Environmental Governance of Uranium Mining in Niger: A Blind Spot for Development Cooperation

The document highlights that while Niger has the world's fourth largest uranium production, with export values exceeding 348 million Euros in 2010, the environmental governance of this sector is largely ignored by development cooperation donors despite reports of severe impacts.

• Niger possesses the fourth largest uranium production globally, with 2010 export values exceeding 348 million Euros, which was more than double the total development assistance finance received that year.
• Mining permits for minerals including uranium, gold, phosphate, and coal now cover nearly 10% of Niger's national territory.
• Despite media and NGO reports of severe human health, social, and environmental impacts from mining, these issues are notably absent from the guiding documents of major development cooperation donors.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2013). Environmental Governance of Uranium Mining in Niger: A Blind Spot for Development Cooperation. https://www.sei.org/publications/environmental-governance-of-uranium-mining-in-niger-a-blind-spot-for-development-cooperation/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Environmental Governance of Uranium Mining in Niger: A Blind Spot for Development Cooperation. 2013. https://www.sei.org/publications/environmental-governance-of-uranium-mining-in-niger-a-blind-spot-for-development-cooperation/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2013environmental, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Environmental Governance of Uranium Mining in Niger: A Blind Spot for Development Cooperation}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2013}, month = apr, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/environmental-governance-of-uranium-mining-in-niger-a-blind-spot-for-development-cooperation/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }