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Pacific ACP States Regional Training Workshop on Deep Sea Minerals Social Impacts and Public Participation (10 - 14 June, 2013)

 

  • Workshop Opening Speech - Honourable Minister Ralph Regenvanu (Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Vanuatu)
  • Responding Remarks - Dr Arthur Webb (Deputy Director - Ocean and Islands Programme, SOPAC Division, SPC)
  • Workshop Programme
  • Participants List
  • Workshop Proceedings (Not Available yet!)
  • Presentations and Presenters:
  • Day 1:  Session 1
    • Deep Sea Minerals - New Developments in the Pacific: Status, Challenges and Opportunities  - Mr Akuila Tawake (DSM Project - Team Leader)
    • Legal Aspect of DSM:What are the legal requirements around DSM? What is ‘policy’ and why do we need it? What should national DSM policy include? - Ms Hannah Lily (Legal Adviser – DSM Project, SPC)
    • Session 2: Overview of economic, environmental, social and cultural impacts of terrestrial mining with particular focus on socio-economic impacts with examples from Pacific communities, social mapping and monitoring - Prof. Colin Filer (Australian National University)
    • Session 3: Examples of Social Impacts of Mining and Other Industries in the Pacific
      • Papua New Guinea (On-land Mining) - Mr Winterford Eko
      • Kiribati (Aggregates Extraction) - Ms Tebete England
      • Fiji (On-land Mining) - Mr Malakai Finau
      • Vanuatu (Aggregates Extraction) - Ms Christy Haruel
  • Day 2: Session 4: Social Impact Assessment of Mining - Professor Colin Filer
    • Session 5: Civil Society Perspective on Social Impacts (Role Play) - CSO Reps Cook Islands, Nauru, RMI, Tonga and Vanuatu
    • Session 6: How We Monitor Social Impacts - Professor Colin Filer
    • Session 7 [Socio Economic Impacts of Resource Extraction] 
      • Fisheries - Ian Bertram (FAME, SPC)
      • Marine Mining – Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability -