OTHER LINKS
4. Information Systems
Best
Practice Environmental Management in Mining Databases
The Case
Studies Database provides examples supplied by the Australian
mining industry of mine sites where best practice principles are being
applied. Each case study sets out the problems faced at that site;
how they were overcome; benefits which have resulted; and the lessons
learned along the way.
The Technical
References Database lists up to five references for each of 70
environmental issues.
Directory
of Environmental Management and Science in the Australian Minerals
and Energy Industries
A comprehensive directory of organisations and individuals relevant
to environmental management in the Australian minerals & energy
industry. With 500 entries, the directory is very comprehensive.
EnviroNET
Australia
EnviroNET Australia has several fully-searchable databases that link
people with environmental problems, to people, organizations and technologies
that can help solve the problems.
Environmental
Expert.com
Environmental Expert S.L. is a private company initiative, managed
by experienced environmental consultants of different nationalities,
operating from a main office in Madrid, Spain. It is a web-based environmental
business information center.
National
Institute for the Environment
This site contains links to extensive information (daily news, congressional
reports, laws and treaties, educational resources, jobs & careers,
meetings, journals, reference materials) and to a wide variety of
topics related to the environment, including mining.
Sustainable
Development Gateway
The Sustainable Development (SD) Gateway integrates information from
a network of some of the world's leading sustainable development institutes.
TechKnow
TechKnow contains information on environmentally sustainable technologies
generally, including mining. It is run by the US
Department of Energy and the US Environmental
Protection Agency.
UNEP
GIS, Map and Graphics Database
Based at Arendal in Denmark, the GRID online databases present a host
of environmental information.
National
Performance of Dams Program (NPDP)
The NPDP is an effort to establish within the dam engineering and
safety community the ability to learn from the in-service performance
of dams, supporting improvements in dam design, operation and public
policy.