RT Report
T1 Implementation of Policy Response Packages to Promote Sustainable Management of Natural Resources: Confronting Sustainability in the Mining Sector Role for a Sustainability Fund
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 air pollution
K1 biological diversity
K1 case study
K1 community participation
K1 environmental economics
K1 environmental education
K1 environmental impact assessment
K1 environmental policy
K1 indigenous people
K1 mining industry
K1 natural resource policy
K1 risk assessment
K1 environmental degradation
K1 sustainable development
K1 water pollution
SN 92-807-2299-9
YR 2003
FD 2003
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29452
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29452
NO The present study offers a detailed analysis of the Sustainability Fund proposal and investigates the answers to the aforementioned questions. Sustainability is basically seen at a local level, and the analysis is directed at sustainability within the mining regions, rather than on a national scale. In this sense, the argumentation underlying imposing taxes on the exploitation of natural resources - which is directed towards paying compensation to the state and towards national sustainability - is different to the Sustainability Fund proposed here which has a more local incentive. The present study analyses the economic, social and environmental sustainability issues related to mining at the national and in greater detail, the local level. The crucial issues that have to be confronted to assure sustainability at the local level include the need for greater diversification of production, the problems related to use of water resources, issues related to biodiversity, as well as the challenges of integrating mining companies into the local community.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 18, 2026