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MPI's Programs and Thematic Focus
Environmental Protection:
a) Substandard environmental practices, (eg: mining under rivers, the use of riverine and submarine tailings disposal in the Asia Pacific)
b) Environmental Health: threats to sustainable livelihoods and public health for local communities
c) No Go Zones: Mining in Protected Forests/Areas
d) Protection of water resources including marine and riverine ecosystems
Finance and Trade for Sustainability:
a) Private financial institutions including private banks, involved in funding destructive projects and collectively the "Equator Principle" banks
b) Corporations and Investors
c) Export Credit Agencies
d) Multilateral Financial Institutions
Research & Civil Society: Mining Impacts Information Service:
a) Scientific research and review of scientific reports to enable informed consent for all stakeholders and to enable public participation and the protection of the natural environment and the public interest.
b) Capacity Building for Communities and Civil Society in the Asia Pacific Region
Human Rights:
a) Land Rights/Self Determination: Indigenous people's rights to free and informed consent for developments on traditional lands
b) Community Consultation and Participation and the Right to Know
c) Links between corporate activities, militarism and human rights abuses
d) Operations in the context of government abuses of civil and political rights and particularly the freedom of expression
Revenue Transparency in Extractive Industries, Corruption and Bribery
Legacy Issues: Ecological Debt:
a) Acid Mine drainage
b) Abandoned mines
For more information, please contact:
Techa Beaumont
Executive Director
Workphone: +61 2 9557 9019
Mobile: +61 (0) 409 318 406
Created: 13 Apr 2005 | Last updated: 13 Apr 2005
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