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Building constituency for the realisation of the Africa Mining Vision (AMV)
Southern African Resource Watch, 2014Conference proceedings from two day constituency building workshop organised in Johannesburg, 2-3 May 2014 by Third World Network-Africa and OSISA/SARW, attended by trade unionists, CSO activists and journalists from Southern Africa.DocumentGlobal and regional mechanisms for governing the resource curse in Africa
Southern African Resource Watch, 2014International norms around natural resource governance have proliferated inthe face of civil wars and feeble state institutions in Africa. These norms have been captured in institutions such as the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), the Publish What You Pay, the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), and the African Mining Vision (AMV).DocumentLand, biodiversity and the extractive industries in southern Africa. How effective are legal and institutional frameworks in protecting people and the environment?
Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2013In the natural resources sector, laws are often formulated to regulate the relationship between men and the environment. Ideally, the law can play a vital role in regulating and protecting communities from adverse environmental and social impacts of mining, loss of land, biodiversity and natural wealth, as well as other human rights violations.DocumentBreaking the curse: how transparent taxation and fair taxes can turn Africa’s mineral wealth into development
Southern African Resource Watch, 2009December 2008 saw a ‘perfect storm’ hit international metals prices, bringing the five-year international metal price boom to an abrupt end. The combined collapse in demand for metals and sharp drop in the demand of institutional investors for commodity-based assets have slashed copper prices by up to two thirds, and gold prices by up to a third from their peaks in July 2008.DocumentCopper boom in Zambia: boom for whom?
Southern African Resource Watch, 2007Zambia was the first country on the African continent to produce copper and its econ- omy has historically been heavily dependent on the mining of copper and cobalt. Once a middle-income country, Zambia began to slide into poverty in the 1970s when copper prices declined on the world market.DocumentNavigating the Gulf: China’s balancing strategy
Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2014Due to China’s growing energy needs that stem from its unrelenting economic development, Beijing stresses the importance of maintaining a continuous supply of energy - particularly oil - to maintain its impressive economic growth.DocumentElephants over the cliff: explaining wildlife killings in Tanzania
Elsevier, 2015Many incidents of elephant killings have recently taken place in Tanzania as well as in other Africancountries. Such events are usually presented as results of the rising global demand for ivory. As we showin this case study, however, not all violence against elephants is driven by the ivory trade.DocumentTechnology Transfer in India: CBD, institutions, actors, typologies and perceptions. Sector: Herbal Medicines (biopharmaceuticals, botanicals and personal care products and cosmetics)
Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2014The Convention on Biologcal Diversity (CBD) recognises that both access to and transfer of technologies are essential for the attainment of its objectives. This report explores a number of issues related to technology transfer with a particular focus on India asking questions on: typologies, actors, and institutions, perceptions and mechanisms.DocumentPower to protect? Participation in decentralized conservation management: the case of Kangchenjunga Conservation Area, Nepal
Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2014This report is based on a case study of participation in and decentralized management of Kangchenjunga Conservation Area (KCA) in north-eastern Nepal.