L’IMPORTANCE DE LA GESTION ENVIRONNEMENTALE DANS LE SECTEUR MINIER

This executive summary provides a guide for member states of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) to implement the Mining Policy Framework (MPF). It outlines the role of governments in ensuring the sustainable management of water, biodiversity, waste, and emergency response throughout the entire mining life cycle, from exploration to post-closure.

• Governments are responsible for protecting water availability and quality for populations and ecosystems by regulating extraction, use, discharges, and quality. The MPF requires governments to establish environmental management standards for surface and groundwater, ensure mining effluents are treated to meet indicative criteria, and protect waste rock dumps and tailings storage facilities from leaching.
• To prevent net biodiversity loss or achieve a net positive impact, governments should integrate a mitigation hierarchy—consisting of avoidance, minimization, rehabilitation/restoration, and compensation—into national legislation. Governments are urged to adopt national biodiversity policies, maintain protective institutions, and require mining entities to submit environmental management programs for approval.
• Mining waste management must ensure long-term physical and chemical stability to protect communities and ecosystems. Governments should require that waste structures, such as tailings storage facilities, are designed and operated according to international standards and undergo independent expert reviews before project approval and at regular intervals during operation.
• Emergency preparedness must be an extension of regional and national networks, involving collaboration between governments, companies, and vulnerable stakeholders, including women, indigenous peoples, and persons with disabilities. Governments should mandate that mining operations establish risk-based emergency response plans—covering risk assessment, prevention, intervention, recovery, and crisis communication—before activities begin.
• The document proposes a five-step gap analysis process for governments to improve environmental governance in the mining sector: 1) reviewing existing legal and regulatory frameworks; 2) assessing strengths, gaps, and opportunities against international best practices; 3) prioritizing measures and reforms based on risks and benefits; 4) implementing actions via a participatory roadmap; and 5) continuous monitoring and evaluation.

APA

Crawford, A., Hill, J., & Bliss, M. (2021). L’IMPORTANCE DE LA GESTION ENVIRONNEMENTALE DANS LE SECTEUR MINIER. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2021-10/igf-environmental-management-summary-fr.pdf

Chicago

Crawford, Alec, Jenifer Hill, and Matthew Bliss. L’IMPORTANCE DE LA GESTION ENVIRONNEMENTALE DANS LE SECTEUR MINIER. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2021. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2021-10/igf-environmental-management-summary-fr.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{crawford2021limportance, author = {Crawford, Alec and Hill, Jenifer and Bliss, Matthew}, title = {{L’IMPORTANCE DE LA GESTION ENVIRONNEMENTALE DANS LE SECTEUR MINIER}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2021}, month = may, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2021-10/igf-environmental-management-summary-fr.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }