Taller de Lima sobre Minería y Desarrollo Sustentable en las Américas

The Lima Workshop on Mining and Sustainable Development in the Americas brought together 76 representatives from 11 countries to establish a shared vision for the industry. The participants identified five strategic objectives—improved living conditions, sustainable technology and economic development, transparent policies, social consensus, and democratic participation—and formed working groups to implement them. The report details lessons learned from various multi-stakeholder dialogue cases across the region, emphasizing the need for transparency, early community engagement, and the building of negotiation capacity within local communities.

• The workshop established a vision for mining as a catalyst for "Desarrollo Equilibrado, Armonioso y Sustentable" (Balanced, Harmonious and Sustainable Development) based on five strategic objectives: improved living conditions, sustainable technologies and economic development, transparent regulations and policies, internalized social consensus, and democratic participation of stakeholders.
• Analysis of multi-stakeholder processes revealed that success is driven by early engagement of diverse interests, the use of third-party facilitators (such as NGOs or universities), and ensuring participants have equal access to relevant information.
• Common failures in mining dialogue processes include the creation of unrealistic expectations, insufficient timeframes for complex negotiations, and a lack of commitment or transparency from certain parties.
• A critical barrier to sustainable development in mining is the disparity in negotiation capacity; local communities often lack the information and skills needed to engage effectively with companies and governments.
• The report highlights specific case studies, such as the Red Dog Mine in Alaska, where the indigenous community (Nana) owns the mineral rights and is the primary shareholder, receiving up to 50% of profits to ensure sustainable community vitality.
• The workshop participants proposed specific actions for gender integration, including participatory research on women's roles in mining and promoting their access to technical training in management and engineering.

APA

Seymoar, N.-K., Roca, C., & Lavergne, R. (1998). Taller de Lima sobre Minería y Desarrollo Sustentable en las Américas. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/mineria.pdf

Chicago

Seymoar, Nola-Kate, Carmen Roca, and Réal Lavergne. Taller de Lima sobre Minería y Desarrollo Sustentable en las Américas. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 1998. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/mineria.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{seymoar1998taller, author = {Seymoar, Nola-Kate and Roca, Carmen and Lavergne, Réal}, title = {{Taller de Lima sobre Minería y Desarrollo Sustentable en las Américas}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {1998}, month = oct, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/mineria.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }