Mining Policies
Many environmental policies have been enacted over the past two decades due to the threat that mining has on ecosystems and biodiversity in many regions in the world. Angola is located in one of the top five threatened hotspots in the world with the Congolean forest that is located in the country as being endangered due to poor mining practices. Agenda 21: 1992 Earth Summit, asked transnational companies to reduce environmental damage on developed countries to begin sustainable consumption. Convention on Biological Diversity: Articles that were created to prevent and respond to activities and impacts that threaten biodiversity. Intergovernmental Panel on Forests: National forest program that addresses industrial development, agriculture, and energy to avoid bad policy choices that could affect forests negatively such as mining. Berlin Guidelines: UN Department of Technical Co-operation for Development, stresses environmental stewardship in mining. UNCTAD: A project that integrates mining activity with planning for a sustainable future.
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