L’IMPORTANCE DE LA GESTION ENVIRONNEMENTALE DANS LE SECTEUR MINIER

The document provides a framework for governments to manage four critical environmental areas in the mining sector: water, biodiversity, waste, and emergency response. It emphasizes the use of legislative, regulatory, and policy tools—specifically Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIAs) and Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMPs)—to minimize negative impacts and protect ecosystems and communities. The guide outlines a five-step gap analysis process (review, assess, prioritize, implement, and monitor) to help governments align their national legal frameworks with international best practices and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

• Governments are advised to manage water resources at the watershed and regional levels to balance competing demands and protect water quality and availability for populations and ecosystems.
• To protect biodiversity, governments should integrate a 'mitigation hierarchy' into national legislation and regulations, following a sequence of avoidance, minimization, rehabilitation/restoration, and compensation to achieve no net loss or a net positive impact.
• Mining waste management must ensure long-term physical and chemical stability of facilities, such as tailings storage, using risk-based standards and independent expert reviews to prevent environmental contamination and geotechnical failures.
• Emergency preparedness must be an extension of national and regional networks, requiring mining companies to develop risk-based plans that include prevention, response, recovery, and crisis communication, with specific inclusion of vulnerable groups such as women, children, and indigenous peoples.
• The document proposes a five-step gap analysis process for governments to improve environmental governance: reviewing existing legal frameworks, assessing strengths and gaps against international practices, prioritizing reforms, implementing a participatory roadmap, and establishing continuous monitoring and evaluation systems.

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} }