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"Traditional Small Scale Miners’ Current Issues, Impact on our Culture"

Liyo, Nena

As women traditional small-scale miners we participate in the pursuit of sustainable livelihoods and poverty alleviation by working with our men in mining and in the sharing of the minerals within our community.  This paper explains that while our traditional technology has integrated modern technology our various sharing mechanisms and our respect for traditional values are projected in our activities and our culture as miners.

As a community, while the Government of the Philippines has recognized our domains as indigenous people, we also give reasons as to why the State needs to recognize areas of communal mining such as ours, including our efforts in our attention to safety in work and in the preservation of our watershed.

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Councilor Nena S. Liyo, married with seven (7) children belongs to the Kankana-ey ethnic group of Indigenous Peoples whose family root is from Suyoc, Mankayan, Benguet Province. The area is believed to be the origin of traditional small-scale mining. She served the public schools for thirty five (35) years and retired January 7, 2003. She joined the political arena in May 2004 and won as Councilor, a position she holds up to the present.
 

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"Small-Scale Mining In Benguet: Tribal and Modern"

Kaniteng, Lomino N.

Traditional small-scale mining activities in the Province of Benguet have been in existence since time immemorial.  In fact, the Benguet Corporation, the oldest mining company in the country and located in the Municipality of Itogon in the Province of Benguet introduced modern mining in 1903.  Having been host to a number of mining operations in the past, mineral endowment of the Province Benguet show potential for a progressive industry.

As a result, however, of the decline in metal prices and other factors leading to the closure and/or suspension of several mining operations, the small-scale mining became a very viable “alternative” for the mineral resources in the Province of Benguet.

This paper will attempt to discuss the present state of the small-scale mining industry in the Province of Benguet.  It will particularly focus on the experience of the small-scale miners from tribal to modern and the present problems affecting the small-scale mining industry as well as the benefits and the economic contribution of the small-scale miners to the government.  Several recommendations will also be made seeking to address these concerns.

Engineer Lomino N. Kaniteng is an active miner and a prominent mining community leader in the Province of Benguet, Philippines. He is currently the president of the Igorot Small-scale Miner and Panners Foundation, a non-stock organization registered under the Philippine Security and Exchange Commission, which is an umbrella organization of 42 small-scale miners associations in the province with a total membership of nearly ten thousand miners. He is a member who represents the small-scale mining sector in the Benguet Provincial Mining Regulatory Board (PMRB), a government body that regulates mining activities within the province. He has also served as a provincial board member of Benguet as an Officer-in-Charge, and still continues to serve various government bodies such as the Protected Areas Management Board, Peoples Law Enforcement Board (municipal-level), Land Management Committee under Itogon Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Council and the Itogon Water District where he serves as the Chairman of the board.

Engineer Kaniteng is an Igorot who belongs to the Kankana-ey ethnic group of indigenous peoples in Benguet Province, Philippines.
  

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"Issues and Recommendations Related to SMM in Mindanao"

Cayabyab, Eduardo

Modern small-scale mining in Mindanao started in 1980s when logging companies closed operations due to the depletion of forest timber resources. As a result, thousands of employees were laid off and forced to look for an alternative livelihoods like farming and mining.

Since Mindanao’s rugged terrain host rich mineral deposits, small scale mining played a major role in the economic upliftment of communities in the region.

The enactment into law of RA 7942, however, threatens the small scale mining industry as mining TNCs face their way to SMM and Indigenous People’s Communities. Serious human rights are being committed to face small-scale miners and IRs vacate their communities.

As a result, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), environmentalists, human rights advocates and the religious sector joined hand-in hand with the affected communities to oppose the entry of mining TNCs.

The friction between the conflicting parties could cause a major problem. Unless it is addressed properly, it may aggravate the already tense situation in Mindanao.

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I am Eduardo Cayabyab. A Pangasinense by birth, I migrated to Zamboanga, Sibugay Province to work for a logging company as a Concession Deputy Forest Guard. Laid off in 1986, I eventually engaged in small-scale mining in Guinabacan, R.T. Lim, Zamboanga Sibugay Province and served as a member of the Board of the Guinabacan Small-Scale Miner’s Association (GSSMA).

As tunnels in Guinabacan went deeper underground and faced with the problem of dewatering, I transferred to Canatuan, Tabayo, Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte in 1990. As the chair of the Canatuan Small-Scale Miner’s Cooperative (CSMC), I played a vital role in prodding the provincial government of Zamboanga del Norte to organize its Provincial Mining Regulatory Board (PMRB).

