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Social Assessment, Engagement And Advice

Big Five - Tough Social Issues In Mining
Tim Hart

Many of SRK’s mining clients are active in developing countries.

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Consultation Towards A Social License
Don Hovdebo, Mark Liskowich

The prospect of resource development can promise economic benefits to a community.

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Strategies Large-Scale Mining Operations May Employ In Dealing With Artisanal Mining
Tim Hart

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is widely practiced all over Africa.

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Value Added Through Understanding The Local Social Issues
Vuyo Matshikiza

Towards the end of 2007, SRK Consulting was commissioned to assist with the preparation of an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), as well as a suite of Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMPs) that would allow the client to secure funding from Equator Principles Financial Institutions.

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Tracking Local Skills In Support Of A Commitment To Employ Locally
Kelebogile Mogajane

Skills Registration is a tool that can be used to compile an inventory of the skills of the people living in the vicinity of a greenfields project.

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Calculating Resettlement Costs
Raoul de Villiers

What should we consider when calculating relocation and resettlement costs from a best-practices point of view?

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The U.S. National Environmental Policy Act And Native Americans
William (Bill) Morrill

The successful engagement and consultation with Native American Tribes for major federal actions, under the U.S. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other laws, requires using both formal and informal facilitation processes to resolve possible conflicts.

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Stakeholder Engagement: A Key Ingredient For Project Success
Tandi Reilly

Prior to the late 1970s, the environmental and social impacts of large dam developments were not considered a priority in the decision-making and implementation processes of developers constructing dams.

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Community Input Into Red Dog Mine Closure Plan
Daryl Hockley

The Red Dog mine in northwest Alaska was developed under an innovative operating agreement between Teck Alaska and the NANA Regional Corporation, a Native corporation owned by the local Inupiat people.

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Recent SRK Experiences With Stakeholder Engagement Processes
Lalit Kumar

Stakeholder consultations are generally considered an essential part of the impact assessment process, as the environmental policies in many countries have been influenced by internationally-accepted best practice, particularly the standards of the World Bank Group.

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Stakeholders Strengthen Pipeline EIA
Lyn Brown, Darryll Kilian

SRK Consulting completed the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the South African component of a petroleum pipeline proposed by Petroline Holdings Ltd.

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SRK Adds Socio-Economic Value To Project Investments
Tim Hart

In terms of current international standards and in the regulatory requirements of many countries, many mining and industrial projects require a full Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Management Plan (ESMP).

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UK Partners Building Skills In South African Water Sector
Amina Ismail

Partners for Water and Sanitation (PAWS) was established at the World Summit for Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg in 2002.

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Building Early Community Relationships
Mark Vendrig

Community consultation is a key part of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) process. On behalf of Oromin Joint Venture Group (Oromin), SRK Consulting Canada recently initiated a public consultation program as part of the ESIA process for Oromin’s potential new mine at Sabodala in Senegal.

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Enhanced Social Impact Management
Allison Burger

After almost a century of copper and cobalt mining and post-colonial civil war, Kolwezi, located in the Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was left with a degraded environment and a quarter of a million people subsisting on artisanal mining and agriculture.

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Consultation For A Major Bauxite Project In Suriname, South America
Danélle Fourie

SRK South Africa undertook a comprehensive Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) of a major bauxite project in Suriname, between 2005 and 2008.

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