L’évaluation environnementale stratégique pour le secteur minier

The document advocates for Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) as a tool to integrate environmental and social considerations into high-level mining policies, plans, and programs (PPP). Unlike project-level Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA), SEA provides a broad perspective to manage cumulative impacts and align mining with national development goals. Through case studies in Namibia, Ghana, Romania, Mozambique, and Canada, the report illustrates how SEA can optimize infrastructure, improve regulatory frameworks, and enhance stakeholder engagement, while identifying obstacles such as limited institutional capacity and lack of political will.

• Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) differs from Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) by applying to policies, plans, and programs (PPP) with a long-term perspective, whereas ESIA focuses on specific projects and their immediate impacts.
• In Namibia, an SEA of the uranium sector led to a moratorium on new prospecting permits in 2007 and encouraged mining companies to jointly develop infrastructure, such as power lines and a seawater desalination plant, reducing overall costs and resource proliferation.
• Ghana's mining sector SEA in 2008 informed the 2014 mineral and mining policy and led to the creation of more district-level and satellite mining agencies to better regulate artisanal and small-scale mining (EMAPE).
• In Romania, an SEA focused on mine closure provided the analytical basis for environmentally sustainable restoration and resulted in new legislation regarding the safety of tailings dams, leading to the remediation of eight such basins.
• Mozambique utilized an SEA between 2011 and 2016 for the lower Zambezi valley to integrate environmental and social aspects into regional and local planning, which later informed climate change adaptation plans and resettlement zones after Cyclone Kenneth in 2016.
• The ongoing SEA for the Ring of Fire region in Ontario, Canada, highlights the necessity of active Indigenous participation; initial 2020 Terms of Reference were rejected by First Nations for being too restrictive and symbolic, leading to a 2023 restart of the process based on a balanced partnership.
• Common obstacles to implementing SEA in mining include limited institutional capacity, lack of reliable environmental data, insufficient political will, and difficulties in integrating SEA into existing decision-making processes.

APA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (2024). L’évaluation environnementale stratégique pour le secteur minier. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2024-05/igf-strategic-environmental-assessment-mining-fr.pdf

Chicago

International Institute for Sustainable Development. L’évaluation environnementale stratégique pour le secteur minier. 2024. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2024-05/igf-strategic-environmental-assessment-mining-fr.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{internationalinstituteforsustainabledevelopment2024lvaluation, author = {{International Institute for Sustainable Development}}, title = {{L’évaluation environnementale stratégique pour le secteur minier}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2024}, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2024-05/igf-strategic-environmental-assessment-mining-fr.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }