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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Extractive industries"”.
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Risk Management in the Extractive Industries: Environmental Analysis and Mitigation
Risk management has been used regularly in the mining industry over the last few decades. The majority of those instances have focused on health and safety issues. Health and safety has improved in the United States, Australia, and other major mining districts because of the successful use of risk …
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Reduction of conflicts in the extractive industries using Good Neighbor Agreements
Conflicts between mining companies and communities are now prevalent in many countries of the world, both developed and developing. These conflicts have often resulted in delays of mine project development as well as adverse effects to the communities. Reduction of those conflicts has been shown to …
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An empirical study of the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).
… research to investigate whether Nigeria gaining Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) compliance status in 2011 has, in practice, improved transparency practices in its oil and gas industry. Its findings are the result of applying an accountability theoretical framework to the …
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The quality of financial information in the extractive industries: a value relevance analysis
The extractive industry is characterized by high levels of risk and uncertainty. These attributes create challenges when applying traditional accounting concepts (such as the revenue recognition and matching concepts) to the preparation of financial statements in the industry. The International …
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The Right to Say No: Customary Land Rights, Extractive Industries and the Need for Free, Prior and Informed Consent
… of communities adversely affected by extractive industries into account. It is with this in mind, that my dissertation aims to offer an in depth analysis of the legal relationship between the interests of extractive projects and the rights of communities affected by such projects. As I …
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Challenges for the New West: Economic impacts of wilderness in Nevada's rural counties
… economies in the west that are dependent upon extractive industries such as mining and logging. Proponents argue that the "Old West" reliance on extractive industries is declining and, in the "New West", wilderness promotes economic development in rural communities by preserving the amenity …
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Beyond the resource curse : mineral resources and development in Guinea-Conakry
… to secure stable natural resources to fuel their industries, comes a new window of opportunity for resource-rich countries such as Guinea to leverage and link its extractive industries to develop key infrastructure services. Guinea could leverage its bauxite and iron ore industries to transition …
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Do Oil Economies in Sub-Sahara Africa
… and fine jewelry. Countries dependent on their extractive industries lag behind on developmental goals. Their GDPs are high as well as their national poverty levels. This paper explores the factors in which a nation lacks development when it is financially wealthy to do so. There are similar …
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From neglected waste to protected space: An administrative history of Mojave National Preserve
… Its 1.6 million acres were used historically for extractive industries such as mining and ranching, and its recent history was shaped by the land's proximity to urban Los Angeles. The preserve was the fruit of a long political battle between environmental activists and conservative opponents, and …
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Making meaning in a modern world: place and identity in Leadville, Colorado
… as a whole. Part of the larger history of the extractive industries on which the Western United States was founded, mining towns like Leadville provide a postindustrial landscape through which to study the ways in which individuals and communities rely on their history and memory to maintain a …
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Fracking into the Karoo economy
… Model", which attempts to understand the effects extractive industries have on small towns. The thesis finds that small Karoo towns are particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of the Boomtown Model, in light of their current profile which shows the rural economy has been declining for many …
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Mountain top eco-industrial park: An eco-industrial, renewable energy approach for industrial park development
… Storm Power Plant and former surface mines. Extractive industries and energy production will be a theme within the design project. An Eco-Industrial Park model will be applied in looking to a sustainable energy future for the site and the region. The result of this investigation is a new, …
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Ledgers of the W.T. Carter and Brother Lumber Company: An Archival Processing Project
… on farming and provided a model for future extractive industries in the state. The W.T. Carter and Brother Lumber Company town of Camden, Texas exemplifies rural implementations of the company town system in the Texas lumber industry. This public history thesis provides a brief history of …
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The dynamics of Zambia's copper value chain
… of China and India as major investors in African extractive industries. This, together with the commodity price boom, raises new questions on Africa's industrialisation prospects. This thesis investigates the dynamics of industries upstream of a mineral sector, in light of changing investment …
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Corporate-Community Mining Conflicts in Guatemala: Unsettling Hegemonic Power Relations in Environmental Struggles
… analyzes corporate-community conflicts around extractive industries in Guatemala with the purpose of better understanding how environmental struggles emerge and take shape. The study uses environmental governance as a framework to analyze the processes, institutions, actors and discourses that …
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The Inserted Order
… Part of the reason for this is its dependence on extractive industries, and as they declined, the region followed. These industries have left irreparable damage in their wake, yet as their grip on the region weakens, a bright new future is beginning to emerge. This thesis navigates a time where …
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Sumak kawsay as generative of a new indigenous identity in the Amazonian region of Ecuador
… in opposition to the State’s reliance upon the extractive industries. Its time may not have come, but its presence in the national and scholarly debate cannot be denied. Originating in the Amazonian forests, sumak kawsay served as a means for indigenous peoples to revalue their culture as they …
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Contracting sustainable and responsible energy investment: trends, actors and grass-roots innovations for multi-level governance
… operations, FDI investment projects in the extractive industries are prone to have significant impacts on human rights and our natural environment. Current research in this fast-changing field mainly concentrates on international investment treaties, national regulations, and relevant energy …
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Grizzly West: The Story of the Failed Attempt to Reintroduce Grizzly Bears to the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness
… great inroads in the region, the Old West of extractive industries such as ranching, logging, farming, and mining retained significant political clout.</p> <p><a href="http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/product/Grizzly-West,676303.aspx" target="_self">Click here to purchase a final version of …
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Grizzly West: The Story of the Failed Attempt to Reintroduce Grizzly Bears to the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness
… great inroads in the region, the Old West of extractive industries such as ranching, logging, farming, and mining retained significant political clout.</p> <p><a href="http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/product/Grizzly-West,676303.aspx" target="_self">Click here to purchase a final version of …
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