services, depletes biodiversity, and ultimately undermines the fulfillment of basic human rights. The mining sector is the … mining poses to forests, the World Bank conceived forest-smart mining as part of their Climate-Smart Mining Initiative, which … was launched in 2019. Forest-smart mining (FSM) is mining that acknowledges and understands the relationship between …

The 2023 state of the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector focuses on the intersection of ASM and sustainable … difficulties are exacerbated by the persisting gender-blindness within mining laws, resulting in discrimination against women … outcomes in ASM: 1. Make mining legal frameworks gender inclusive; 2. Advance women's social protections at the mine and home …

Regional organizations and national governments are increasingly focusing on enhancing the benefits from mining sector … investment. The Africa Union's African Mining Vision 2050 outlines a new resource-based industrialization and development … governments are also increasingly looking for ways to maximize benefits derived from investment in mining. This report aims to …

). This report explores the potential contribution that the copper mining industry could make to jobs and prosperity in Zambia …, and the performance of the economy has followed the fortunes of copper mining closely. This report investigates the role … copper mining could play in achieving the government's objectives of increasing economic growth and jobs in the future …

In Nigeria, up to now mining activities have systematically escaped environmental control. In 1989, the Government of … directives in mining development included mandatory preventive environmental impact assessment (EIA), minimization of … environmental damages and risks, prescription of regulation and standards specific for mining wastes, and promotion of legal small …

, tourism and mining. This study is also consistent with the rural development strategy which emphasizes various export …