Last updated 14 April 1997

Environmental Management of Mineral Resource Development

The Mineral Resources Section provides training in and conducts regional studies on environmental management of mineral resources development, including mineral waste management and environmental impact assessment procedures...

In order to further enhance awareness of these issues in the member countries, the results of these studies are published in a recent volume entitled Mineral Recovery, Recycling, Waste Prevention and Confinement for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific (volume 1 of a new series: Resource Assessment, Development and Management)