Currently, I am the President of the newly organized Zamboanga Peninsula Small-Scale Miner’s Federation. The federation is hoped to advance small-scale mining industry in the region.
 

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"Balbalan Gold Rush"

Lingbawan, Royce and Sugguiyao, Natividad B.

Gold panning in Balbalan started in 1984 when a Bontoc Miner found gold nuggets along the riverbanks of the Saltan River.  With its discovery the i-Banao and other surrounding sub-tribes flocked to the area and started what is now called the Minahan ng Bayan of Balbalan.

In the past several mining corporations have tried applying for permits for gold and mineral explorations but never did succeed in doing formal exploration work.  It was only the adjoining Batong Buhay Gold mines that operated but was shut down due to the insurgency problems in the early 1980’s.  It is now considered one of the assets of government under the APT.

It was during the start of the small mining in Balbalan when Kalinga experienced its most turbulent decade with the rise of insurgency and the peace and order was not conducive for any economic activity for the people.  It was then the elders decided to do something about it and took the matter to their indigenous organization, the Banao Bodong Association (BBA) for the management of the small scale mining activities in accordance with the customary laws and traditions.

The paper presentation attempts to share the experience of the I-banao sub tribes in the management and development of natural resources in their ancestral domain.  It is focused on their rights and responsibilities as owners of their ancestral domains, their role in maintaining environmental practices through their IKSP and their right  to self governance and empowerment.  It shows how an indigenous peoples though their organization were able to manage and develop the industry and contribute to their economic upliftment.

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The Speaker
Royce Daowan Lingbawan
President
Banao Bodong Association
Talalang, Balbalan, Kalinga 3800
Philippines

Mr. Royce Lingbawan comes from the ranks the more prominent tribal elders of the i-Banao sub tribes and a member of the peace negotiators in the area. He represents the I-Banao sub-tribes in the Provincial Consultative Body, a body composed of tribal elders from the ancestral domains in the province. His active role in community tribal affairs made him the current President of the Banao Bodong Association (BBA). The BBA is an indigenous peoples organization duly registered with the SEC and composed of Bodong elders and members of the Banao Sub-tribe. The BBA has jurisdiction over the Banao Ancestral Domain comprising the barangays of Talalang, Balbalasang and Pantikian all of Balbalan Municlality. The BBA oversees the management the development of the Small Mining Industry in the area. Under the leadership of Royce Lingbawan, the BBA has linked up an active partnership NCIP and as a conduit for HARIBON and FPE environmental programs.
  

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"Acupan Contract Mining Project: Mining in Partnership with the Community"

Velez, Isabelo

The Company’s Benguet Gold Operation, consisting of the Acupan and Kelly underground mines, has been suspended since 1992. As of 1992, the Acupan and Kelly mines have combined underground reserve of 0.57 million tonnes averaging 6.29 grams gold per tonne, most of which are in Acupan.

After several months of study, the Company reopened the Acupan underground mine, through a partnership with the small-scale miners of the community.  Launched in January 2002, the Acupan Contract Mining Project (ACMP), where a large-scale operator and the small-scale miners grouped as mining cooperatives made to work together, is the first of its kind in the country.  The ACMP uses a tri-partite mining approach, involving the government (MGB, EMB and LGU), the community and the company stakeholders in the venture.  Benefiting some 800 underground small scale miners belonging to the different mining associations from the Itogon Municipality, and some one hundred support services personnel, the project started on a royalty-type arrangement in the first three months and subsequently, as an ore-sharing/services contracting project.

The Acupan Contract Mining Project has brought the Company and the small-scale miners together, allowing the project to create jobs, revenue and taxes for the government, and income for the stakeholders. Now, there is a chance for real development to take place.

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Mr. Isabelo R. Velez, Jr., a licensed mining engineer, graduated 1978 at Mindanao State University. Presently situated in Coto, Masinloc, Zambales, married with 6 children. He joined Benguet Corporation May 30, 1978 as an Apprentice Mining Engineer in Antamok and was later assigned as Mining Engineer in Coto, Zambales for the Company’s Chromite Operation on April 1980. Currently, he is the Vice President of Benguet Corporation for Masinloc Chromite Operation and Central Luzon District.
 

