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An Assessment of Mine Legacies and How to Prevent Them

A Case Study from Latin America de

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SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science

Paru le : 2017-02-20

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This book seeks to enrich the growing literature on mine legacies by examining a case study of a small abandoned mine in Latin America. Using a combination of Rapid Rural Appraisal and secondary source analysis, this study assessed some of the most damaging legacies of the San Sebastian mine in eastern El Salvador, compared the country’s mine closure legislation against world’s best practice standards and provided strategies for awareness, prevention and remediation. 
The most damaging legacy to the environment is that of Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) contamination of the local river.  The impact of AMD is felt well beyond the mining district and the costs of prevention and remediation were found to be significant. Apart from environmental legacies, the mine also left a number of socio-economic legacies including: limited access to non-polluted water that results in San Sebastian residents devoting a high proportion of their income in obtaining water, lost opportunities due to the cessation of mining, uncertain land tenure situation and increasing growth of ASGM activities that exacerbate already existing environmental pollution due to use of mercury. The study also found that the state’s capacity to ensure compliance with the law is very weak and that in many important respects the country’s current legal framework does not meet world’s best practice when it comes to mine closure requirements.
The findings are important because they demonstrate that the lack of closure planning can lead to private operators socializing the costs of pollution. The study also shows that the lack of state capacity may result in extractive projects becoming socio-economic liabilities in the long term.
Pages
61 pages
Collection
SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
Parution
2017-02-20
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Springer
EAN papier
9783319539751
EAN PDF
9783319539768
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6
Taille du fichier
1239 Ko
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52,74 €
EAN EPUB
9783319539768
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Nombre pages imprimables
6
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52,74 €

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