Mining for Closure: Policies, practises and guidelines for sustainable mining and closure of mines

acknowledgments The development of this document, Mining for Clo- sure: policies, practices and guidelines for sustainable mining practices and closure of mines has been an un- dertaking of The Environment Security (ENVSEC) initiative. As such, the document was prepared un- der the direction of the initiative partners – the Unit- ed Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) with the North Atlantic Treaty Or- ganization (NATO) as an associate partner. Philip Peck (The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund University, Lund) Fritz Balkau (UNEP DTIE, Paris) Jasmina Bogdanovic, Petter Sevaldsen, Janet Fernandez Skaalvik, Otto Simonett, Thore André Thorsen (UNEP GRID-Arendal, Arendal, Geneva, Vienna) Inkar Kadyrzhanova, Peter Svedberg (UNDP) Raul Daussa (OSCE) The draft document was also widely circulated for re- view outside these agencies. The ENVSEC partners appreciate the time that many organizations and indi- viduals took to share ideas, discuss their own practical experiences, and review the draft of this document. Many of the participants of the Sub-regional Confer- ence on “Reducing Environment and Security Risks from Mining in South Eastern Europe and the Tisza River Basin” conducted in Cluj-Napoca in Romania in May 2005 are included in this number. A number of the ideas raised by these reviewers have been incorporat- ed into this document. In particular, the Author and the ENVSEC partners wish to thank the following in- dividuals who reviewed all or part of the document and submitted insightful feedback and critique: This report was prepared on behalf of UNEP, UNDP, OSCE and NATO by:

Gilles Tremblay Program Manager, Special Projects, Natural Resources Canada Andrew Parsons Programme Director, Environment, Health and Safety, International Council on Mining and Metals Dirk van Zyl Director, Mining Life-Cycle Center University of Nevada, Reno Alexios Antypas, Director, Department of Environmental Sci- ences and Policy, Central European University Stephen Stec Head of Environmental Law Programme and Senior Legal Specialist at the Regional Environ- mental Center for Central and Eastern Europe Further, the ENVSEC partners and the Author wish to express their gratitude and best wishes to Fritz Balkau formerly of UNEP DTIE in Paris. Fritz was central to the instigation of the ENVSEC mining and environment work in SEE in 2004. He also was deeply involved in the Sub-regional conference at which the draft version of this report was launched and retired soon after. We thank him for his many and valuable contributions over the years.

Financial Support for the activities and publication of this report was provided by:

Canadian International Development Agency Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

Any errors and/or omissions of this document re- main the fault of the author.

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