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"Synergy between Mining Companies and Artisanal Miners -
Lessons from the Fluorspar CaF2 Industry of Mongolia"

Bataar, Chimed-Erdene

Amongst the minerals mined by companies in partnership with ASM, fluorspar is outstanding.  Many fluorspar deposits are impersistent, irregular bodies ill-suited to mechanised mining, and benification is best 'by eye' to produce a saleable lump concentrate.  Such partnership is growing strongly in Mongolia, and Mongolia has risen to 4th place in the world for fluorspar - with all production exported.  The sector was stagnating but is now expanding, triggered by imposition of export quotas on Chinese fluorspar mines leading to high demand for Mongolian fluorspar.  A 'fluorspar rush' is underway enabled by a liberal Minerals Law, a vast open-file soviet drilling archive and - not least - a pool of cheap rural labour often herders who have lost their livestock in disasters.  Currently 30 large & medium companies hold Mining Licenses for fluorspar and about 270 formal and informal artels are in the sector, with about 400 fluorspar mines large & small, open pit and underground.  The soviets built a small industrial city for fluorspar, Bor-Undor, now with 8,000 registered citizens, plus 2,000 unregistered in felt tents ('gers').  Just Ltd is an example of a private Mongolian company that mines and sells lump fluorspar with 15 formal employees assisted by 300 individual 'fluorspar ninjas', and it is rapidly increasing its exports.  By investing in upgrading to metallurgical and acid grade fluorspar concentrates, the unit value will rise, enabling global reach, an increase in ASM collaboration and an increase in ASM H&S and incomes in a remote rural region.

The Speaker
Director of Business Development
Just Ltd., Mongolia
4^th Floor, Mongolian Youth Building
44 Baga Toiruu, Ulaanbaatar-48
Mongolia
Phone : ( 976) 11 318261
Fax : (976) 11 315612
E-mail : [email protected] 

Mrs. Chimed-Erdene Bataar is the Senior Project Manager of Just Ltd, a Mongolian company engaged in fuel import/distribution that has now entered fluorspar mining/benification/export. She remains as part-time Business Adviser with Eco-Minex International Ltd, UK-Mongolian JV.
 

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Krimbu, Jennifer

There are so many gender issues surrounding women in Small Scale Mining Communities.  This paper will concentrate on gender issues that impact negatively on women as observed in these communities in Wau-Bulolo Area of the Bulolo District, Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea.

The paper will discuss gender issues in small scale mining communities ranging from lack of easy access to basic health services, lack of access to education and small business opportunities due to high rates of illiteracy.  The quality of life of women is further decreased by reduced access to clean and quality water for cooking, washing and drinking.  Reduced access to clean water is caused by artisanal and small-scale mining activities as well as increased human settlement along streams and rivers.

Other gender issues faced by women in small-scale mining are denied rights to mining leases, lack of direct access to gold trading markets, lack of representation, issues of safety and security and general breakdown of traditional norms of each ethnic groupings that make up the small scale mining communities.

Recommendations for promotion and improvement in the quality of life of women in Small Scale Mining Communities will include discussion on policies that enhance that quality of live of women in small scale mining, networking and self-help initiative for sustainable community development with support from government and NGOs.

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The Speaker
Sustainable Development Officer
Harmony Gold (PNG)
PO Box 80
Wau, Morobe Province
Papua New Guinea
Phone : 675 474 6208
Fax : 675 474 6344
Email : [email protected]

Ms. Jennifer Krimbu is a Senior Sustainable Development Officr with Harmony Gold. She is a a member of the traditional indigenous people of the Wau Valleys known as the Biangai Tribe whose customary land has a lot of small scale mining activity. Ms. Krimbu holds a Bachelors Degree in Social Work and participated extensively in issues related to small sale mining and other sectors in Papua New Guinea.
 

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"The Shifting Gender of the Gold: or How historically conscious ethnography can contribute to the promotion of gender equity in the PNG ASM sector?"

Moretti, Daniele

A large community of Anga miners now occupies the Kaindi area of the Morobe Goldfields, which were first established in the 1920s.  Although women constitute nearly half of the population they do not participate in mining to the same extent as the men.  Drawing on ethnographic data I will show that this is not just due to personal choice but also to a series of limiting factors that include pollution beliefs, land tenure practices, the unequal control of household resources, and the gendered division of labour.

Far from being simply intrinsic to Anga culture, these barriers also relate to the gendered history of the colonial Goldfields and to contemporary national law and company practice in the extractive sector.  Similarly, they are neither unambiguous nor resistant to change. In fact, since the Anga first entered the Kaindi mines their women have engaged in mining in ever increasing numbers, both alongside male relatives and partners and independently.

By discussing this historical trend, my paper will show that historically conscious ethnography can help individuate and understand not only the main obstacles women face in entering ASM, but also the conditions that lead to their strengthening or weakening through time, thus outlining factors to be stimulated or contrasted in policies and strategies for equitable development within the sector.

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Colin Filer holds a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from the University of Cambridge. He has taught at the Universities of Glasgow and Papua New Guinea, and was Projects Manager for the University of Papua New Guinea’s consulting company from 1991 to 1994, when he left the University to join the PNG National Research Institute as Head of the Social and Environmental Studies Division. Since 2001, he has been the Convenor of the Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program at the Australian National University’s Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies.
  

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"Researching the Livelihood Strategies of Artisanal and Small-Scale Miners in India and Other Countries of South Asia: Some lessons Learnt From the Field"

Lahiri-Dutt, Kuntala

This paper intends to address the question of working with poor people engaged in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in light of some of my recent experiences from the field.  After a brief discussion of livelihood practices in ASM in South Asia, and the gender and development issues in the context of mining, this presentation stresses upon the roles, contributions and participation of women workers in the informal mines in South Asia.  Not much official data is available on this area and data that does exist suffers from various kinds of bias.  ‘How to know’ thus becomes an important methodological issue in researching the community in ASM.  This paper elaborates how in a sphere of work with markedly different gender roles and oppression of women, livelihood strategies can be researched in a participatory manner.  Although the particular focus of the paper is women, the ‘poorest of the poor’ segment of workers, it examines ASM in general as an absorber of a large portion of the rural unskilled migrant labour force, and describes the specific strategies that can effectively be used in exploring this area of work.

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The Speaker
Community Specialist in Natural Resource Management
Resource Management in Asia Pacific Program
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
The Australian National University
ACT 0200, Canberra
Australia
Phone : 61 2 6125 4343 (Office) or 6161 1934 (R)
Mobile : 61- 409158145
E-mail : [email protected]  or   [email protected] 

Educated in late 1970s and early 1980s in Geography from Calcutta University, India, Kuntala is currently a Research Fellow at the Resource Management in Asia Pacific Program of the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University. At RMAP, Kuntala is the ‘community specialist in natural resource management’, but she focuses on the heterogeneities within what is generally seen as ‘the community’. Kuntala has been closely associated with the mining-community movements in South Asia, has worked in collaboration with local community initiatives in eastern India, and has used participatory approaches in her research projects on the impacts of large and small mining. Mining comprise an area of intense conflict of environment and development in the South Asia, and consequently strong anti-mining movements have adopted the stance of stopping all kinds of mining in the region. Yet, mining practices in the region are as diverse as the minerals themselves. Her work on gender concerns in mining and water resource management have been hailed as distinctive examples of research that engages with local communities. Kuntala holds a grant from CASM jointly with Dr. Colin Filer to enquire into the gender concerns in ASM in South Asia. She been a consultant to international agencies on the areas of community participation and has done a major Oral Testimony Project among the displaced indigenous communities of Jharkhand, India, funded by Panos Institute of UK. She has authored several academic books and articles that were published in national and international journals. One of her upcoming books, Pit Women & Others: Women Miners in Developing Countries, jointly edited with Dr Martha MacIntyre, is being published from Ashgate, London.
 

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Ghose, Mrinal K.

To achieve 8% growth of the Indian economy, the industrial sector must grow at 10% rate.  The vision statements of various core sectors of the country show that the mining sector will have to expand greatly.  India is among the top ten mineral producing nations in the world and the Indian mining industry indicates almost the full range of extractive mineral products.  Small-scale mining is quite prevalent in India.  Such mines constitute about 90% of total number of mines, 42% of the total non-fuel minerals and metals, 5% of the fuel minerals.  Some 3000 small-scale mines account for a work force of about 0.5 million people.  Yet this sector is a neglected sector in Indian economy and still considered as an unorganized sector.  This article examines the community and state interests in small-scale mining and the contribution of small-scale mines to employment, national mineral production, practices, and Indian policy on small-scale mining.  It identifies drawbacks in the existing Government policy and discusses a possible role for the Government to upgrade the sector.  This paper highlights the impacts of mining on women community, the socioeconomic characteristics of women as miners and on the productive roles that women play in mining.  It discusses how the pursuit of sustainable livelihoods, poverty alleviation, indigenous peoples right and gender equity in artisanal and small-scale mining be more effective when these communities are disadvantaged or neglected by Government policies.  The respective roles of the indigenous people and migrant workers in the social organization of ASM sectors in different parts of the country, health and safety issues, environmental impact issues , which need to be addressed in ASM sector are also discussed.

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Dr. Ghose carried out his doctoral research in Chemistry and post-doctoral research in Environmental Engineering at the Jadavpur University. He joined an internationally reputed company in Kolkata and became Director (1979-1987) of the company.

He joined the Environmental Engineering Division of Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Ltd. in 1987 and but soon he returned to academic profession joining the Centre of Mining Environment at the Indian School of Mines in 1989.

Between his long professional careers he underwent many professional courses, out of them one in Birmingham University on “Environmental Management” and the other in Pennsylvania University. At present he is actively involved in research on air pollution and land reclamation His thesis submitted to Jadavpur University for Doctor of Science Degree has been approved and he submitted his final thesis for examination and evaluation

Dr. Ghose is a member of many professional bodies, reviewer of many reputed journals and has 10 years of industrial experience to his credit. Over the last 15 years he has been pursuing his teaching as well as research career. He has been involved in active research for more than 18 years; published over 286 research papers and written 2 monographs.

He handled more than 27 large consultancy projects, 14 R&D projects, conducted 9 Executive Development Programmes and guided a number of M.Tech., M.Sc. and PhD students.

Dr. Ghose has made 22 innovative developments out of which patent has been granted for his four inventions and some others are under the process of review for getting patents. He has visited abroad many times. He has received 10 Awards from different institutes/ organizations for his contribution to Environmental Science & Engineering. /p>

At present he is Environmental Consultant to different companies and visiting faculty to a number of Universities/Institutes. He is a Reviewer of many National and International journals.
 

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"Awareness Training as Tools for Small Scale Miners' Poverty Alleviation"

Bunnarin, Ben

In Cambodia, small scale mining is one of the critical problems being paid attention by the Government.  Being been, in the past, an extra work for local farmer living nearby deposits, small scale mining is presently, a source of income for many Cambodian people.

Small scale mining, in Cambodia is practiced for gold, gem, coal, and aggregate materials sand and gravel.

Due to the lack of technical and environmental knowledge, small scale mining causes a lot of problems namely social, environment and economic problems.

In the recent years, the support to improve livelihood of small scale miners become one of the policy of the government of Cambodia.  Several measures has been being taken among which setting up a face to face communication and establishing awareness training on best practices in mining and processing to mining community.

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"Building Capacity in Small Scale Mining Communities - The PNG Experience"

Neale, Trevor

Papua New Guinea has adopted a countrywide approach to building the capacity of small scale mining communities to deal with technical, social and environmental issues associated with small scale mining.

A three–year AusAid funded program with the Department of Mining focused on the development of educational material and the delivery of these materials to isolated rural communities via an extensive outreach program. Community feedback was very positive and this material continues as a valuable information source for communities and society in general.

Building on the success of this program, Wau Ecology Institute is implementing a 2 year program funded by the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF).  This program focuses on building the capacity of communities to deal with health, environment, and livelihood issues and the development of a countrywide support and information network for small scale mining communities.

The challenges, successes and lessons of these programs will be discussed.

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The Speaker
Wau Ecology Institute
P.O. Box 77, Wau
Papua New Guinea
Email : [email protected]
 

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"Evolution of Stakeholder Interests in Artisanal and Small Scale Mining Sector in Papua New Guinea"

Lole, Howard

Artisanal and Small Scale Mining activity in Papua New Guinea involves mining for alluvial gold.  The first recorded alluvial gold discovery and mining occurred in the1800s.

Many changes occurred over the last one hundred years.  Stakeholders and their interests evolved. Papua New Guineans gradually became mine operators.  The land tenure system developed and governance of the sector changed as well.

A consultative workshop was organized by the PNG Department of Mining. Its purpose was for stakeholders to discuss problems, benefits and suggest improvements.  Migrant miners, traditional customary landowners, government officers, NGOs and academic institutions attended the workshop.

It was agreed that benefits include cash injection, employment and foreign earnings.  Lack of expertise and capital were noted as the two main constraints.  Poor management of proceeds is seen as hindrance to improving livelihood.  Environment, health and safety and other related social issues were the participants’ concerns.  The group agreed that collective effort from all stakeholders is needed to address them.

To increase the benefits and sustain the sector, the participants agreed to build capacity of miners, increase landowner participation, provide incentives and win community support.

