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The March 2002 issue of Natural Resources Forum - published on behalf of the United Nations - a special issue focusing on Mining, People and the Environment

"Development in the mining and minerals industry involves direct human intervention in natural ecosystems. In fact, the history of civilization is in some ways a record of the impact of humans on nature. However, today mining projects must go beyond providing a source of income: they also need to be sustainable in the context of their natural surroundings. Issues relating to mining as well as water, energy, forests and biodiversity all need to have an ecosystem approach superimposed on the development focus."
Editorial by Roberto C. Villas Bôas

Key articles published include:

Small-Scale Mining and its Impact in Developing Countries
Gavin Hilson

Abandoned Artisanal Gold Mines in the Brazilian Amazon: A Legacy of Mercury Pollution
Marcello M. Veiga and Jennifer J. Hinton (Mine closure series)

Impacts of Foreign Investment on Sustainable Development in a Chilean Mining Region
Jan Cademartori

A Framework for Policy Formulation for Small-Scale Mines: The Case of Coal in China
Philip Andrews-Speed, Armando Zamora, Christopher D. Rogers, Lei Shen, Shelley Cao and Minying Yang

Valuing Regional Geoscientific Data Acquisition Programmes: Addressing Issues of Quantification, Uncertainty and Risk
Margaretha Scott, Roussos Dimitrakopolous and Richard P. C. Brown

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