippines (584Kb)
• Map 13: Areas predisposed to water quality problems (797Kb)
• Map 14: Control of corruption (718Kb)
• Map 15: Voice and accountability (716Kb)