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The Speaker
Assistant Director
Small Scale Mining Branch
Department of Mining
Private Mail Ba, Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea
Phone : 675 321 0466
Fax : 675 321 0434
Email : [email protected]

Howard holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Mining Engineering from the PNG University of Technology and a Master of Engineering Science with specialisation in Mining Industry Management from the University of New South Wales, Sydney.

Howard is currently the Assistant Director of Small Scale Mining Branch of the Department of Mining in PNG. He has been attached with the Small Scale Mining Sector in PNG for more than 8 years. Howard is involved in various donor funded projects which are targeted towards building capacities of Small Scale miners in PNG. He is fully conversant with the benefits and effects of Artisanal and Small Scale Mining on Communities in PNG. Howard is also a gazetted inspector of Mines under the PNG Mining (Safety) Act. Howard has a particular interest in surveying and data collection to demonstrate and justify plans to improve incomes for rural communities through small scale mining.
   

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Katz, Mike

Indigenous people are under-represented in the mining industry.  Participation in the mining industry at all levels can contribute to Indigenous development and wealth-creation, given the often negative impact it causes.  Many large and small scale mines are located in the vicinity of poor Indigenous communities.  These mines often provide employment and a livelihood however with only a handful of Indigenous business men, professionals and leaders.

Stakeholders in many countries claim to be aware of this problem and in some cases there are a number of programs that promote employment, education and training, business opportunities, cultural awareness, capacity building and economic empowerment where Indigenous communities and mining companies learn from each other for mutual benefit.  Prospecting and small scale mining training, community and primary school awareness and outreach programs would benefit sustainable Indigenous community development.

The 2005 Indigenous Australian Engineering Summer School survey indicated that a mining career is of interest and this sector had an overall positive image.  Education and training institutions as partners, should offer mining programs as a pathway to Indigenous leadership roles in the mining industry and in the wider community.

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"Challenges on Conflict Resolution and Consensus Building in a Multi-stakeholder Environment"

Larralde, Edgardo Garcia

Conflicts are inherent to human societies. The aim is not to eliminate them, but to avoid their escalation to destructive dynamics and violence. Sustainable development requires constructive, synergic relations between key social actors in the pursuit of common goals, a process closely linked to the idea of social capital. The meanings of the terms conflict, sustainable development, consensus, social capital, and tri-sector partnerships are suggested, with reference to practical examples of consensus-building, conflict management and the promotion of sustainable development in Venezuela, Peru and other countries. The idea of consensus, as well as the practical conditions required to achieve it, are explored. An introduction is provided to basic principles, steps and tools to promote and facilitate dialogue and negotiation among different stakeholders. The key features of interest-based negotiation are presented, as well as a brief summary of emerging lessons for communities, corporations, governments and other stakeholders. Especial references are made to the challenges faced by small-scale artisanal mining. Reflections are shared regarding issues, trends, risks and options related to small-scale and artisanal mining. An attempt is made, at the end of the presentation, to provide food for thought on priorities, strategies and actions.

The Speaker and Facilitator
Director, DIALOGUES  for Sustainable Development
Senior Associate, Living Earth Foundation
e-mail: [email protected] 

Edgardo Garcia Llarald, a Venezuelan citizen, has been based in the UK since 1997. He has been working as facilitator in multi-stakeholder consensus-building and conflict management for the past 15 years, mainly in Latin America Peru, Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico and the UK. He has also worked in Africa (Nigeria, Uganda and Equatorial Guinea) and in Russia). Much of his work has centered on projects developed by the extractive industries, often in partnership with national government bodies. He has worked with government ministries of Venezuela, the UK, Peru, Uganda, and Equatorial Guinea, as well as with national and international NGOs, community-based groups, indigenous peoples of Venezuela, Peru and Mexico, and international corporations such as Shell, STATOIL, the Venezuelan stat-owned oil corporation PDVSA (Petroleos de Venezuela SA), Placer Dome and SICOR (a strategic partnership between oil companies TOTAL, STATOIL and PDVSA). Between 1997 and 2003, he was Latin America Programme Manager fro Living Earth Foundation, a London-based environmental education NGO dedicated to the promotion of sustainable community development. Today, Edgardo continues to work on Living Earth projects, as international pilot programme Business Partners for Development (BPD), in the promotion of tri-sector partnerships (corporation – government – civil society organization). Most of his work today is carried out through the London-based consulting firm DIALOGUES for Sustainable Development, of which he is founding member and Director.
 

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