Mine Tailings Storage: Safety Is No Accident

MINE TAILINGS STORAGE: SAFETY IS NO ACCIDENT

A RAPID RESPONSE ASSESSMENT

Editors Charles Roche, Centre for Responsible Citizenship and Sustainability, Murdoch University, Australia Kristina Thygesen, GRID-Arendal, Norway Elaine Baker, GRID-Arendal at the University of Sydney, Australia Contributors (in alphabetic order) Elaine Baker, GRID-Arendal at the University of Sydney, Australia Alex Bastos, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil Ludovic Bernaudat, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Switzerland Simon Blyth, UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC), United Kingdom Sharon Brooks, UNEP-WCMC, United Kingdom David Chambers, Center for Science in Public Participation Catherine Coumans, MiningWatch, Canada Marine Deguignet, UNEP-WCMC, United Kingdom Andrew Fourie, University of Western Australia, Australia Bernd Lottermoser, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen University, Germany Benjamin McLellan, Kyoto University, Japan Jason Phillips, Institute ForWARD, Colombia Walter Reinhardt, Australian National University, Australia

Charles Roche, Centre for Responsible Citizenship and Sustainability, Murdoch University, Australia Kristina Thygesen, GRID-Arendal, Norway Marjorie Valix, University of Sydney, Australia Todd Wisdom, FLSmidth, USA

Reviewers Ines Abdelrazek, UN Environment, Kenya Yannick Beaudoin, GRID-Arendal, Norway Niamh Brannigan, UN Environment, Kenya Oli Brown, UN Environment, Kenya Ugo Lapointe, MiningWatch, Canada Gavin Mudd, RMIT University, Australia Ligia Noronha, UN Environment, Kenya Luca Zorzi, Stava Foundation, Italy 3 Anonymous mining industry reviewers

Cartographers Nieves López Izquierdo, Cartografare il presente, Italy Kristina Thygesen, GRID-Arendal, Norway

Acknowledgements Inès Abdel Razek, UN Environment, Kenya John Crump, GRID-Arendal, Norway

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