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Monitoring Manual - A Resource for Community Members |
Description: This manual is designed to help community members monitor the water quality impacts of a mine. It is designed to provide you with information which will help you to determine the main sources of contamination and the level of pollution being generated by the mine. This manual does not describe long term monitoring programs. It is to be used for a "spot check" type of water testing, to detect levels of water contamination at certain sites around the mine that is affecting your community today. Download file now |
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Ontario First Nations Force Mining Reform |
Description: The following article provides a chronology of the events leading to the decision by Premier McGuinty to reform Ontario's Mining Act, an outline of the changes that the public is demanding and some early analysis of what these Ontario events might mean for BC. This is the first LandKeepers special report to help update BC First Nations with current issues that may affect mining in their traditional territory. Download file now |
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Overburdened: Understanding the Impacts of Mineral Extraction on Women’s Health in Mining Communitie |
Description: Provides information to help heal and protect women, their families and communities from the adverse health impacts of mineral extraction by enhancing knowledge about the impact of mining on women's health; and developing the capacity of women in mining communities to protect themselves and their families from the effects of mining. May 2004. View the website for this resource |
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Predicting Water Quality Problems at Hardrock Mines |
Description: An EARTHWORKS white paper summarizing and analyzing the groundbreaking studies by Ann Maest, PhD and Jim Kuipers, P.E: Comparison of Predicted and Actual Water Quality at Hardrock Mines: The reliability of predictions in Environmental Impact Statements and Methods and Models, Uncertainties, and State-of-the-Art Download file now |
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Proving Aboriginal Rights and Title after Tsilhqot’in |
Description: This paper was prepared by John J.L. Hunter Q.C. of the Vancouver law firm of Hunter Litigation Chambers, for a conference on “Tsilhqot’in First Nation v. British Columbia: The Immediate Impact and Next Steps” presented by the Pacific Business and Law Institute, March 4-5, 2008, Vancouver, B.C. Download file now |
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Putting a Price on Pollution: Financial Assurance for Mine Closure and Reclamation |
Description: An American report looking at the costs of cleaning up mine sites and some of the financial tools to do so, such as reclamation bonds. Download file now |
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Reflections on the Sharing of Benefits from Australian Impact Benefit Agreements (IBAs) |
Description: Based on the Pre-Forum Interview and Forum Presentation, this small paper looks at a few models from Australia to consider for Impact Benefit Agreements Download file now |
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Telling a Story of Change the Dene Way: Indicators for Monitoring in Diamond Impacted Communities |
Description: This article presents selected perspectives from a community meeting of 25 leaders, organizers, and staff of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation that was held to discuss what indicators should be used to develop a baseline picture of social change and how to collect this information. Volume 3 #1 Spring 2005 Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health Download file now | View the website for this resource |
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The Boreal Below |
Description: Provides a carefully-documented analysis of the social, environmental, and cultural impacts of mining from prospecting to mine closure, as well as an overview of the current situation by province and territory. View the website for this resource |
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The Mitigation of Acid Rock Drainage: Four Case Studies from British Columbia |
Description: A look at 4 British Columbia mines to describe the challenges mines face, generic components of cost effective mitigation, and site-specific approaches to reduce environmental risk and the postmining liability. The report outlines that a key part of cost effective mitigation is gaining the necessary understanding of both the site and mitigation measures and that recognizing closure issues early in the mine life enables a mine to use operating facilities and personnel to address closure issues and run long-term, large scale tests under actual field conditions. Download file now |