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This important Handbook is an essential guide to the
state-of-the-art concepts, debates and innovative practices in the
field of cumulative impact assessment. It helps to strengthen the
foundations of this challenging field, identify key issues
demanding solutions and summarize recent trends in forward
progress, particularly through the use of illustrative case
examples. Taking an international and transdisciplinary approach,
this Handbook provides readers with frameworks and methodologies
currently in use by leading academics, consultants and many others
involved in cumulative impact assessment and management. This
wide-ranging body of work demonstrates increased application of
relevant, cross-disciplinary science to cumulative impact
assessment problems, as well as a continued commitment to bridge
the theory and practice gap for more effective and efficient
assessments. Chapters also address contemporary and often
controversial issues across a variety of sectors including
agriculture, energy, watershed management, regional land use
planning, and transport. This cutting-edge Handbook will be of
great interest to academics and students who wish to further
develop their understanding of key concepts within the field. It
will also be beneficial to practitioners, industry, government
officials and the many organizations involved in cumulative impact
assessment processes.
The products of mining are everywhere - if it wasn't grown, it was
mined or drilled. But the mining industry has a chequered past.
Pollution, human rights abuses, and corruption have tarnished the
reputation of the industry across the globe. Over a decade ago the
major mining companies embraced the concept of sustainable and
equitable development and embarked on an explicit process of reform
- but has the industry actually changed? This book explores the
dynamics of change-making for sustainable development in the
resources sector, specifically the mining of mineral and energy
resources. The author recounts the stories and insights of over
forty change-makers both inside and outside the industry, from
anti-mining activists to the professionals charged with the task of
reform, introducing the people who are moving an industry that
moves mountains. The book takes stock of what has worked and what
has not, analyzing the relative influence and dynamics of the key
corporate, civil society and government actors with a view to
developing new approaches for improving environmental and social
outcomes from mineral and energy development. Illustrated with case
studies from Angola, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, El
Salvador, Guinea, Peru, The Philippines, Romania, Sierra Leone,
South Africa, and The United States of America, and brimming with
the backstories to the major sustainability initiatives, Mountain
Movers reveals where progress has been made and where reform is
still needed towards a more sustainable and equitable mining
industry.
The products of mining are everywhere - if it wasn't grown, it was
mined or drilled. But the mining industry has a chequered past.
Pollution, human rights abuses, and corruption have tarnished the
reputation of the industry across the globe. Over a decade ago the
major mining companies embraced the concept of sustainable and
equitable development and embarked on an explicit process of reform
- but has the industry actually changed? This book explores the
dynamics of change-making for sustainable development in the
resources sector, specifically the mining of mineral and energy
resources. The author recounts the stories and insights of over
forty change-makers both inside and outside the industry, from
anti-mining activists to the professionals charged with the task of
reform, introducing the people who are moving an industry that
moves mountains. The book takes stock of what has worked and what
has not, analyzing the relative influence and dynamics of the key
corporate, civil society and government actors with a view to
developing new approaches for improving environmental and social
outcomes from mineral and energy development. Illustrated with case
studies from Angola, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, El
Salvador, Guinea, Peru, The Philippines, Romania, Sierra Leone,
South Africa, and The United States of America, and brimming with
the backstories to the major sustainability initiatives, Mountain
Movers reveals where progress has been made and where reform is
still needed towards a more sustainable and equitable mining
industry.
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