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Governance of Long-Term Challenges and Opportunities in Mining Operations and Mining Territories

21.11.2023

March 23, 2023 | 11:00 - 12:00 EDT | 12:00 - 13:00 BRT

Background:

In 2021 and 2022, SDSN and Geopark Quadrilátero Ferrífero (an SDSN Member) organized a number of webinars on mining and the SDGs, and also conducted a survey of participants to ascertain what would be of use to the group going forward. A number of participants expressed interest in having a forum to share work they are doing, learn about the best practices of others, and identify possible collaborators. SDSN and Geopark Quadrilátero Ferrífero aim to organize monthly webinars on topics of interest.

Event topic summary:

Mining operations and regions face many governance challenges. One is the tension between the short-term objectives of communities, governments, and stakeholders, and the longer-term objectives of mining sites (discovery through production), the SDGs, and the Paris Agreement. Join us for a conversation about solutions and opportunities around governance, and how addressing risks early can maintain competitiveness.

Audience:

We anticipate an audience of about 150 people, predominantly from academia and industry, and mostly from the Americas given the time of day.

Session schedule:
10.45 EDT	Speakers to join Zoom webinar early to check connection and audio. Find a space that will remain quiet and uninterrupted during the event with a background that is clean and simple (e.g. with artwork, furniture, or bookshelves). Ensure that your laptop is elevated to eye level so that you are looking directly at the camera. Try to avoid sitting next to any windows or having direct sunlight in the background.
11.00	Lauren Barredo to welcome attendees and deliver housekeeping announcements. “Welcome to Governance of Long-Term Challenges and Opportunities in Mining Operations and Mining Territories. We are holding today’s event in Zoom webinar, you will be muted and cameras turned off, but please feel free to send questions to our panel at any time by using the Q&A or chat function in the menu bar. Today’s webinar will be recorded and the recording shared shortly after the event. Should you be dropped out of the webinar at any point, please use the same log in link to re-join us when you are ready. It is now my pleasure to introduce our moderator, Renato Ciminelli, President of Geopark Quadrilátero Ferrífero and a member of the SDSN. Adan Olivares Castro serves as IRMA's lead point of contact for stakeholders and Indigenous rights holders across the Americas and the Caribbean. With his technical mining engineering experience and personal connection to Latin America, having been born and raised in Colombia, Adan is passionate about improving socio-environmental issues with respect to mining. Maria Amélia Enriquez is a member of the Faculty of the Institute of Legal Sciences at the Federal University of Pará, and Professor at the Graduate Program of Law and Development in Amazonia, where she does research on green economics, mining and sustainable development, regional development, and the bioeconomy. She holds a Ph.D. in sustainable development from the University of Brasilia. Renato, you may begin!”
11.03	Short introduction to the session from Renato Ciminelli Introduction of the panelists: Adan Olivares Castro serves as IRMA's lead point of contact for stakeholders and Indigenous rights holders across the Americas and the Caribbean. With his technical mining engineering experience and personal connection to Latin America, having been born and raised in Colombia, Adan is passionate about improving socio-environmental issues with respect to mining. Maria Amélia Enriquez is a member of the Faculty of the Institute of Legal Sciences at the Federal University of Pará, and Professor at the Graduate Program of Law and Development in Amazonia, where she does research on green economics, mining and sustainable development, regional development, and the bioeconomy. She holds a Ph.D. in sustainable development from the University of Brasilia. Renato Introduction to the webinar. The platform Visitos to Mining in SDG Territories has been very successful. Please consider joining our WhatsApp group to stay abreast of news and events in this space. We aim to promote solutions and good practices, to address future risks like water shortages, and we hope you will join our community of practice.
11.10	Adan Olivares Castro presentation (slides optional, share your own directly and please also send a backup in advance to Lauren Barredo if using).
11.20	Maria Amélia Enriquez presentation (slides optional, share your own directly and please also send a backup in advance to Lauren Barredo if using). What are good practices we can do to escape the resource curse? We need new investments in mining to generate jobs and tax revenue, which will lead to more development, investment, and economic diversification. This is the ideal scenario, promoted by the World Bank in the 70s and 80s. We saw limited job creation, weak economic effects, and little effect on development. Often it led to corruption, concentration of power among oligarchs, etc. This is a big reason for contemporary calls for transparency, accountability, reporting, etc. There are many ways to predict if mining could precipitate into a curse, such as the fact that the resource is finite, it is capital-intensive, subject to boom and bust cycles, and can cause environmental harm.
11.30	Q&A / Discussion, led by Renato Ciminelli Initial questions: TBD
11.55	Renato Ciminelli delivers brief closing remarks.
12.00	Adjourn