Kenya has drafted 14 mining regulations to strengthen the government’s capacity to manage exploration and extraction of minerals. The proposed Minerals and Mining Policy recently approved by the Cabinet, is anchored in the Mining Act, 2016, which came into effect on May 27.
More than 100 NGOs and social movements in Mexico have documented cases of alleged corporate abuse in different sectors: mining, energy, oil & gas, agribusiness, and construction, among others. The report, compiling 68 cases, was presented in the context of the official visit of the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights to Mexico.
Introduced by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, a savings scheme has been adopted by 50 farmers associations in Honduras and Guatemala. In each scheme, farmers provide 40 percent of the money, the FAO provides 40 percent, and sales of textiles and other community projects generate the rest.
When: November 14-16, 2016
Where: Geneva, Switzerland
More information about the 2016 UN Forum on Business & Human Rights
When Gastech News asked Manley McLachlan, President of the British Columbia Construction Association, about concrete job opportunities in British Columbia, he says: “There are about 4,000-6,000 people required on BC’s job sites.
Around the world, farmers are an ageing demographic as the sector fails to attract younger talent who are heading instead to cities in search of work. Smallholder farmers produce more than 70 percent of the world’s food and to make sure there are enough of them to feed the growing global population, farming needs a makeover to attract young people, experts say.
Mines that burrowed under villages and towns during China’s three-decade coal boom have left the authorities with the need to evacuate hundreds of communities in danger of sinking.
To combat the impact of climate change, the indigenous women of Laramate in Peru have turned to ancestral farming techniques with support from UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality. In addition to healthier crops and improved incomes for the community, the programme has boosted indigenous women’s participation in public spaces and decision-making.
Southern Voices Network Scholar, Maame Esi Eshun says that focusing on the role of women and improving conditions for those involved in artisanal mining in Africa can provide a major boost to regional peacebuilding efforts. Her findings and call to action provide the focus for this edition of Wilson Center NOW.
On a hot morning in July 2015, members of the Dulangan Manobo indigenous tribe in the southern Philippines gathered at their community hall for a very important meeting. Many walked great distances to attend, knowing that the outcome would affect whether logging operations would continue on their tribe’s ancestral lands. The meeting was part of the government’s process of securing the tribe’s “free, prior and informed consent (FPIC)” to use their land, which is mandated under Philippine law.
