Best Environmental Practices in the Mining Sector in the Barents Region : International Conference 23-25 April 2013

The natural resources of the Barents Region are of strategic importance for Europe. One intensively developing sector is mining, which will bring new opportunities to the region, but which will also cause changes in the environment. The Conference on Best Environmental Practices in the Mining Sector...

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Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Copenhagen : Nordic Council of Ministers 2014
Subjects:
Hyvinvointi
kestävä kehitys
elinkeinoelämä
Barentsin alue
kemikaalit
ympäristö
luovat alat
Velfærd
Bæredygtig udvikling
Erhvervsliv
Barentsregionen
Kemikalier
Miljø
Kreative industrier
Velferð
Sjálfbær þróun
Atvinnulíf
Barentshafssvæðið
Efni
Umhverfi
Skapandi iðnaður
Velferd
Bærekraftig utvikling
Næringsliv
Kjemikalier
Rovaniemi
barents region
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-2530
https://doi.org/10.6027/TN2014-501
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Summary:The natural resources of the Barents Region are of strategic importance for Europe. One intensively developing sector is mining, which will bring new opportunities to the region, but which will also cause changes in the environment. The Conference on Best Environmental Practices in the Mining Sector in the Barents Region was held in Rovaniemi in April 2013. The Conference targeted the environmental issues connected to the mining sector and promoted best environmental practices for mines in the Barents Region. The overall goal for the Conference was to increase awareness of the challenges in the mining sector and to exchange information on assessing and managing social and environmental concerns. These Conference proceedings present the Concept Note on Common Challenges of the Conference and the abstracts of the presentations.

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